{"id":85,"date":"2022-08-09T20:57:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T03:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2022-08-14T22:58:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T05:58:10","slug":"translation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/translation\/","title":{"rendered":"Translation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-196\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/files\/2022\/08\/vancouver_sun_2016-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/files\/2022\/08\/vancouver_sun_2016-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/files\/2022\/08\/vancouver_sun_2016.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo credit: Vancouver Sun<\/em><\/p>\n<h6>As a translator\/interpreter, I connect different linguistic communities through my work. I was a lead linguist specializing in Traditional Chinese for a global translation and localization agency that offers services to Fortune 100 companies. I&#8217;ve also worked as a part-time interpreter for the City of Vancouver.<\/h6>\n<h1>Published translation<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-217 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/files\/2022\/08\/book-lepetitprince-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/files\/2022\/08\/book-lepetitprince-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/files\/2022\/08\/book-lepetitprince-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/files\/2022\/08\/book-lepetitprince-768x1135.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/files\/2022\/08\/book-lepetitprince.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The Little Prince in Cantonese<\/em> was translated by Thomas Tsoi. I was the copyeditor of the 2017 edition and the 2021 edition with Jyutping (Romanization).<\/p>\n<p>Read the full text <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cantonese.com.hk\/lepetitprince\/text-jyutping\/ch1\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read my preface <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cantonese.com.hk\/lepetitprince\/preface2\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read my notes for learners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cantonese.com.hk\/lepetitprince\/notes-for-learners-of-cantonese\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/8164\/1636\/products\/f492af5d6670e93a10946e9ad39491a5_300x300.jpg?v=1652808746\" alt=\"A Seat at the Table - Official Exhibition Catalogue (Traditional Chinese and English)\" width=\"202\" height=\"271\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I translated two curatorial essays for the official catalogue of the exhibition <em>A Seat at the Table<\/em> in the Chinese Canadian Museum and Museum of Vancouver, namely <em>Reckoning and Recognition<\/em> by Henry Yu (English to Chinese), and <em>Passing the Torch<\/em> by Denise Fong (Chinese to English).<\/p>\n<p>Purchase the catalogue <a href=\"https:\/\/store.thepolygon.ca\/products\/a-seat-at-the-table-traditional\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>Subtitle translation<\/h1>\n<h4>English to Chinese<\/h4>\n<p>I translated the title of the film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arts.ubc.ca\/news\/all-our-fathers-relations\/\"><em>All Our Father&#8217;s Relations<\/em><\/a> to \u7956\u6839\u7236\u8108 in Chinese. Click CC to view Chinese subtitles in the trailer below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/152152089?h=e4db32aac7\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Note: Szu Shen also contributed to the translation of subtitles in this film.<\/p>\n<h4>Chinese to English<\/h4>\n<p>I translated subtitles from Chinese to English for the oral history project <a href=\"https:\/\/hksi.ubc.ca\/after-the-protest\/home\/\"><em>After the Protest<\/em><\/a> spearheaded by <a href=\"https:\/\/hksi.ubc.ca\/\">UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"After the Protest: Ringo L. (Part 2)\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fJ4wBU5tWRI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo credit: Vancouver Sun As a translator\/interpreter, I connect different linguistic communities through my work. I was a lead linguist specializing in Traditional Chinese for a global translation and localization agency that offers services to Fortune 100 companies. I&#8217;ve also worked as a part-time interpreter for the City of Vancouver. Published translation The Little Prince &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/translation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Translation&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56896,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56896"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions\/324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/zoelam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}