• ibasaw@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Dude actually wrote a proper, coherent letter in Chinese… if I am the teacher he is getting full marks for sure

    I live poorly here.

    Working conditions are not good, welfare is lacking.

    But do not worry, there are only 10 serious incidents at work everyday, and I am very careful.

    We opened a small stall, business is not bad.

    Although I do not know English well, I can roughly understand what the white men are saying.

    Hope to make a living and succeed! I will work hard here and take care of my body.

    How are you guys doing?

    I miss you guys a lot and hope to meet again.

    • vsg@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Surprised that the message was accurate instead of being gibberish or even asemic.

  • NewEnglandRedshirt@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    History teacher here. If this was turned in to me, rhe first thing I’d do is laugh, then have a conversation with the student. If s/he says they’d be ok with me emailing a copy of this to their parents (I’m assuming the parents speak Chinese), then I’d just give them an A for pure gall. If the kid isn’t from a Chinese-speaking family, I’d probably still give him/her kudos and then make them turn in whatever they put into Google translate to begin with. But really, this is the kind of malicious compliance I wish my students had the creativity to pull off.