1·This entailed completing my second language certification (I speak Mandarin Chinese and French), as Insead requires proficiency in three languages at graduation, two at the time of entrance.
为入学，我得通过第二外语考试(我会说法语和普通话)，因为欧洲工商管理学院要求学生毕业前能够流利使用三门语言，入学时必须会说两门。我还需要在新加坡找住房。
2·The only unpleasant thing was that we had to speak Mandarin Chinese, while all the judges spoke English.
唯一让我感到有点不悦的是我们不得不说普通话，而那些法官都讲英语。
3·Now that I am struggling with Mandarin Chinese I finally start to appreciate how similar Northern Indian languages really are to European languages.
我现在正在苦苦学习汉语普通话，我终于开始同意，北印度语言和欧洲语言的确十分相近。
4·This paper, by the distinction of the pronunciation system of the local dialect, discusses the primary phoneme features and the differences between the dialect and mandarin Chinese in pronunciation.
本文通过对当地方言语音系统的辨识，阐释了永登方言声韵调的基本特征以及与普通话在语音方面的差异。
5·I'm learning Mandarin Chinese because it is apparently a very challenging language to learn.
我在学普通话，因为它显然是一门在学习上非常具有挑战性的语言，。