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Basel | Beijing | Chiasso | Copenhagen | Frankfurt | Hong Kong | Lausanne | London | Madrid
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Introduction to Asia & Asian Languages
Noel Narciso
Head of Sales, APAC
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Objective
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Understanding of key markets in Asia
Provide context to key languages that make up most of our business
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Asia Overview
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Represents 30% of total global land area
Home to 3.9B people, approx. 60% of the world’s population
48 countries
Over 2,000 languages
4 CLS offices
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Singapore
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Singapore
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Independent Republic and Southeast Asian city-state
Ranked 4th in Global Financial Centres Index, 2nd in WEF Competitiveness Index
Busy trading port
British colony since 1820s, part of Malaysia 1963-65; 1965 – gained independence
710 sq. kms. – one of the smallest countries in the world
Name derived from Sanskrit “Singapura” which means “Lion City”
Current population of 5M people with 37% transient
Ethnicity of balance 63% – Chinese (majority), Malay (20%), Indian (10%), Eurasian
Official languages: English, Mandarin, Basaha Malayu, Tamil, (spoken Chinese dialects)
Gateway to Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, etc.)
Most SEA countries have a large Chinese population owing to a diaspora in the 19th
century of Southern Chinese, establishing Hokkien as the prevalent Chinese dialect
there
Flying time: 4 hrs to Hong Kong, 6 hrs to Shanghai, 7.5 hrs to Beijing, 12 hrs to Zurich,
18 hrs to NY
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Singapore
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CLS Singapore office highlights
Key Client Sectors: Banking & Finance, Life Science, Government
Focus Languages: English into Chinese Simplified,
Japanese, Korean, South East Asia languages
http://www.cls-communication.com/en/contact/singapore
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Hong Kong , 香港 (Mandarin, Xiānggǎng), 香港 (Cantonese, Hēunggóng)
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Hong Kong , 香港 (Mandarin, Xiānggǎng), 香港 (Cantonese, Hēunggóng)
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One of two Special Administrative Regions of the Peoples’ Republic of China
Ranked 3rd in Global Financial Centres Index
Name means “Fragrant Harbour”; HK was always a natural harbour having coastlines with deep enough water for ships to dock and trade
1842 – became a Crown Colony; consequence of losing the first Opium War
1997 – became part of PRC
1,054 sq. kms. in land area
Current population of 7.7M people with 8.5% transient
Ethnicity of balance 91.5% – Chinese (majority)
Official languages: English, Cantonese and (increasingly Mandarin)
In the late 1980‘s and early 1990‘s, there was widespread apprehension about the effect of the impending 1997 handover to PRC; many HK residents migrated to other countries like Canada and Australia
Gateway to China
Flying time: 4 hrs to SG, 2 hrs to Shanghai, 4 hrs to Beijing, 12 hrs to Zurich, 13 hrs to London, 18 hrs to NY
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Hong Kong , 香港 (Mandarin, Xiānggǎng), 香港 (Cantonese, Hēunggóng)
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CLS Hong Kong Highlights
Key Client Sectors: Banking & Finance, Media, Consumer Retail
Focus Languages: English into Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional
Hong Kong, Korean, Japanese
http://www.cls-communication.com/en/contact/hong-kong
Shanghai
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Shanghai (上海)
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Current population of 23M people
Largest city by population in the PRC and the largest city proper by population
in the world
Financial center of China; Ranked 8th in Global Financial Centres Index
Ethnicity – Chinese
Official languages: Mandarin, (Shanghainese widely spoken)
Flying time: 6 hrs to SG, 2 hrs to HK, 2 hrs to Beijing, 11 hrs to Zurich, 12 hrs
to London, 18 hrs to NY
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Shanghai (上海)
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CLS Shanghai office highlights
Key Client Sectors: Banking & Finance, Media, Industrial
Focus Languages: English into Chinese Simplified and vice versa
http://www.cls-communication.com/en/contact/shanghai
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Beijing (北京)
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Beijing (北京)
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Capital of the PRC; located in Northern China
Seat of power and cultural capital of China
Current population of 19.6M people (2nd largest in China)
Ethnicity – Chinese
Official languages: Mandarin
Flying time: 2h to Shanghai, 7.5 hrs to SG, 4hrs to HK, 11 hrs to Zurich, 12 hrs
to London, 18 hrs to NY
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Beijing (北京)
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CLS Beijing office highlights
Key Client Sectors: Legal, Banking & Finance, Media, Consulting
Focus Languages: English into Chinese Simplified and vice versa
http://www.cls-communication.com/en/contact/china/beijing
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Other Key Asian Cities / Markets
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Japan Tokyo - Ranked 5th in Global Financial Centres Index
Key client sectors: Banking & Financial Services, Legal
Focus language: Japanese
Korea Seoul - Ranked 9th in Global Financial Centres Index
Key client sectors: Banking & Financial Services, Legal
Focus language: Korean
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Chinese: 2 Written Forms
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Numerous dialects based on region
Tone based pronunciation: different tones carry different meanings (Mandarin
with 4 tones, Cantonese with 9)
2 written forms (Simplified vs Traditional)
– Simplified Chinese for mainland China (created by communist party; spoken
Mandarin
– Traditional Chinese for HK; spoken Cantonese
– Traditional Chinese for Taiwan; spoken Mandarin
Sample of Cantonese vs. Mandarin
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Simplified vs. Traditional Chinese
„Translation“ (Fānyì)
翻譯 = Traditional
翻译 = Simplified
„Quality“ (Zhìliàng)
質量 = Traditional
质量 = Simplified | Noel Narciso