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Chinese to English: Reference Letter General field: Other Detailed field: Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs
Source text - Chinese 致悉尼大学招生负责人士：
您好！我是广州市第七中学物理科宋丽婵老师，同时亦是陈佳沛同学的高二和高三两个学年的班主任老师。此次特地写这封信件的目的是推荐陈佳沛同学——一位品学兼优、全面发展的优秀学生。
我见证他在高中三年成长的历程。在刚入读我校广州市第七中学时，他并未被选择进入重点班就读。但是在紧接的高一学年内，他付出异乎普通班学生甚至重点班学生的努力，凭借乐观的精神与不懈的干劲，在两次的期末考试中名列全级第一，甚至拉开第二名同学将近20分的分差。
即便成绩名列全级前列，他从未吝啬与同班同学交流学习经验，分享学习心得。当时位于普通班的他用亲身的经历鼓励全班同学向重点班同学发出挑战，全班同学众志成城于两个学期的期末考都夺得平行班第一的佳绩，仅次于重点班，甚至部分科目的成绩还让重点班的同学为之一惊。此外，擅长英语的他组织每周一节英语讲习课，利用自习课为同学查漏补缺，这让原本对英语恨之入骨的同学逐渐爱上了英语。
高二学年转入重点班就读前期，他在学习上遇到了挑战。在众星云集、藏龙卧虎的重点班里，他感到了前所未有的压力。一次又一次的测验结果不理想让他学会调整学习策略，调整学习心态，重新定位自己，这却从未磨灭他的信心。课上的他总能集中注意力听讲，适时给予授课老师回应；课后的他总不忘向老师提出疑难，解决学习上的障碍。
高三学年是对学生一次生理和心理上重大挑战，陈佳沛同学仍然表现出色。值得一提的是，除了完成自己的学习任务外，他还关心其他同学的学习，尽自己的所能帮助有需要的同学。周嘉泳同学，是他的好朋友，在英语学习上存在困难。在备考英语口语考试期间，他在每晚放学后都腾出时间与周嘉泳一起练习英语口语，交流应考经验。坚持与毅力最终换来成功的硕果，周嘉泳同学在高考英语中取得巨大进步。
在学习方面表现杰出的他，在其他方面也未曾逊色。
第一，他具有卓越的领导才能和踏实苦干的精神。高二和高三两个学年，他作为我们班的语文科代，早上总能组织好全班同学齐声朗读。遇到疑难或错误的字词，他与另外一名科代相互配合，向全班同学一一澄清纠正。他超额完成科代工作，受到了包括授课老师在内的众多老师的好评。此外，他是我校团委社团部英语社的社长、学校爵士乐队队员，在课后组织并领导社团进行社团活动，在节假日还组织队员在全校面前表演。我还记得在高三的元旦大会上，他带领众多队员，代表高三级全体同学用歌曲向全校展示高三同学的风貌，利用两个星期时间排演出一场饱受好评的表演。
第二，他能与周围人群建立和谐良好的人际关系。他乐于助人、待人友善、兴趣爱好广泛，是他能够广交朋友的秘诀。
第三，他爱好兴趣广泛，敢于尝试新事物。他小学阶段参加计算机技能训练、学习游泳、口风琴、牧童笛，初中阶段学习钢琴、乒乓球，高中阶段学习爵士鼓、网球等。广泛的爱好提高了他对综合素质，让他处理身边的事务游刃有余。
陈佳沛一直是一个出色的学生，我强烈地推荐他到贵校就读。我相信他会在贵校一展风采，书写属于自己的人生篇章。
广州市第七中学
宋丽婵
2012年7月26日
Translation - English Dear Admission Office of Sydney University:
I am Song Lichan, a senior Physics teacher in Guangzhou No.7 Middle School and the head teacher in Chen Jiapei’s class. It’s much to my honor to give him a reference - an excellent student with overall development and good virtue.
I have always put my eyes on his growth in the three academic year. At the first time when he entered the high school, he was not selected to enter a key class. Though studying in an average class, he spared no efforts to study and earned himself a chance to study in a key class in the following academic year. Being optimistic and energetic, he ranked first in two final examinations, setting a gap of over 20 points to the second ranking student.
Despite his marvellous academic performance, he was never mean to share experience with others. Instead, when he was in the average class, he used them to encourage other students. Finally, the whole class attained huge progress in the final examination. In addition, he organized weekly English class for his average class students, using of free classes, which turned those to be great fans for English who disliked English at first.
During the second academic year in the key class, he encountered challenges. After experiencing several obstacles, he learned to adapt himself to the new life, with much confidence as ever before. In class, he always concentrated on listening, giving teacher instant responses; after class, he raised questions whenever he met one, solving barriers on his study road.
