Originally Posted by Taiwaned
In light of the great suggestions to learn Japanese on the Japan forum, any suggestions to learn to read Chinese painlessly?
So far, it has been a very PAINFUL experience. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
From your profile, wild guess you're with state dept and doing crash language training before officially on board at AIT.
Everyone's suggestions are on the mark - 'patience and hard work' is needed. Learning to speak and understand relatively simple, the reading/writing is incredibly tough but doable.
Give it some time.
Good luck