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02-01-2012, 12:34 AM
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#1 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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| mail package back to China concern....
I know this might be a really stupid question... 
If i'm mailing a package back to China and write the address in Chinese character...will it go through?
I do not have the English translation of the address and its my first time trying to mail something back to China with chinese address only.
Fedex / UPS / Canada post?
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02-01-2012, 12:42 AM
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all canada needs to know is that its going to China and maybe the province i think (when we mail items to china thats all that seems to be required by canada post / dhl)
once it lands there its in the hands of chinese readers and they'll probably be like  if all you wrote was english :P
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02-01-2012, 12:46 AM
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appropriate use of Jacky Chan picture there
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02-01-2012, 08:00 AM
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#4 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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Originally Posted by StylinRed  all canada needs to know is that its going to China and maybe the province i think (when we mail items to china thats all that seems to be required by canada post / dhl)
once it lands there its in the hands of chinese readers and they'll probably be like if all you wrote was english :P | Thank you so much! Posted via RS Mobile | |
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02-01-2012, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by EmperorIS appropriate use of Jacky Chan picture there |  | |
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02-01-2012, 08:43 AM
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I would double check with Canada post before you mail anything. I'm sure they'll know.
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02-01-2012, 09:00 AM
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02-01-2012, 11:02 AM
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Write it in English and Chinese to be safe?
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02-01-2012, 11:29 AM
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write it in both languages just to be safe
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02-01-2012, 11:48 AM
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I've use canadapost before, and all i need to write in English is "china" I believe. There's a place in the airport that send package to china for cheap via EMS. Posted via RS Mobile | |
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02-01-2012, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by jimzilla Write it in English and Chinese to be safe? | But op can't translate Chinese to English.
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02-01-2012, 12:07 PM
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Google Translate?
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02-01-2012, 12:09 PM
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I think all of the roads in china use the pinyin of the chinese word as the "english" name. Posted via RS Mobile | |
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02-01-2012, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by jimzilla Google Translate? | I hope you know translating names isn't that easy
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02-01-2012, 12:42 PM
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just write the pinyin as well.
i regularly mail things to asia.
i always write the native character and english or pinyin.
just native is fine though.
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02-01-2012, 08:32 PM
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#16 | | Wunder? Wonder?? Wander???
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ive sent a few things to china every few months
characters and english is what i write.
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02-01-2012, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Ulic Qel-Droma just write the pinyin as well.
i regularly mail things to asia.
i always write the native character and english or pinyin.
just native is fine though. | I would write both English and Chinese.
the English literacy rate in China is absolutely horrid, not to mention that a given pinyin can translate into like 5-10 different words.
Or if you are a risk taker, you could go hybrid. Write the address in Chinese, except for the country.
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