Our Services

Chinese classes

Beginners and advanced classes, face-to-face and via Skype.

Translations

From Chinese to English or vice versa - from brochures and business cards to contracts, official documents and video scripts.

Cultural orientation

Give your company essential insights into Chinese cultural practices and customs.

Chinese interpreting services

For meetings between Chinese delegates, engineers and technicians and South African companies.

Facilitation

Acting as facilitator between partners for joint-venture companies, both as an interpreter and to improve mutual understanding from cultural viewpoints.

Voice-overs

Mandarin voice-overs for audio-visual presentations, CDs, etc.

About the lecturer

Lucia Hau-Yoon holds a Masters Degree in Education (Didactics) and has specialised in teaching Chinese as a second or foreign language and in promoting an awareness of and appreciation for Chinese culture.

Apart from publishing a textbook and developing numerous multimedia learning aids, she has run intensive language training and acculturation courses for diplomats, business people, missionaries and students.

While lecturing at the University of South Africa, her particular field of expertise was the development of methods to improve language teaching at a distance. Mrs Hau-Yoon is a sworn court translator and has provided simultaneous interpretation at international conferences. She has served as an external examiner for Chinese language courses at university level.