by Alison | Mar 12, 2025 | Blog, Chinese Language and Culture, Just Life
Last week, I translated a speech for a friend of mine and then interpreted the speech in a live situation. I am definitely not the best translator or interpreter that I know, and I felt like a bit of a fraud standing in front of everyone and trying to translate...
by Alison | Feb 26, 2025 | Blog, Just Life
Conversations with taxi (or didi in China) drivers are almost always interesting. One guy in my city told me about the interesting things people had him transport—like a cat without anyone accompanying the cat. Someone just dropped it off and someone else picked it up...
by Alison | Nov 12, 2024 | Blog, Chinese Language and Culture
On most Wednesdays, I have lunch with a delightful group of people including my friend from America, a colleague from China, her friend who is now my friend from China, and our other colleague from Indonesia. With so many languages and cultures, we tend to have some...
by Alison | Nov 4, 2024 | Blog, Chinese Language and Culture, Just Life
A month or two ago, I heard about a Chinese speech competition. Sure, why not, I can join that! I thought to myself. I signed up by adding someone’s WeChat and learned that I had a month or two to prepare and write the speech which I would then film and submit online....
by Alison | Sep 17, 2024 | Stories (Chinese)
译者：厉雪灵感词：删除，冷漠叶陈瑞在食堂一角嗦面条，用手机追最近喜欢的一部剧。男女主正争吵，但陈瑞知道他们最终会和好如初。电视剧的套路就是这样：争吵，争吵，争吵，直到最后不吵了，其乐融融地在一起。为什么现实生活中的友谊不是这样呢？他不禁自问。为什么我无法知道自己这段故事的结局呢？我都不求有个女朋友，只想找人一起玩的时候，能有个朋友不会忽视我。 画插图者：赵智智...
