Thursday, September 5th, 2019
How to tell if you are getting good value in translation? An airport was negotiating with a new airline that would deliver big opportunities to its local population through tourism, trade and exchanges, and the flow on to gross state product. Typically negotiations like this take years and many trips, research, pitches, and offers. The
Tuesday, August 13th, 2019
Was the title of an engaging conversation between two translators at this year’s Bendigo Writers’ Festival and I came away with some new insights about the transformative powers of translation. From George Pell to Kerry O’Brien to...
Wednesday, June 19th, 2019
I am imagining a visit from my Chinese ancestors – my surname Qin is the name of China’s first and most famous emperor who built a stone army to guard his tomb in China. As Hong Kong...
Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
I grew up in rural Victoria – up in the Mallee – a long way in those days from Melbourne. In a small country town the school was bland and vanilla compared to multicultural Australia as we...
Wednesday, April 24th, 2019
The top political topics on English language social media are the Adani coal mine, economy, social policy, governance and the environment (Fin Review, 24 April 2019), with Bill Shorten, Scott Morrison and Pauline Hanson the top politicians...
Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
by Kate Ritchie Sunday afternoon at the Mountain View Hotel – not the usual meeting place for Chinese voters – saw an encounter between the two Chinese candidates standing for the Federal election which will deliver the...
Thursday, April 11th, 2019
By Julia Jiang, Chinese and Japanese Translator On 1 April 2019, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Minister Yoshihide Suga appeared in front of a large media contingent and revealed a card with calligraphy on it – the much anticipated...
Monday, April 1st, 2019
“Open up your hearts”, as Elton John sang, could be the theme song for The Australian Way, a new app to help migrants “find an island in the sea” (Elton John, Harmony) which was launched on Harmony...
Friday, March 22nd, 2019
In an increasingly globalised world today, to get the language and culture right when doing marketing communications to a foreign country seems a widely adopted idea for brands. However, although the former has become easier — thanks...
Monday, January 21st, 2019
Welcome to the enthusiastic Pig Year. It starts on 5 February 2019 and will be overtaken by the Rat on 25 January 2020. The pig is the last animal in the Chinese zodiac reflecting their slow speed...
