The Chinese Language Division Podcast: Recent Episodes
The podcast host
Taking over the baton from Junqiao, the founder of the CLD Podcast, the new podcast host of CLD, Jessie Liu will continue to bring to our members, in an engaging and informative way some of the latest trends, interesting topics, hot news, etc. of the language industry with a slight focus on the Chinese language. In each episode, a guest will be invited to talk about his or her view or experience in an area of interest to our members. Every 8 weeks we will publish a new episode. Please feel free to let us know what you are interested in and would like to know more about or even whom you’d like to hear from.
A special episode dedicated to the upcoming ATA64 annual conference. This 10-minute short episode highlights the conference presentations by CLD members as well as the division dinner details. The show notes link in other essential resources and information for the annual conference held in Miami FL.
Registration link to 2-Part webinar facilitated by Ben Karl on conference preparation and virtual network session: https://www.atanet.org/event/ata64-how-to-prepare-and-pre-conference-virtual-networking/
CLD dinner details: 10/26/2023 Thursday, 7:30pm. 2121 Ponce De Leon Blvd in Coral Gables. The cost per person is $32.69. No need to RSVP.
CLD members presentation:
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Thursday, October 26 (003) You Don't Need to Be Fluent: The Benefits of Dabbling in Multiple Languages Sara Maria Hasbun
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Thursday, October 26 (008) The Challenge of Translating Cultural Expressions from English to Traditional Chinese in the Age of MT Meiyu Liu
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Thursday, October 26 (150) Taking ATA's Chinese to English Certification Exam: Common Mistakes and Practical Tips Evelyn Garland Aaron Hebenstreit, CT
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Thursday, October 26 (006) Negotiating with Direct Clients Rony Gao, CT
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Thursday, October 26 (009) Gender and Sexuality Representation in Audio Descriptions: A Contrastive Study of The Danish Girl and Tracey Amanda Hiu Tung Chow Jackie Xiu Yan
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Thursday, October 26 (032) Business Models for Freelance Interpreters and Translators Liming Pals, CT
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Thursday, October 26 (039) A Guide to Chinese Scientific, Technical, and Political Jargon in Translation Aaron Hebenstreit, CT Ben Murphy, CT
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Friday, October 27 (055) Unpacking Chinese to English Interpreting: Eight Techniques and Five Steps Rony Gao, CT
11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Friday, October 27 (061) Communicating Culture in a Large Multinational Company: A Translator’s Perspective Qiuyi Zhu
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Friday, October 27 (037) New Frontier for the Linguist-Centered Enterprise Julie H. Tay Paula Azevedo, CT Romina, CT Marazzato Sparano Pency Tsai
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Friday, October 27 (068) Advocacy Strategies: Effective Storytelling for Language Professionals Nicolás Arízaga Ben Karl, CT Lorena Ortiz Schneider, CT Bill Rivers Jennifer Santiagos
4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Friday, October 27 (098) Panel Discussion: Starting Out in the T&I Profession Jessie Liu Rony Gao, CT Robert Holloway
4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Friday, October 27 (104) Curricular Redesign of T&I Degrees: Aligning with Changing Market Needs and Deep Shifts in Higher Ed Laura Burian Julie Johnson
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Saturday, October 28 (131) Bidirectionality: Simultaneously Interpreting Into and Out of Your A Language Robert Holloway Céline Browning Laura Burian
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Saturday, October 28 (142) Enhancing Legal Interpreting with AI Tools: ChatGPT and Beyond Tianlu Redmon, CT
12:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. Saturday, October 28 (191) Variations in Translating Chinese into English: Semantics, Syntax, and Grammar Meiyu Liu
Whether you are transitioning into the T&I profession or have been in it for a while, the journey is anything but predictable. When the unexpected happens or when we feel lost, What do we do? In this episode, Jessie and Xiaochuan explore different resources to help our T&I colleagues find their bearings in overwhelming situations. Through the lens of Xiaochuan’s personal experience, we wish to send the message that there is always hope. Let the professional community be your backbone to carry you through challenging times. Jessie has also made this episode a little special in the spirit of professional community as the ATA annual conference is only two month away. Take a listen to find out!
In this 23-minute chat between Jessie and Corinne, they demonstrate through their own experiences to freelance translators having outstanding invoices the strategies and tactics used to successfully collect on outstanding invoices, which could have been otherwise written off. Give it a listen and you might be inspired to be even more creative with your own collection efforts.
If you are a freelance interpreter or translator, chances are that you have been stuck at this question of how to quote a potential client for your service, especially if you are new to the field. People aren’t comfortable talking about their rates for various reasons but that may not be the healthiest thing to do individually or collectively as a profession. We should have open and transparent dialogue about how much we charge so not only we are happier, in the long run it also helps shape the public’s perception of the high value of our profession. But how do we have those conversations? Isn’t that price fixing which is illegal? Tune in to this 20-min chat between Judy and Jessie to find out the whys and the hows.
