From being the only student at school studying Chinese to certified translator: A chat with Maddy Norris

In this episode, we chat with Maddy Norris - a fellow language lover here in Australia and long-time Language Chats listener! Maddy is a NAATI-certified Mandarin Chinese to English translator and has also spent time learning a number of other languages including Japanese, Korean and French. She tells us a bit about her experience of studying languages in Australia at school and university, working as a translator and her language learning ambitions that lie ahead. Can you relate to some of Maddy’s experiences? Would you love to work with a language that you’re learning? Let us know! Episode Links

• @maddyloveslanguages - Maddy’s Instagram profile
• Korean courses at the Centre of Adult Education, Melbourne
• French courses at the Alliance Française de Melbourne
• Language Lovers AU Community - Facebook group
• Language Lovers