Murmuring Tigers

In this CBS episode, we had Ella Wang who graduated as an English major and now work as an education consultant.

Ella  Wang  shared  a  lot  of  her  own  experiences  in  aspect  of  her  study  and  her  work.  When talking about the choice she had made for her career, she said “I think I'm passionate about  [education]  and  I  have  accumulated  lots  of  experiences  in  that  field”.  She  thought working as an education consultant to be meaningful, “to work with [the adolescent] together, be  their  friends  and  you  see  that  they  achieved  they  have  never  imagined  is  very  very meaningful to me”.

She  also  shared  her  suggestion  and  ideal  about  how  to  deal  with  the  situation  under pandemic and the future after graduation. “Don’t be panic. Don’t be afraid. Control yourself, manage yourself, be a better version of yourself”, she suggested.

Written by Cheryl Wei on September 22, 2020.

In the interview of CBS Event, simultaneous interpreter Bell Wang talked about his   work   experience   and   offered   advice   from   different   aspects   biased   on   his knowledge of the profession and the current state of the industry.          

Simultaneous  interpretation  is  probably  the  most  difficult  kind  of  translation. “That’s like a conversion of the meaning of the word because of the rearrangement of the  the  language  and  the  language.And  four  consecutive  interpretive  interpretation, the  biggest  difficulty  is  your  short  term  memory.”  He  says,  “And  of  course,  what  I meant  by  short  term  memory.  Is  your  memory  plus  your  note  taking  skills  and  your ability  to  rearrange  your  note  into  your  speech,  so  sometimes  the  speaker  can  go  on and on and on.”          

He talks about the impact of the present worldwide epidemic on the industry. “I immediately anticipate it this kind of swung in this industry in this year. And actually what everybody in the industry knew what was going to happen because well with the the quarantine.” This makes it more difficult for today's students to join the industry, even if it is a competent person.          

Moreover,  his  suggestion  for  everyone  to  join  this  career  is  “get  a  little  bit  of hint  by  taking  the  exam  like  the  senior  interpretation  certificate  in  Shanghai”  and “join  a  university  or  join  a  foreign  University”.  He  himself  did  not  go  through  this way  and  found  it  tough,  so  he  adds,  “That  is  the  best  way  because  you  get  the  the professional training and you get the resource of your alumna.”

Written by Wendy Jiang on September 23, 2020.

On  September  11， 2020， we  are  very  lucky  to  invite  Xiaoshi  Yu,  a  senior preceptor in Chinese at Harvard University, to our career building sharing conference. In this half an hour, we talked about her profession and status of work. Since Lecturer Yu has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, and a Master of Arts degree in English and American Literature, which are highly relevant to most of us audiences who major in English, she focus on her experience of learning language and literature, her choice-making of going in her present teaching career and some practical, meaningful and pertinent advices. 

For the advices in choosing to employ and applying for graduate school. What we were told was that to follow our own likes and dislikes, and to make decisions based on  our  own  personal  situation  and  needs.  Once  we  made  our  choices,  make  sure  to take effort to realize it. Be sure to be always prepared for opportunities and have the courage to ask as many questions as possible.  The interaction between hosts and our guest speaker, lecturer Yu, is very relaxing and pleasant. During the talk, our host posts an interesting question:“If  you  were  another  choice,  would  you  still  choose  your  original  major  and  current job?”

Lecturer  Yu  answers  honestly  that  she  might  want  to  be  engaged  in  math, computer science or chemistry because she also did good at those. To consider it more deeply, if being given a second chance, we might choose another way to go but were exclaiming  with  pity  for  giving  up  our  present  route  also.  However,  Lecturer  Yu’s happy  face  and  spiritual  speech  tell  us  that  she  is  also  satisfied  with  her  present  job. We guess that the most important thing for all of us is to do the things we like, to do the things that we have an eternal passion for.

Written by Alyssa Xu on September 20, 2020.

The  second  career  building  events  was  a  sharing  online  meeting  for  a  young  student librarian Page, Dianne. She is now working in the library of Brenau university, owning experience and big dream.“

To  be  a  professional  librarain  must  have  a  master’s  degree,  but  librarian  is  not  a  job  that you  need  to  have  specific  plan  or  dream,  just  try  it.  It  is  good  for  your  future  career,”  says Dianne.  Dianne  Page,  who  serves  for  Brenau  students  claimed  that  her  job  is  to  supply  more resources in the library and make sure every comers can get the book they need. “Sometimes I have  to  go  around  the  different  states  to  get  in  touch  with  the  book  keepers.  Bring  back  the books is my job. Sometimes I am just responsible to open the door and close the door druing a day.”

When we talk about the qualities a librarian should have, Dianna points out more than once that  patience  is  one  of  the  most  important  things.  "You  should  have  the  right  communication skills and patience. Because you're talking to a lot of people a day, it's normal for embarrassing things  to  happen,  but  I  think  it's  more  of  an  interesting  experience."  Dianne  expressed  her ambitions that she will try to learn more knowledge and have interest in working in public library in  the  future.  At  last,  she  enouaged  students  to  seek  for  their  real  dreams,  as  long  as  they  are what you want to try, just do it. However, librarians are still a good place to start.

Written by Nora Ye on September 6, 2020.

In the first episode of the Career Building Series program, an outstanding alumina of Brenau,  Professor  Liz  Wayson  shared  her  career  dream  and  experience  with  senior English major students. “When I was a student in Brenau, the teachers here made me feel the charm of being a teacher.”  Professor  Liz  explained  why  she  wants  to  do  this  career.  She  returned  to Brenau to teach after completing her postgraduate study. Indeed, people  may choose the  career  they  want  because  of  the  influence  of  others.  However,  it  is  impossible  to keep the career going just out of loving it. She also talked about moving moments she experienced  in  the  teaching  process,  which  are  the  things  that  motivate  her  to  feel more confident about becoming a teacher.

All  things  are  difficult  before  they  begin.  After  sharing  the  happiness  of  her  career, she  mainly  discussed  the  difficulties  she  went  through  when  she  started  teaching. “Patience  is  the  most  important  quality  you  need  no  matter  where  you  are  in  your life.”  She  gave  a  useful  suggestion  to  students,  which  received  warm  applause  from students.  In  any  profession,  people  will  encounter  difficulties.  We  need  patience  to help us to break down the obstacles one by one.

At  the  end  of  the  program,  she  encouraged  senior  students  to  think  carefully  about what they want to do and pursue their career dreams bravely. Her smile and humorous words won her many praises among the students, which also received warm applause from audience.

Written by Olivia Huang on September 11, 2020.

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In September of this year, the course EH495 invited a great translator, Miss Yanyan Chen, as the guest  of  this  interview,  to  talk  about  career  planning  and  exciting  things  in  the  field  of translation.Miss  Chen  suggested  to  the  audience,  "Translation  is  a  very  boring  thing,  so  we  need  to  be patient  and  accumulate  job  experience  before  we  can  become  a  real  translator."  Ms.  Chen  has nearly  ten  years  of  work  experience  and  is  still  improving  herself.  "This  year,  I'm  still  preparing for the CATTI3 test, hoping to improve myself further so that I can have better job opportunities and a better future."It  is  a  great  honor  for  us  to  invite  Miss  Chen  to  our  interview  and  add  another  bright  color  to English majors' career possibilities.

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