Way back in junior high school, I had read an article which profiled the skill sets of students admitted into Ivy League universities, most notably Harvard and Yale. It was determined that a significant number of Ivy bound American kids had learned Mandarin, a language that was, as the article conveyed, reserved for only the smartest of youngsters, those shining stars who had [...]
Saul Gitlin (冀碩臨)- Executive Vice-President of top rated Asia-focused multicultural advertising agency Kang & Lee, founder of a popular LinkedIn group for Chinese-speaking professionals, mentor to budding Sinophiles, gifted storyteller and a scholar in his own right- is approaching thirty years of connection to China. I sat down with Mr. Gitlin, who is currently working [...]
by Greg T. Spielberg Come the first day of school, roughly 600 Oakland County (Mich.) students will be tossing Chinese textbooks into their backpacks on the way to class. Over the past two years, the number of high schools offering Chinese has jumped from four to 23 out of the 28 districts in this Detroit-metro [...]
Two women- both New York residents- placed China in the media spotlight this morning, one with outspoken determination and the other, a mild tinge of regret. Following a very well-received speech at Asia Society on Friday, Hillary Clinton departed today for Asia, where she will make stops in Japan, Indonesia, South Korea, and China. Her final destination to [...]
Yi Lu, a Linguistic Consultant and Partner at Handsome Translations, offers some valuable insight and practical advice in this Link Up, Learn More Q&A. How does “curiosity kill the cat but feed the translator?” For an answer to this and much more, read on. You’re a veteran translator with some pretty big names under your [...]
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