The third academic year is an extraordinary year filled with physical and mental challenges. Chen Jiapei was still performing outstandingly. It is worth mentioning that, in addition to accomplishing his own tasks, he also cared about others’. For example, he tried his best to help his classmates Zhou Jiayong, who may have some difficulties in learning English. As the oral English test approaching, he practised speaking English with Zhou Jiayong. It was persistence and perseverance that earned them the fruits of success. Fortunately, they achieved great success in the college entrance examination..
Besides studying, he did well in other aspects.
Firstly, he was dependable and of leadership. In the last two academic years, he served as the course representative of Chinese, leading the whole class to read aloud passages in the morning. Whenever he found faults in the textbooks, he dared to question them and correct them. He overfulfilled his work, receiving high praise by his teachers and classmate. Additionally, he was the club leader of the English club, organizing communities’ activities after class, and the member of the school jazz band, giving performances during holidays or special events. I still clearly remembered that in the last New Year Festival, he led numerous players to practise in two weeks. To our surprise, he gave an amazing show on the stage.
Secondly, he has established harmonious interpersonal relationship with people around him. Being helpful, easy-going, positive earned him great popularity among his friends.
Thirdly, he has a wide variety of interests and the courage to try new things. In primary school, he attended computer skills training class, swimming class and harmonica class. In junior middle school, he studied piano, table tennis. In senior high school, he learned drums and tennis. Wide ranges of interests turned him into a boy of overall quality. With that, he was able to handle things in life more easily.
Chen Jiapei has been an excellent student. I strongly recommend him to you and I believe he shall achieve better success in the near future.
Guangzhou No.7 Middle School
Song Lichan
26 July 2012
English to Chinese: Globalization General field: Marketing Detailed field: Business/Commerce (general)
Source text - English A fundamental shift is occurring in the world economy. We are moving rapidly away from a world in which national economies were relatively self-contained entities, isolated from each other by barriers to cross-border trade and investment; by distance, time zones, and language; and by national differences in government regulation, culture, and business systems. And we are moving toward a world in which barriers to cross-border trade and investment are tumbling; perceived distance is shrinking due to advances in transportation and telecommunications technology; material culture is starting to look similar the world over; and national economies are merging into an interdependent global economic system. The process by which this is occurring is commonly referred to as globalization.
Correspondent: Globalization has been one of the most important factors to affect business over the last twenty years. How is it different from what existed before? Companies used to export to other parts of the world from a base in their home country. Many of the connections between exporting and importing countries had a historical basis. Today, to be competitive, companies are looking for bigger markets and want to export to every country. They want to move into the global market. To do this many companies have set up local bases in different countries. Two chief executives will talk about how their companies dealt with going global. Percy Barnevik, one of the world’s most admired business leaders when he was Chairman of the international engineering group ABB and Dick Brown of telecommunications provider Cable & Wireless.
Cable & Wireless already operates in many countries and is well-placed to take advantage of the increasingly global market for telecommunications. For Dick Brown globalization involves the economies of countries being connected to each other and companies doing business in many countries and therefore having multinational accounts.
Dick Brown: The world is globalizing and the telecommunications industry is becoming more and more global, and so we feel we’re well-positioned in that market place. You see currency markets are more global tied, economies are globally connected, more so nowadays with expanded trade, more and more multinational accounts are doing business in many, many more countries. We’re a company at Cable & Wireless now, well-positioned to carry the traffic and to provide the services to more and more companies that now need to get to five countries or twelve countries, we’re often there.
Correspondent: When Percy Barnevik became head of the international engineering group ABB, his task was to make globalization work. He decided to divide the business into over a thousand smaller companies. In this way he believed the company could be both global and local. In answering the question “How do you make globalization work?”, Percy Barnevik describes the “global glue” that keeps the many different people in ABB together. He then looks at the need to manage the three contradictions of company: it is decentralized but centrally controlled, it is big and small at the same time and it is both global and local.
Percy Barnevik: We have now for ten years after our big merger created a “global glue” where people are tied together, where they don’t internally compete, but support each other, and you have global leaders with global responsibility and your local managers working with their profit centers, and if you have the right, so to say, agenda for these people and the right structure, you can use a scale of economy and your advantages of bigness but being small. We used to say you have three contradictions: decentralized and still centrally controlled, big and small, global and local, and, of course, to try to make these contradictions work together effectively, then I think you have a big organizational competitive edge.
Correspondent: Globalizations can bring advantage to a business, but how does a company go global? Dick Brown mentions three ways companies can achieve “globalness”. Firstly, companies can work together in alliances. Secondly, they can acquire or buy other companies, and thirdly they can grow organically by expanding from their existing base.
Dick Brown: Well, as you go global, and a handful or more of companies are going to really push out, in my view, to be truly global companies, and some of them, maybe all of them, will also work to be local. They’ll be local in chosen markets and global in their ability to carry their customers’ needs from continent A to continent B. We want to be one of the companies that’s both global and local. Alliances are one way to be global, it’s not the only way to be global; you can acquire your way to “globalness”, you can organically grow your way to “globalness”, you can have alliances which help you get global quicker, so you take your pick.
