Ervaringen van gebruikers

Dick Altena (Beijing)

Eind maart 2007 heb ik samen met een groep die de opleiding "De Nieuwe Manager" volgt bij De Baak (VNO/NCW) een bezoek gebracht aan Beijing en Sjanghai. Geweldige ervaring, maar nieuw was voor mij vooral de constatering dat je op geen enkele manier je bedoelingen duidelijk kan maken aan de gemiddelde chinees (ook niet met gebarentaal).
XS2China biedt hiervoor op een geweldige manier uitkomst. Uiteraard is de hilariteit bij de taxichauffeur groot bij de zin: "please drive faster" en "I'm a famous moviestar" en ook om het ijs te breken in de bar voldoet XS2China prima, maar verbazingwekkend was de hulp die XS2China bood bij de opdracht om uit te zoeken wat de komende Olympische spelen betekent voor de "gewone" man op straat.
Met behulp van XS2China en een gezonde dosis inventiviteit, wisten we een taxichaufeur/gids te bemachtigen en gingen deuren van stadions en bouwplaatsen voor ons open.
XS2China: een aanrader voor iedereen die China wil ontdekken en nog wat moeite met de taal heeft..........

Marjan (Beijing)

Hi! Our experience with the tool was great! We’ve used it while traveling through China for three weeks. The only words we knew were: Ni Hao (hello) and Tsingtao (Chinese beer). You don’t get around with such a small vocabulary! The Chinese language is very difficult (!) so it helped us to communicate with the Chinese people. We’ve used it to get around by cab and to order in restaurants. One time we were in a cab and we played a view lines from the program: I feel like vomiting and Do you have a tampon? Our female cabdriver had a good laugh about it! Be careful though: if you put your phone next to a Chinese ear: they can get scared!!!

Fransiska (Beijing)

I'm studying Chinese and even for me it's handy to have this application on my cellphone, especially the first days when I arrived in Beijing. My group went the first night to the Suzie Wong and by clicking the play button, the cabdriver delivered us directly without mistakes to that club...what normally doesn't happen when i try to say the address in Chinese, haha! Also funny is to use the phrases during the taxiride, it's a good way to make friends, they love it.

Jan Willem (Beijing)

Had a fantastic Saturday night in Club Banana. On the way back I had so much fun with the cabdriver while using xs2china on my phone, especially the medical and fun phrases made him laugh so hard that I was wondering if he was still able to drive. Great to finally have interaction with the Chinese people!

Chris Roma (Shanghai)

27 Years old, Living and working in Shanghai, American living in Shanghai for 2 years.I have been studying at Fudan University in Shanghai for some time and since then my Mandarin has approved a lot. XS2China software is not only good tool for short term visitors and people new in China, but also a great learning tool. The audio function makes it possible to learn “fixed” phrases so you can work on your Chinese pronunciation. Also If I forget the exact address of a restaurant, it’s very easy to look up the contact details.

Michele Bruno (Shanghai)

27 years old, Living and working in Shanghai, Chief Representative
XS2China is the product I would recommend to my foreign friends visiting China. It gives them an easy way to guide them to all the hotspots and good restaurants in town. My friends and I had a lot of fun in a cab with the fun phrases on our way to Cotton’s Bar. Saying to a cab driver: you are the most beautiful man I ever met in my life. The driver found it hilarious. Great ice breaker!

Catharina Kahler (Shanghai)

24 years old, Living and working in Shanghai,Architect.
I have been one of the lucky ones testing the XS2China software for several months now. Shanghai is a vibrant and interesting city, especially in my profession with its ever changing skyline. Since most people are very occupied here, a lot of “newcomers” don’t find the time to learn sufficient mandarin. XS2China is the perfect software to get where I want to go. The cab drivers often don’t understand my “lau wei” (foreign) Mandarin. XS2China really works!

Mark Schreurs (Shanghai)

Just came back from Shanghai and I loved it!!! It was hard to communicate with the Chinese people, because none of them understood even one word in English. The XS2China software made communication a lot easier, thanks for that guys! One day I forgot my phone and I had to go to the silk market only 5 min away, I ended up in on the other side of the city. 1 hour later and a good time later I arrived at the silk market. Keep on laughing and positive and all will be ok in China.

Wouter de Haan (Shanghai)

November 2006 ging ik voor mijn werk naar Shanghai. Nu was ik al vaker in Shanghai geweest, maar ik had nooit echt de tijd om de stad echt een beetje te leren kennen. Daarbij verandert Shanghai zo snel dat je je elke keer weer in een nieuwe stad waant. In het vliegtuig had ik genoeg tijd om de XS2China applicatie te checken. De vorige keer dat ik in China was had ik permanent een stapel visitekaartjes op zak om naar het juiste adres te komen en bestond de dag dikwijls uit een opeenvolging van communicatieproblemen. Dat beloofde dit keer heel anders te worden.

Mijn chinese collega's leken een pratende telefoon ook heel normaal te vinden, maar moesten wel vreselijk lachen om zinnen als: "Ik moet overgeven" of "ik ben miljonair, wil je in mijn ferrari rijden". Dit was elk etentje weer een succes.

Ook 's avonds kwam XS2China goed van pas om te kiezen uit 1 van de duizenden bars, restaurants en clubs die Shanghai rijk is. Om even een doorsnee avondje te schetsen: eten bij Jean Georges in 3 on the Bund, daarna een goed glas champagne drinken in Cloud Nine, bovenin het Grand Hyatt, en dan goed feesten in de Bar Rouge. Niet slecht, toch...?

Tracy Tomsett (Hong Kong)

British, living and working in Hong Kong.
XS2hongkong software is great! In an ever changing and fast paced city, keeping up with the local hotspots can be difficult. With XS2hongkong it's easy to find your way around without a guide book. I would certainly recommend it to visitors to HK. The fun phrases section is hilarious and a good way to strike up conversation - I have a talking phone!

Jolanda & Ruud (Beijing)

We traveled through China using the bus, train and airplane. XS2China not only helped us in problematic situations, but gave us also many pleasant encounters. We used it to buy clothes and composing a birthday dinner. The employees of the restaurant we're really interested in the people who ordered their food and wine with the talking mobile phone. All smiling faces and we were the talk of the town! In regions in China where dialect is spoken Chinese people could read the characters on the screen. You should have seen the owner of a small hotel after thanking her for the wonderful time we had. XS2China came also in handy for directing cabdrivers in Beijing. In short if you don't have XS2China on your phone you'll miss out!

We wish a pleasant journey to everybody who's planning to travel through China.

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