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Telephone Interpreting Resources — Low-English Alphabet for Chinese Speakers

I have been taking a lot of telephone interpreting jobs lately. One thing I have had difficulty with is spelling English names, addresses, etc. for Chinese speakers with low English proficiency. For people with good English, we would simply use the International Phonetic Alphabet — or our own system — to spell over the phone […]

English and Chinese Telephone Phrasebook

Hi everyone. I prepared this phrasebook to help anyone who is preparing to work as a telephone interpreter. There are two versions — one in English and one in Mandarin. Feel free to press PLAY, take notes, and interpret into the other language. Connecting a Call Interpret English into Mandarin Interpret Mandarin into English Making/Receiving […]