Percy Barnevik: You have to start from the top with local people who understand language, culture and so on, and I think in this global world where the East is coming up now, that’s a winning recipe.
Correspondent: ABB already found the winning recipe. Its theory of globalization has become the company’s working practice. So how do you make theory work in practice? Percy Barnevik believes that successful globalization involves getting people to work together, overcoming national, cultural barriers and making the organization customer-driven.
Percy Barnevik: You see the easy thing is to have the theory, but then to make the systems work, to make people really work together, to trust each other — Americans, Europeans, Asians, to get over these national cultural barriers and create a common glue, ABB, and then make them customer-driven. If you can achieve that, and create that culture deep down then I think you have an important competitive edge.
Correspondent: What Dick Brown and Percy Barnevik have shown is that there are different routes to globalization and that companies have to work hard to succeed in going global. Actually one of the disadvantages of the Global Strategy is that integrated competitive moves can lead to the sacrificing of revenues, profits, or competitive positions in individual countries — especially when the subsidiary in one country is told to attack a global competitor in order to convey a signal or divert that competitor’s resources from another nation. The challenges managers of transnational corporations face are to identify and exploit cross-border synergies and to balance local demands with the global vision for the corporation. Building an effective transnational organization requires a corporate culture that values global dissimilarities across cultures and markets.
Translation - Chinese 当今世界经济正经历巨变。跨国贸易投资壁垒、时空差距、语言差异、各国政府规章不同、文化差异以及商业系统差异等因素，一度隔绝世界各国经济，使之形成一个个相对独立的经济实体。而如今，我们却在这个世界中频繁快速地到处周转。我们正在迎接新纪元，一个跨国贸易投资壁垒逐渐消减，曾经的咫尺天涯也因交通和电信技术的进步而变得天涯咫尺，物质文化开始朝世界看齐，各国经济个体也渐渐地相融为一个各国相互依存的全球化经济系统的新纪元。而这所发生的一切通常被称为全球化。
新闻记者：近二十年来，全球化成为深刻影响商业的众多因素之一。这和以前的模式有什么不同吗？曾经，公司是从本国的生产基地生产货品并出口到世界各地。许多出口国和进口国之间已经有着历史渊源。如今，为了提升竞争力，众多公司都在着眼于更广阔的市场，并将他们的货物出口到世界各地。他们都想投身于全球化市场的队伍当中。为此，许多公司在不用国家也都设立了生产基地。两位知名总裁将会谈谈他们公司是如何迎接全球化进程的。他们是——最受人敬仰的全球商业领袖之一的国际工程集团AAB的前主席Percy Barnevik，以及Cable & Wireless 电信供应商Dick Brown。
Cable & Wireless 已在许多国家运营，并且在电信的利用日益增长的全球化市场优势方面做地很好。对于Dick Brown来说，全球化牵涉到有相互关联的国家之间的经济，也牵涉到在许多国家发展业务的公司，而这些公司也因此拥有跨国账户。
Dick Brown：世界正迈向全球化的大潮流而电信业也不例外，因此我们认为公司能够在此当中正确定位。我们不难发现，货币市场、各国经济、贸易扩张已经与全球化结下不解之缘，越来越多的跨国企业在更多不同国家从事商业活动。我们是一个在Cable & Wireless的一个公司，我们在支撑通信量和为越来越多的公司提供服务方面做得很好，而我们所服务的公司现在往往需要联系到5个乃至12个国家的其他公司，但我们总能满足他们的需求。
记者：Percy Barnevik成为国际工程组织ABB的总裁时，他的任务就是推进全球化。当时他决定把组织的业务分摊到数千家小公司中。他认为通过这样，公司即可以讲本土化与全球化有机结合。当被问及如何推进全球化进程时，Percy Barnevik将全球化喻为“全球粘胶”，这一“胶水”把ABB里面许许多多不同的人都粘合起来。随后他考虑到处理公司三大矛盾的迫切性：分权与集权、小公司与大公司、本土化与全球化。
Percy Barnevik：距离我们的大合并已有十年。大合并形成了“全球粘胶”，它将人们都粘合起来，使员工由内斗转向内助。而且，人们还有全球化的领头人在承担起全球化的责任，在本国的经理也在突出利润的这一中心指导下工作，而且先姑且这样说，如果你有对人们来说合适的计划议程以及合适的公司结构，那么你就可以利用好经济的等级体系以及“既是大公司也是小公司”所带给你的优势。过去我们常说的三大矛盾：分权与集权、大公司与小公司、全球化与本土化，当然，若你肯尝试把这些矛盾都有效整和起来解决，那么我认为你就会有一个巨大的组织竞争力。
记者：既然全球化能为企业带来好处，那么一个公司要怎么样走向全球化呢？Dick Brown提到了三个令公司实现全球化的方法。第一，公司间结盟合作、第二，公司间兼并或收购、第三，公司可以通过发展已有的产业有机式成长。（搭错下一段）
（漏译）Dick Brown: Well, as you go global, and a handful or more of companies are going to really push out, in my view, to be truly global companies, and some of them, maybe all of them, will also work to be local. They’ll be local in chosen markets and global in their ability to carry their customers’ needs from continent A to continent B. We want to be one of the companies that’s both global and local. Alliances are one way to be global, it’s not the only way to be global; you can acquire your way to “globalness”, you can organically grow your way to “globalness”, you can have alliances which help you get global quicker, so you take your pick.
