This #LoveWattYouDo post features yet another fantastic alumnus of the MSc in Interpreting and Translating Chinese to English – Rui Qiu; known as Rachel. Rachel outlines why living and learning in Scotland was the perfect choice for her and how being taught by world-class academics in a professional setting enabled her to gain successful employment in an interpreting role for a Chinese financial business.
1. What drove your decision to study a Masters degree in your subject? Did you have a specific end goal in mind?
I would like to dig deeper and get well-trained in the interpreting area. And I had a career in mind; I would like to be a professional interpreter.
2. What was it about Heriot-Watt and your programme that made you want to study here?
Edinburgh is a beautiful city and Scottish culture is charming.
3. Can you tell us about an element of the Programme that you’ve particularly enjoyed?
The Mini-conference; It was really interesting to have different language students to discuss and share ideas together, meanwhile, train our interpreting skills in a multilingual environment.
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