Collection of Equivalent Proverbs in Five Languages: English, Taiwanese, Japanese, Chinese, Korean

Proverbs are crystals of knowledge acquired from daily life and passed from generation to generation. The origin of these proverbs is usually not attributed to one specific person. It is interesting to note that equivalent proverbs exist in many languages, demonstrating the universal nature of humanity. This book provides a collection of equivalent proverbs in four Asian languages as well as English. Each of the Asian language proverbs is presented with its literal translation in English. Each proverb is compared and explained to point out similarities and differences in the languages due to the differences in culture. The book will be of interest for those who enjoy proverbs. It will also serve as a good reference to students of English as the second language or anyone who is trying to learn any of the five languages.

Albert F. Chang was born in Taiwan, pursued graduate studies in the United States, and naturalized in 1971. He has a B.S. from National Taiwan University, a M.S. from University of Houston and California Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. from University of Southern California. Chang served as software developer and consultant at Caltech Computing Center, member of technical staff at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA (Office of Space Operations) representative to Japan, and JPL telecommunications and mission systems manager until retirement in 2006.