Auld Lang Syne in Chinese - simple

The auld acquaintance should be had forgotten and never brought has given the brains?
How many day auld lang syne should the auld acquaintance be has forgotten and?
For auld lang syne, I dear, is auld lang syne,
we will adopt a cup to be benevolent,
will be auld lang syne.
The auld acquaintance should be had forgotten and never brought has given the brains?
How many day auld lang syne should the auld acquaintance be has forgotten and?
And this hand,
I may trust the friend and gie hand o ' thine we will tak ' cup o ' is benevolent is auld lang syne

That concludes this weeks lesson.

Of course, anybody who has attempted to have a conversation with an Asian person will be familiar with the look of surprise and bewilderment on the Asian's face at any spoken sentence directed at them. The stock response is always "Sorry?"
To those of you unfamiliar with this experience, trust me it is as common as the sun rising in the East.
In the interests of better cross cultural understanding, Lexcen brings you the Babel translation course in easy weekly instalments. You too will be fluent in Chinese as Lei Xin.
As most of us are familiar with the song Auld Lang Syne, it is a good starting point to learn how to phrase it to make it comprehensible to the Asian audience.

Stay tuned for next week's lesson.