Zhang Jing’s young girl’s photo was exposed for the first time to translate for Hu Jintao so nervous that her feet are shaking side was not even qualified to say such things even 20 years or 30 years back, because this is not the way to deal with the Chinese people.」 Because the Chinese do not eat this set.」 “Twenty years ago, 30 years ago, you didn’t have the position to say this. 「So let me say here that, in front of the Chinese side, the United States does not have the qualification to say that it wants to speak to China from a position of strength.」 “Let me say one thing now, you are not qualified to say in front of China that you talk to China from the position of strength.” So for China it was necessary that we made our position clear.」 side will follow the necessary diplomatic protocols. 「Well, I think we thought too well of the United States.

We think you will abide by basic diplomatic etiquette, so we have to clarify our position just now.” In Yang Jiechi’s second round of speeches, these few words became popular: In fact, there can be a more vivid translation.Īt the China-US talks, after Yang Jiechi’s 16-minute long speech, the US and China successively held the second round of opening speeches.Yang Jiechi, Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, changed to a short pause at this time to give Zhang Jing time to translate easily. Some mainland English experts believe that Zhang Jing’s performance is perfect, but the translation of Yang Jiechi’s sentence “Chinese people don’t eat this set” is a bit mild. Zhang Jing’s translation is complete, accurate and fluent. Zhang Jing demonstrated a strong psychological quality at the China-US talks, and he remembered the 16-minute long rebuttal of the Chinese representative Yang Jiechi in one breath, and then interpreted it into English immediately. 'I also want to use my specialty to contribute to my country's diplomacy and I will go on improving myself,' a junior college student in Beijing majoring in translation told the Global Times on Sunday.The China-US Talks Alaska Strategic Dialogue fought fiercely, and Zhang Jing, the translator of the Chinese delegation, “Little Zhao Wei”, performed brilliantly and won applause. Zhang's experience inspired many students majoring in interpretation. They have presented China's image on the international diplomatic stage and have increased China's reputation with their talents,' another Sina Weibo user wrote. 'I think the women who have appeared in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in recent years are wonderful. She also showed 'her power' of Chinese women,' one netizen commented on Sina Weibo.Ĭompliments for female diplomatic staff also extended to other diplomats such as Hua Chunying. 'Zhang Jing helped convey China's voice to the world through her specialty and compared to the US translator, she performed far better. Zhang, who graduated from China Foreign Affairs University, has been praised on Chinese social media for 'fully showing the elegant demeanor of China's diplomats in the new era.'Ī photo with the hashtag 'she is the on-site translator at high-level China-US talks' has gone viral on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo with views surpassing 400 million.Īccording to a media interview with Zhang's high school teacher, Zhang had been capable to enter top Chinese universities like Peking University and Tsinghua University, but she chose to go to China Foreign Affairs University to one day serve her country at the ministry of foreign affairs.

The highlight of Zhang's interpretation came when she smoothly translated several speeches by the Chinese delegation that were more than 10 minutes long fluently and accurately into English, which earned her applause and respect from netizens, including many majoring in interpretation. (Global Times) Chinese translator Zhang Jing has earned a lot of fans on Chinese social media following her solid performance and accurate translation at the high-level China-US meeting in Alaska on Friday, leading to applause for the Chinese female diplomatic personnel taking part in the mission.

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