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Simultaneous Interpreting Practice #6 – Online Police Report (English into Mandarin)
Briefing An English-speaking police officer is talking to a local, Mandarin-speaking community about how to make an online police report. You will be interpreting for him into Mandarin in real time. Listen to Audio Simultaneous Interpreting Practice #6 – Online Police Report (English into Mandarin) Transcript and reference translation
Simultaneous Interpreting Practice #5 – Bonsai Theft (Mandarin into English)
Briefing An English-speaking police officer is visiting the home of a Mandarin-speaking woman. You have been called to interpret for them. The officer has asked the woman to describe her experience with the police who recently investigated the theft of a bonsai in her garden. You will be interpreting for the Mandarin-speaking woman in real […]
Simultaneous Interpreting Practice #2 – Arrest Procedure (English into Mandarin)
Briefing You have been called to interpret at a police station. An English-speaking lawyer is providing legal advice to a Mandarin-speaking client who has been arrested. Listen to Audio Simultaneous Interpreting Practice #2 – Arrest Procedure (English into Mandarin) Transcript and reference translation
Simultaneous Interpreting Practice #1 – Drug Possession (Mandarin into English)
Briefing A Mandarin-speaking man has been arrested by the police who have asked him to describe his previous drug conviction. You will be interpreting what he says into English in real time. Listen to Audio Simultaneous Interpreting Practice #1 – Drug Possession (Mandarin into English) Transcript and reference translation
Mandarin-English Dialogue #28 – Burglary Tip-off
Briefing A Mandarin-speaking woman has telephoned Crime Stoppers to report a crime currently being committed outside her residence. Listen to Dialogue Mandarin-English Dialogue #28 – Burglary Tip-off
Mandarin-English Dialogue #24 – Murder Investigation
Briefing The following is a police interview with a suspect who was arrested on suspicion of murder. The suspect is Mr Shuang, a Mandarin-speaking man, and the interview is being conducted by Inspector Plod at St Kilda police station. Listen to Dialogue Mandarin-English Dialogue #24 – Murder Investigation
Mandarin-English Dialogue #23 – Common Assault
Briefing A Mandarin-speaking man, Mr Yan, has been charged with common assault. He is being visited in custody by an English-speaking lawyer named Mr Hampton. This is the first time the accused has sought legal advice about the offence he has been charged with. Listen to Dialogue Mandarin-English Dialogue #23 – Common Assault
Mandarin-English Dialogue #19 – Suspicious Fire
Briefing Mrs Liu, a Mandarin-speaking woman, has been called in to take an interview with Victoria Police regarding a fire that broke out at her workplace, Chaochao Grocery, in Richmond. Listen to Dialogue Mandarin-English Dialogue #19 – Suspicious Fire
Mandarin-English Dialogue #18 – Drug Possession
Briefing A drug possession charge has been brought against a Mandarin-speaking woman, Miss Wu, after a tip-off alerted police to a possible supplier operating from her residence. Wu is being interviewed by Police Constable Granger following the discovery of various controlled substances within her rented property in Fitzroy. Listen to Dialogue Mandarin-English Dialogue #18 […]
Mandarin-English Dialogue #17 – Delinquent Juvenile
Briefing You have been called in at the last minute to interpret for your colleague who has been called away on a family emergency. Your interpreting assignment is at a local police station, where you will be interpreting for Mrs Zeng, a Mandarin-speaking woman, and an English-speaking constable. Zeng’s teenage son has been arrested and […]
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