Percy Barnevik：你必须先从与当地人合作开始，他们精通当地语言、理解当地文化等。我认为，东部世界是目前全球化进程中的佼佼者，与之合作你将胜券在握。
记者：ABB已经找到了实现全球化的诀窍了。他们公司已将全球化理论付诸工作实践。那么请问您又是如何应用理论于实际中呢？Percy Barnevil认为成功的全球化应该让人们合作同时，克服国家与文化之间的障碍，更加以顾客为中心。
Percy Barnevik：你们可以发现纸上谈兵并不难，但是，要让系统运行起来，让员工真正互相合作甚至互相信任便是难题了，--正如，美国人、欧洲人、亚洲人要克服国家文化差异带来的障碍并且组成这一个“共同粘胶”，也就是ABB。更不用说让员工更加以客为本。如果你可以做到这些，并且让企业文化深深扎根，那么在我看来你已经有了强大的竞争力了。
记者：Dick Brown 和 Percy Barnevik所向世人展示的是：实现全球化的道路不尽相同，而且公司要成功跻身于全球化的队列还需要不断努力奋斗。事实上，全球化战略的其中一个弊端就是，公司综合竞争力的举措可能需要牺牲收入、盈利或其在其它国家的竞争地位——特别是在当一国的子公司受命攻击另一竞争对手，以传递信号或向另一国转移对手资源是尤为明显。跨国公司经理所面临的挑战是如何鉴别并利用跨国的协同作用以及如何做到对当地需求以及公司全球化视角进行平衡。创立一个幼小的跨国组织需要有一个重视全球化中文化以及市场差异的企业文化。
English to Chinese: e-Confirmation of Enrollment of College General field: Other Detailed field: Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs
Source text - English International Office
Level 4, Jane Foss Russell Building
NSW 2006 AUSTRALIA
ABN 15 211 513 464
CRICOS Provider Code: 00026A
Dear Mr Chen
Thank you for accepting an offer to study at the University of Sydney. If you are applying for a new student visa you will find
attached your electronic Confirmation of Enrolment (eCoE) documentation issued by the University of Sydney. You are
required to provide this documentation to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) to enable you to apply for an
Australian Student Visa.
For information on how to apply for your student visa, please refer to the DIAC website:
http://www.immi.gov.au
For enquiries regarding the status of your student visa application, please refer to the DIAC office indicated on
your eCoE (Section A) or visit their website.
Please check the enrolment dates for your course :
Undergraduate -
http://sydney.edu.au/future_students/international_undergraduate/admissions/offers/enrolment_dates.shtml
Postgraduate Coursework -
http://sydney.edu.au/future_students/international_postgraduate_coursework/admissions/offers/enrolment_dates.shtml
Postgraduate Research -
http://sydney.edu.au/future_students/international_postgraduate_research/admissions/offers/enrolment_dates.shtml
The International Student Support Unit (ISSU) provides valuable services for international students at the University of
Sydney, including a pre-departure checklist, daily arrival information sessions, an orientation program, as well as activities and
counselling throughout your studies. Please visit their website:
http://sydney.edu.au/issu
If your eCoE requires amendment, please contact Roseanne Du in the International Office at the contact details listed below,
quoting your student number.
Yours sincerely,
Jay Jayatilaka
A/Director
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
Over the last 3 years, I have picked up a wide range of translation and certain transcription projects, between English and Simplified Chinese, on general topics, tourism, society or engineering.
A recent transcription project I picked up was from a Singapore company, which produces documentary to CNN, National Geographics etc. During the project, I was required transcribe the dialogues in the video clips in Chinese Mandarin/Hokkien and translate them into English. The whole project consisted of 5 rolls, adding up to 182 audio minutes. The client and I communicated through Internet, using email and skype.
Besides Simplified Chinese, I can recognize Traditional Chinese and certain types of Chinese dialect, say Xiang (Hunan) dialects.
Apart from translation and transcription, I am keen on interpreting, website/software localization as well. More details will be shown in my CV.
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