@AltanLanguage

Chinese to English #translator & director of Altan Language Services. Eclectic tweeting on favourite subjects #translation, #China, #language, #business & more!

 West Midlands, England
Joined April 2015
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Retweet to tell @theresa_may the will of the people has changed
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Next at #CBTE19: a session on the linguistic and cultural challenges when doing business in China. I should really be on this panel 🤣
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Kicking off the day at the China Britain Trade Expo #CBTE19 @China_Britain
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#multilingualism with professional translators, interpreters and terminologists are key to national and international security and prosperity RT @TLILanguages @JNCLInfo
Transparent Language@TLILanguages15 Dec 2018
Can foreign languages make America safer? Diplomatically speaking, yes. hubs.ly/H0fRVmc0
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"English speakers often miss out on knowledge about language and cognition because they are busy measuring things against an arbitrary English-centric benchmark." YESS!! theconversation.com/language…
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Viewing #China through the filter of its long history gives crucial insights into its future development. Think Silk Road, Confucius, Qing Dynasty, China's historical world status. #CBTE2018
Doing business in #China: policy and initiatives are moving forward so quickly that foreign business has a challenge to keep up. Staying up to date and agile is the key to success. #CBTE2018
The six major routes of #China's Belt and Road Initiative, all branching their way toward Europe #CBTE2018
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Survey of mainland #Chinese #entrepreneurs shows their plans for investment: upgrading technology, management practice, and green production. #CBTE2018
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Fascinating facts on #Guangdong economy: size is 1.4 trillion USD - if it were a country it would be in the G20 & the size of South Korea! Growing at around 10% a year & has been leading province of #China for 29 years! Guangdong is open for business.
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Dr Wu Kegang: in 2017 #China invested £16.8 billion in the UK & Chinese #investment in UK continues to grow despite #Brexit. China-UK relations a spark of positivity! #CBTE2018
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Ready to kick off the day at the @chinabritaintradeexpo at @QEIICentre with @china_britain #CBTE2018 Hoping to meet some interesting partners with a need for quality #Chinese #translation services!
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Tongue twisters in #languages from all over the world! #tonguetwisters facebook.com/CondeNastTravel…

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What's your country's most popular tongue twister? In our new series, "Many People From Many Countries Doing Many Things," we're testing ours out on people from around the world. 😛

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GNARVEMBER III Use this link to enter fantastic photography gear giveaway!! gleam.io/99jz9-wx7OOl?l=http…
To all the #translators & #interpreters around the world, Happy International Translation Day! #xl8day #ITD2017 #InternationalTranslationDay
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Jesus... how does this even happen? Fake (or just incompetent?) #ASL #interpreter botches emergency newsflash limpingchicken.com/2017/09/1… #1nt

Deaf News: New ‘fake interpreter’ storm over Hurricane Irma emergency newsflash

A sign language interpreter who appeared on a televised broadcast of the Hurricane Irma emergency newsflash in America has been branded ‘fake’ and ‘useless’, after many Deaf…

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Understanding the jargon you hear in the news: #tropical #storm #vocabulary qz.com/1071041/hurricane-voc… #language #hurricane
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