March 31, 2016
The Managing Director of our company, Dr Kevin Lin (OBE) will be giving a keynote speech on 13th April at the Post-Graduate Research Conference 2016 at the University of Surrey. Attended by about 200 researchers, the conference aims at encouraging cross-discipline research.
‘I consider this conference an opportunity to call for help’, Kevin says, ‘As a discipline, interpreting is seriously under researched and very often misunderstood’.
In his speech, Kevin will talk about the disconnect between the reality of interpreting and prevalent understanding of it. He’ll highlight potentials for cross-disciplinary research. It spans linguistics, psychology, sociology, engineering, product design, translation studies and artificial intelligence. He’ll also comment on the prospect of computers replacing interpreters and translators.
KL Communications is the collaborator of MA Business Interpreting in Chinese at the University of Surrey – a success in its fifth year. We’re responsible for assessing applicants and the teaching of interpreting modules.
February 29, 2016
We are very excited to announce that four new interpreters will be joining us in March and April 2016.
We already have the largest in-house team of Chinese interpreters in Europe. The new additions will further strengthen our leadership position in the market.
Our company possesses expertise not available in this market. The new recruits will go through the most extensive and demanding training in the profession. In addition to acquiring a range of high-end interpreting skills, they’ll also be trained in specialist terminology across industries, how to handle tricky situations, voice and performance as well as etiquette.
January 26, 2016
Dr Kevin Lin interpreted at The World Economic Forum (Davos). He talks about his highlights there:
- This was my tenth Davos!
- China sent arguably the highest ranking official so far – a Vice President
- The first large display advert by a Chinese bank (see photo)
- The microblog Queen of China with 78 million followers was given a Crystal Award
- Foes turned into friends – the leaders of the two parts of Cyprus shook hands on stage to display shared aspiration for a united Cyprus
- The children of the Governor of the World Bank asked their father to do more about climate change
- The Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau declared himself a feminist
- David Cameron spoke eloquently without using auto cue – the only keynote speaker to do that.
- My train from Davos to Zurich was two minutes late.
January 18, 2016
KL Communications has signed an MOU with Lan-Bridge in China to develop ground breaking training courses for Chinese companies wanting to go international. The signing was witnessed by more than 200 participants to the Forum of Translation and Internationalisation 2016 in Chengdu, China on Wed 13th January. Lan-Bridge is one of the top three language solution providers with nine subsidiaries across China. The jointly designed and delivered training programmes will plug skill shortage and knowledge gaps in Chinese companies. The aim will be to increase competitiveness through improved skill and knowledge level amongst front-line staff as well as managers.
November 4, 2015
About 1,000 students packed two conference halls via a video link to attend a talk given by Kevin on Tue evening. The event took place at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing where Kevin graduated more than 30 years ago. He talked about how he persisted with English as an undergraduate, his time at BBC World Service and the recent state visit to the UK by the President of China. It was one and half hour of extraordinary stories punctuated by laughter and applauses from the audience at regular intervals. Prior to the talk, articles and photos of Kevin in action during the state visit went viral on social media in China. At one point, ‘Queen’s interpreter’ ranked sixth in the top ten search terms on the biggest microblog site in China, registering 150,000 searches.
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