Hey do you think it is possible to learn how to write in Chinese by using a Myspace blog translator. Ive allways wanted to learn it, because it just looks so awsome. I could write out the alphabet I guess, and start like that, or would it be better to do it another way.
Ill tried it out, but the only problem is, is its too small. I wrote down… “Is this a dream” to write in my journal, but it too small to make out. Is there a translator program I could use?
When I was on vacation in Palau one of my tour guides said that he learned to speak Japanese by working in a tour company that is mostly for Japanese people.
I’m not sure anout any translator programs. You can always use the ones online, but they are sometimes not accurate.
As I understand it Chinese is a fairly complex language, written language anyway. I don’t think it uses an alphabet like English does, although they are characters.
Possible? Maybe.
Practical? Not at all.
Learning any language through online translators isn’t really a good idea, especially for Chinese. For example, Translating “Is this a dream?” through Google translate gives “這是一個夢想?” (Translates to “this is a dream?”), which is technically incorrect, because it lacks the particle “嗎”, which turns the phrase into a question. The finer points of grammar would be pretty hard to learn. You also won’t learn proper stroke order which is pretty important especially if you’re using a dictionary based on it. Other things like pinyin (pronunciation) and bushou definitely can’t be learned through translators, which one probably needs to learn if they’re going to take it seriously. There isn’t really an alphabet either, as todzak said before.
In short, if you’re just wanting to write a few characters, translators would work, but you’d be better off with an E-C Dictionary that explains any synonyms away. If you’re trying to learn the language seriously, you’d best read some articles on the language or take a class/have someone teach you.
Now excuse me while I go back into my good-ol’ lurking self 
Yeah, what Skoll said was basically true. If you do want to learn to speak Chinese, a program like Rosetta stone might work, but for learning to write it, you’d definitely need to take a class.
As far as online translators go… I’m not sure if this counts as spamming but i don’t think it does… chinese-tools.com is the best translator that I’ve found (I’m taking Chinese in school and that website has many nice tools to write pinyin and characters on the computer, too)