口笔译行业定价自由，完全由译者和客户双方协定，不存在最高价或最低价，新入行的同事往往一头雾水不知报价从何入手，即便想请教业内前辈但介于种种原因难以启齿，在北美地区，大家对薪资这一问题基本闭口不谈，即便被问到，也是处于礼貌粗略回应一下，仅此而已。这期播客中我们请来了资深口笔译同事Judy Jenner跟大家聊聊钱，详细了解目前这种现象的来龙去脉，以及公开谈钱对个人和整个行业的利与弊！本期节目有个巨大彩蛋：前美国翻译协会会长Corinne McKay在网上发表博客，回顾个人2022年从事自由口笔译工作的收入，内容详细具体，建议刚入行的新同事拜读，一定受益匪浅。中国的同事们也可借此文章了解美国地区自由口笔译的市场潜力 https://www.trainingfortranslators.com/2023/01/17/2022-the-year-in-review/
In this unscheduled episode, seasoned conference interpreter and interpreter trainer Maha El-Metwally shares her insights into Zoom’s latest update on November 6th, which includes a baffling feature that automatically records the interpretation channel when the main meeting audio is recorded. She also puts it in perspective for fellow interpreter colleagues as to how this feature impacts our work and how it may even potentially infringe on our rights. While it looks like Zoom is promptly responsive to the open letter that Maha wrote to them on LinkedIn, in the meanwhile, Maha gives actionable tips and advice to help the affected interpreters navigate through this feature with their clients without putting their protected work at risk.
疫情期间远程同传口译成为新常态， ZOOM作为线上会议平台当家花旦，率先添加了同传功能，并且还在后期的更新中推出口译员在多语言活动中需要用到的语言接力功能，这些进步与优化无疑为线上口译提供了便利条件。可是11月6日ZOOM的软件更新让不少口译员挠头费解，只因这次更新“强迫”会议录制时将口译频道一并录制。虽然我们尚且无从考证ZOOM推出此功能的初衷，但这一做法势必会影响到口译员的工作，甚至有可能侵犯口译员的知识产权。本期播客的采访嘉宾是资深口译员Maha El-Metwally，她在访谈中为大家详细解析ZOOM新录制功能的潜在风险和如何在保证译者权益的同时积极有效的应对这一“新功能”。
In this episode, professional interpreter and published author Ms. Barbara Hong Li shares with us her experience and takeaways from attending her very first ATA annual conference, the ATA 63rd in Los Angeles. Barbara has been in the profession for 20 years already. Are you curious why Barbara just decided to make her way to the very first conference? Do you want to know what her takeaways are given the 2-decade experience under her belt, and based on which she even wrote and published a book? Come on in and give it a listen. This 17-minute chat between Jessie and Barbara may offer you a new perspective on attending professional conferences, which Barbara has summarized as “hidden dragons and crouching tigers”.
In this episode, the distinguished guest speaker of our division at The ATA 63rd Annual Conference, Mr. Joel Sahleen is giving us a preview of his talk on software internationalization and localization. While the topic of the talk is quite tech-oriented at the first glance, it may just surprise you how relevant internationalization and localization to our work as translators, and the new job opportunities that lie within this growing area.
In this episode, instead of talking about the industry and profession-related topics, Jessie, who considers herself a LA local invites Ben Karl who is also based in the Los Angeles area to the show to chat about some tips and tricks about visiting LA this October for the upcoming flagship event of the Association – The ATA 63rd Annual Conference. As the board member of the ATA, Ben shared with the audience how LA got picked as the conference city and why Westin Bonaventure Hotel is able to win over the hearts of those who work so hard to plan this conference. The pair of Angelenos made some specific recommendations to conference attendees on transportation, food options, and activities, hoping to provide some helpful information as people make their way to the city of angels to enjoy the professional festivities.
In this 16-minute episode, while Jessie sets the stage and explores some possible reasons why many freelance linguists haven’t started building their websites even though it has been on their minds to do so, Zoe shares very practical tips and perspectives from her own website building experience to make this seemingly massive and overwhelming task manageable, and to help translate the will of having the website to actually build the website. Zoe’s website (www.zoelingo.com) has served as an inspiration to many as it is an example of the perfect balance between visual simplicity and informational functionality.
In this episode, we take a stroll down memory lane with Professor Holly Mikkelson as she recounts her experience starting out as a court interpreter. It may have been the only career option available to her back then, but her passion and dedication to the then-infant profession, along with the support of various professional associations and organizing bodies, has nurtured the growth and development of court interpreting. Join us for the 21-minute ride to relive the tears and joys, twists and turns, of court interpreting in its 40 plus years and counting!
CLD podcast Ep.5 Feb 2022 - Holly Mickelson
Time stamps
00:01:39 Starting out as a court interpreter in the 1970s
00:04:35 How the book ACEBO came into being
00:07:11 Court interpreting: then vs. now
00:12:04 Culture as an inextricable factor in court interpreting
00:15:14 Why court interpreters’ rules of ethics are so strict
00:18:08 Advice for aspiring court interpreters
Reference Links
ACEBO (training material for court interpretation): https://acebo.myshopify.com/