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It is where my parents were born and where I spend my childhood. I love my family and respect the culture and language in this country.

I believe that someone in the world can do both professionally, but I don't think that I am there yet. Chinese sometimes is still a little bit too hard for me and I believe that there's still space for me to grow in my English writing. It is very lucky that I grew up in a bilingual environment. My father is a very nice man who always patiently helps me and modifies my Chinese homework with me. He is an expert in modifying the Chinese language; even government officers ask for his modification before sending for announcement. I put a lot of effort in my academic writing at school. I do hope what I did can disseminate knowledge to more places. I can read hard structure of Traditional Chinese because of my dad and mom's hard training in Chinese reading when I was a kid. That's why I accept translation case from Traditional Chinese to English; however, I am still not very confident with my Chinese writing. That's why I am not trying that part of translation yet. In the future, I actually want to pick up Spanish and French in my language pool as well. I love different cultures, love to talk to people, and love different languages. My birth father can speak Spanish well. I want to be able to visit Chili one day and improve that part of my language skills.

I think reading is a good way to improve my academic writing skill in English. I have to read a lot of papers because of my full time job at the moment, so it's never too tiring or too much for me to read. Reading and gardening makes me calm. I like to do both of them daily.

I major in Science so I feel very comfortable with scientific terms. I never choose business fields to translate because it frustrates me. Ever try to have double major in both science and business back school. Nah… I failed. I guess that I am not as much of a genius as I want to be.

As I mentioned, I have to read a lot of papers daily in my current full-time job.