LINA LIU

Interpreting is one of the main components of language services, and there are many challenges interpreters face to promote understanding and facilitate comm...

Yesterday was the second time I worked at the same case again. It was a common assault case, the witness was beaten up by a group of males due to some disagr...

Simultaneous interpretation is one of the most difficult skills in the language services industry to master. You can often see this at conferences and courtr...

These are the basic translator skills you need to work as a professional translator. 1. Advanced language knowledge You can’t translate something unless you ...

I was booked as an Indonesian interpreter for the Crown Prosecution Service at Oxford Magistrates Court on my birthday 29 May 19. I happily got up at 6.30am...

Being a multilingual interpreter, I get to go around places, working at different venues in different settings. I was booked as a Mandarin interpreter last w...

I was interpreting at Nottingham Tribunal last week, it was an immigration appeal of a young Indonesian lady. I was interpreting from English to Bahasa Indon...

I was working at Optical Express a few days ago, I was interpreting from Mandarin to English, English to Mandarin. The Chinese lady who doesn't speak English...

First time in my interpreting career last Friday 15 Dec 2017, I got to interpret the meaning of "atheism." I was booked by an immigration solicitors' firm as...

I travelled all the way from London to Crawley Surrey today and found out that the police officer has booked me for the wrong language combinations! He has m...

Demonstrating Chinese calligraphy at a fund raising event for charity, tailored made calligraphy pieces upon requests of the audience

圣诞奇遇 圣诞节是英国最重要的传统节日， 这已不是个宗教节日， 而是一个古老的传统。圣诞前的两个星期到处有圣诞舞会，每家公司都有圣诞舞会，大家都乘机夜夜笙歌，喝得稀泥烂醉，圣诞期间是大吃一大喝放纵的日子。圣诞节当天是家人团聚的日子。 异乡游子多数飞回国与家人团聚，机票高涨双倍以上，加上今年圣诞前夕暴风雨，班机及火...

很多人听到当翻译的职业，就以为是一份死板郁闷的工作。我在伦敦当翻译，主要是交替口译。偶尔也有笔译。最难的是同声翻译/同步口译，是在不打断讲话者演讲的情况下，不停地将其讲话内容传译给听众的一种口译方式。 当翻译的生活七彩缤纷，大多时候好像在在拍电视剧，警匪剧特多，有时我拍悬疑片，有时我扮007！偶尔还拍纪录片，经常...