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Hi, I was wondering if you could please translate the attached chinese character for me.
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Thanks!
This is a Simplified form (from Mainland China). It can be read either "le" or "yue". It doesn't have any meaning on its own in modern Chinese, but it appears in compounds (with other characters) with the meaning "happiness" or "music". Yue can also be a surname.
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Terry Thatcher Waltz
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I specialize in Chinese technical translation and conference interpretation, and terminology. I can answer questions about these topics, Chinese language pedagogy and learning issues, Chinese grammar for learners, and general issue related to Taiwan.
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Full-time translator and conference interpreter since 1987; long-time resident of Taiwan. Qualified State Dept. language contractor (interpreter and translator) with extensive government and private sector experience.
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American Translators Association; The Translators' and Interpreters' Guild; ATA Interpreters' Division; ATA Chinese Division.
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AIIC (International Association of Conference Interpreters) website
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Ph.D., Chinese; MA, Conference Interpreting
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