Writing my master's thesis in Chinese

[yersi]

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[HashiriKata]

Go for it, it's a great way to advance your Chinese skills. I've not got the opportunity to do it in Chinese but my theses / dissertations were all written in languages non-native to me. When writing, think direct in Chinese and you'll find what you write much more flowing.

[Shadowdh]

I have a few friends who had to do their BA dissertation in Chinese this year (school year) but have not had the "pleasure" myself. I think it would be very feasible just make sure you have a good mentor who can help out in sticky situations... good luck with it and I admire your taking on this challenge... well done. 加油！！！

[universe2278]

I'm a chinese so it's not easy for me to feel what u r feeling about chinese,but i believe u make it as long as u have made the decision . good luck man

[Scoobyqueen]

I know many Chinese and Russians who came to Germany to do a Master's without prior knowledge of German. They typically spent the first year learning German to pass the official German proficiency test I forget what is it called. After that they embarked on a Master's. They all wrote up their thesis in German in complex subjects (of which they sometimes had limited knowledge - sorry) and used a proofreader. One of the Russians told me she had made a synonym list of words like this indicates, this shows, this demonstrates, this proves, etc. This particular Russian worked very hard at her written German and as a result she is able to detect subtleties in the language (in this case articles for the media) which many natives would not pick up. she explained to me that this skill had been developed through having to write up her PhD thesis in German, but I suspect a love for the language plays a part too. I am sure you can do exactly the same.

[kdavid]

I admire your courage.

I plan on enrolling in a Masters program next year and have thought about what I'd do once it came to the dissertation. I've toyed with the idea of asking if I can just do it in English. My undergraduate thesis, done back in the States, took four months, and was an arduous process. I can only imagine doing such in Chinese would take at least half as long, mostly just because I have no experience writing in formal Chinese.

Please keep us updated on your progress with this.

[rob07]

The guys who runs the Sinosplice blog did this, if you poke around on his site you should be able to read a bit about it.

[tooironic]

Do it yersi, you'll be fine! Your Chinese is great, and just imagine how much better it will be by the end of it.