Although born in Singapore, I wouldn’t call myself a fluent native speaker of Chinese in any respect. Armed with just the basics of the language at the age of 12, I moved back to Australia determined to rediscover my mother tongue through nothing but my passion for Chinese music and Google translate. Shameful, I know. But now effectively bilingual, being able to speak, read and even teach Chinese is one of my greatest achievements, made even more so by the fact that it was achieved through independent learning. Starting off at first with lyric translations on Asian Pop Weekly in 2013, I graduated to translating interviews and articles, all with the aim of filling the gaps in a westerner’s knowledge of Chinese music.

 

• Interviews & Articles 

-Mickey Huang（黃子佼）: Amateurs entering the music industry, can they be themselves?: http://taiwanbeats.punchline.asia/en/archives/8602

-What does music have to do with producers? Beginning with Wang Leehom’s ‘Lose Myself’（1）:http://taiwanbeats.punchline.asia/en/archives/8539

-What does music have to do with producers? Beginning with Wang Leehom’s ‘Lose Myself’（2）:http://taiwanbeats.punchline.asia/en/archives/8542

-Interview with Gigantic Roar／Life is music-quoting Soft Lipa: “As long as you’re alive you won’t be without inspiration”:http://taiwanbeats.punchline.asia/en/archives/8795

-Interview with Rock boy GJ/ ‘No matter what my genre is, I will always be a guitarist’:http://taiwanbeats.punchline.asia/en/archives/8521

-Interview with PiA／Isn’t this life? The girl with the guitar starting over: http://taiwanbeats.punchline.asia/en/archives/8465

-Interview with Waa Wei（魏如萱）／The pixie who wishes to trample in the mud: http://taiwanbeats.punchline.asia/en/archives/8329

-Interview with Jia（家家）／I’m the kind of person who needs time to adapt: http://taiwanbeats.punchline.asia/en/archives/8316

-*Jamie Deer/APW Interview* Up close & personal with Jacky Cheung : There is a kind of persistence called diligence (Official English interview translation): http://asianpopweekly.weebly.com/apw-features-interviews/jamie-deerapw-interview-up-close-personal-with-jacky-cheung-there-is-a-kind-of-persistence-called-diligence-official-english-interview-translation

 

• Lyric translations

-Dawen Wang-If you love me why don't you say so 如果你愛我怎麼不說 (Trans): http://asianpopweekly.weebly.com/lyrical-liltings/dawen-wang-if-you-love-me-why-dont-you-say-so-trans

-Gem Tang-Moment瞬間 (Trans): http://asianpopweekly.weebly.com/lyrical-liltings/gem-tang-moment-trans1

-Rosie楊凱琳－想念是最長的線Longing is the longest line (Trans): http://asianpopweekly.weebly.com/lyrical-liltings/rosie-longing-is-the-longest-line-trans

 

Since I started the lyrical liltings blog three years ago, I've amassed over 300 lyric translations featuring over 100 artists' songs. It's too many to be featured here, so click on the link below to check out the lyrical liltings blog for more!