you can translate them to chinese by using applocale
first you've gotta download applocale (google it :P )
install it
run it
select the silkroad.exe file in your ecsro folder.
click on next
select chinese
(like on this pic)
(credits go to botnet for the picture)
click next, and then finish^^
after entering the game, and pressing F7, you'll see your skills in chinese

(this IF you got your east-asian language paxk installed).
btw. doesn't work on vista because applocale is kinda incompatible ^^