When I'm asked to name my favourite place to eat in Suzhou, I will reply right away, "Song He Lou Restaurant".

当我被问到最喜欢在苏州哪里吃饭时，我会马上回答“宋鹤楼酒楼”。

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There are too many people, therefore I will reply for you.

这里有太多人了，所以我会替你回答。

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I know you are very anxious, but don't worry, I will reply to you ASAP.

我知道你很着急，但是不要担心，我很快就给你答复。

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As a consequence, misunderstandings often arise - "I'm sorry to have upset you, " a colleague will reply to an email I intended as a matter-of-fact response to a bit of university business.

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Yet if I answer such an email - and I do try to respond to them all - the reply that follows will be couched in very different terms.

BBC: A Point of View: Mourning the loss of the written word