Thread: Correcting "Chinglish" in a written interview?

First of all, let me say that I am NOT a writer. I'm a photographer who is writing a blog about healing chronic pain naturally. My goal is to share my attempt to heal chronic back pain and share ideas, books, videos, etc. That said, I have decided to "interview" several natural healing practitioners, one of which is an acupuncturist/Chines medicine practitioner. It was a written interview with questions asked via e-mail. She was kind enough to answer and at the end apologized for her "chinglish". I've gone through and corrected spelling and puncutation, but am not sure if I should correct what she refers to as her "chinglish". I feel that since I'm quoting her, it should be an exact quote, but I also don't want to embarrass her in any way. Does anyone know the protocol for something like this? Should I post it as-is or should I correct it?

Thanks for you help!

- Julie

If you use quotation marks, it should be word for word, but if you're paraphrasing you can take a few liberties with the grammar as long as you're careful to not paraphrase out of context.

Oh thank you so much! BTW - I noticed a typo in my last line and it's NOT meant to be a joke.

I am ethnic Chinese. Over in E Asia, "Chinglish" is often used to refer to slightly broken English spoken by Chinese. The term can even be found in Wikipedia.