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Pidgins are, by definition, not standardized. so it's not possible to claim that there is a certain "translation" for any phrase. Also, it depend on which pidgin Engilsh variety you're using:
American Indian Pidgin English
Chinese Pidgin English
Chukotka Pidgin English
Fulani Pidgin English
Hawaiian Pidgin English
Japanese Bamboo English
Japanese Pidgin English
Korean Bamboo English
Kru Pidgin English
Liberian Interior Pidgin English
Loyalty Islands Pidgin English
Madras Tamil Pidgin English
Maori Pidgin English
Micronesian Pidgin English
Nauru Chinese Pidgin English
New Caledonian Pidgin English
Nigerian Pidgin English (This is commonly spoken across the country especially in the southern part of the country. There are variations in the southern part with some distinct way of speaking in the Edo/Delta states of Nigeria)
Papuan Pidgin English (this was replaced by Hiri Motu and was not ancestral to Tok Pisin)*
Pitkern language (Atlantic creole language based on an 18th century dialect of English and Tahitian, spoken on Norfolk Island and Pitcairn Island)
Port Augusta Pidgin English
Port Jackson Pidgin English (ancestral to Australian Kriol)
Queensland Kanaka English
Sierra Leone Pidgin English
Samoan Plantation Pidgin
Thai Pidgin English
Togolese Pidgin English (German Togoland)
Vietnamese Pidgin English
West African Pidgin English
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What has the author Qian Kan written?
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