毋少文人極力反對西化中文。翻譯家思果喺《翻譯研究》一書指：「目前嘅翻譯已經成徂另一種文字，雖然勉強可以明，但絕對毋係中文。」詩人兼翻譯家余光中都喺《論中文的常態與變態》一文指「一般人筆下的白話文，西化的病態日漸嚴重。……目前中文的一大危機，是西化。」香港學者陳雲都喺著作《執正中文》、《中文解毒》狠批官僚西化中文。
There are many literati who strongly oppose the Westernization of Chinese. Translator Si Guo pointed out in his book Translation Studies: "The current translation has become another language, and although it can barely be understood, it is definitely not Chinese. The poet and translator Yu Guangzhong also pointed out in his article "On the Normalcy and Change of Chinese" that "the vernacular written by ordinary people is becoming more and more sickly Westernized. …… One of the major crises in Chinese at present is Westernization. Hong Kong scholar Chen Yun also severely criticized bureaucrats for Westernizing Chinese in his books "Packing Up Chinese" and "Chinese Detoxification".