40 Best Translation & Interpretation Podcasts

1. The Translation Company Talk

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The Translation Company Talk Show is a B2B podcast show that covers issues and opportunities for the language translation industry. We touch on everything related to translation, and related services including interpreting, transcription and localization. Topics that are regularly covered include business and management of a translation company, sales and marketing, crisis management, staffing, technology and trends within the translation industry. This show is geared towards translation company owners and staff, but anyone with an interest in this industry may find the topics informative and useful. The Translation Company Talk Show is hosted by Sultan Ghaznawi and sponsored by YYZ Translations...MORE Host Sultan Ghaznawi
Producer/Network Sultan Ghaznawi
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 21Facebook 1.8KTwitter 988 Avg Length 48 min Format Long form Since Jun 2020 Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. SlatorPod

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SlatorPod is the weekly language industry podcast where we discuss the most important news and trends in translation, localization, interpreting, and language AI. Brought to you by Slator.com.MORE Hosts Florian Faes, Esther Bond
Producer/Network Slator
Email ****@slator.com
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 12Facebook 3.9KTwitter 9.5K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Since Dec 2019 Get Email Contact

3. Translation Confidential

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Join host Peter Argondizzo and expert guests from around the translation industry to get an inside look at how language translation can benefit your business while bridging the communication gap in today's globalized world.MORE Host Peter Argondizzo
Producer/Network Peter Argondizzo
Email ****@argotrans.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5Twitter 309 Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Since Nov 2017 Get Email Contact

4. Brand the Interpreter

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What if La Malinche—the Indigenous woman who famously served as interpreter and advisor to Hernán Cortés during the Spanish conquest of Mexico—could share her stories? Imagine the insights and experiences she could offer about the power of language and navigating the complexities of two worlds. That's the spirit behind the Brand the Interpreter Podcast! Hosted by Mireya Pérez, an interpreter and personal brand advocate, this podcast gives today's interpreters a platform to share their own fascinating stories, challenges, and triumphs...MORE Host Mireya Pérez
Producer/Network Mireya Perez
Email ****@brandtheinterpreter.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 48Twitter 258Instagram 3.1K Avg Length 55 min Format Long form Since Feb 2020 Get Email Contact

5. The ATA Podcast

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ATA is a professional association founded to advance the translation and interpreting professions and foster the professional development of individual translators and interpreters.
Host Matt Baird
Producer/Network American Translators Association
Email ****@boldertranslations.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 22Facebook 38.2KTwitter 18.9K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Since Sep 2015 Get Email Contact

6. Globally Speaking

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Expert insights on how to unlock global understanding and grow the value of ideas, data and content.
Producer/Network RWS
Email ****@rws.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 32Facebook 56.9KTwitter 16K Get Email Contact

7. Dragoman Transcreation

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These podcasts are for everyone who want to improve their spoken and written English. It will benefit business communicators, students, academics as well as translators and interpreters. We are experimenting with voices, ideas, AI and having lots of fun. Please share our posts and help us reach a greater audience.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dragoman-transcreation--4083088/support.MORE Producer/Network UMIT OZAYDIN
Email ****@dragoman.ist
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 23Facebook 3.3KTwitter 890 Avg Length 6 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

8. Minds between languages

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Ever wondered what happens in the brain of a translator or an interpreter? How we can unravel the mysteries of the multilingual mind? What do we know about cognitive activities during translation and interpreting? Join Dr. Adolfo García as he interviews diverse specialists about the inner workings of interlingual reformulation.MORE Hosts Anne Catherine Gieshoff, Nataša Pavlović
Email ****@zhaw.ch
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Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. BookBlast® Podcast

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The BookBlast® Podcast is for writers, translators and curious readers who want a behind-the-scenes snapshot of the world of literature and translation. BookBlast® Diary launched in 2015 to celebrate independent thinking and international literature. BookBlast® is a registered trademark. Find us on instagram @bookblastofficialMORE Producer/Network BookBlast Ltd and the individual artists
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Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Since Jul 2020 Get Email Contact

10. Interpreter's Workshop with Tim Curry

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This unique (sometimes funny, sometimes serious) podcast focuses on supporting signed language interpreters in the European countries by creating a place with advice, tips, ideas, feelings and people to come together. Interpreter's Workshop with Tim Curry deals with the fact that many countries do not have education for sign language interpreters. Here we talk to sign language interpreters, teachers, and researchers, to look at the real issues and share ideas for improvement from many countries. Signed language interpreters usually work alone or in small teams...MORE Host Tim Curry
Producer/Network Tim Curry
Email ****@interpretersworkshop.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 7 Avg Length 20 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

11. Feeling Bookish Podcast

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Feeling Bookish Podcast focuses on maximalist, innovative novels and literature in translation. Periodic interviews with critics, writers and translators. Hosted by Roman Tsivkin and Robert Fay. Produced by Heston Hoffman. Email: robertfay23 at gmailMORE Producer/Network Feeling Bookish Podcast
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 51Twitter 1.7KInstagram 309 Avg Length 65 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

12. Translation Chat

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Translation chat is a podcast on Japanese to English media translation where you're host, Jennifer O'Donnell, chats with translators and editors in the Japanese to English localization industry about their favorite translations of Japanese media.MORE Host Jennifer ODonnell
Producer/Network J-EN Translations
Email ****@j-entranslations.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 6Twitter 5.9K Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

13. Not Quite Magic

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Not Quite Magic is a podcast about interpreters. We interview interpreters (aka, translators who work with spoken or signed words) about what they do: their joys, their struggles, and how they do what often seems like magic. Elena Langdon, an industry-veteran with over 20 years of experience in the field, talks to professionals who are on the frontlines of this work every day - the sometimes hidden experts in a fascinating and essential line of work.MORE Producer/Network Elena Langdon
Email ****@7sisterslearn.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 4Facebook 963Twitter 1.6K Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Since May 2020 Get Email Contact

14. Troublesome Terps

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Troublesome Terps is a roundtable-style podcast covering topics from the interpreting space and the wider world of languages. The hosts - Jonathan Downie, Alexander Drechsel, Alexander Gansmeier, and Sarah Hickey - discuss them amongst themselves or with high-profile guests from the industry.MORE Producer/Network Troublesome Terps
Email ****@troubleterps.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 22Facebook 595Twitter 2K Avg Length 61 min Format Long form Since Feb 2016 Get Email Contact

15. L10N Radio

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International Buzz is a podcast about localization, translation, global marketing, and international business relations. Wordbee is a leading translation management system and localization technology provider worldwide, powering enterprises and translation service providers with integrated toolsets for end-to-end localization.MORE Producer/Network Wordbee Advanced Translation Management Software
Email ****@wordbee.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5Facebook 1.2KTwitter 2.3K Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Since Nov 2017 Get Email Contact

16. Conversations: Interpreting and Translating's Podcast

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'Conversations' is the Professional Development division of All Graduates and as part of this PD initiative, we, at All Graduates have decided to launch a fortnightly podcast to complement our webinars and online courses. Every episode we will have a guest and have a conversation about current and hot topics related to the T and I industry as well as interpreting and translation-related challenges and strategies...MORE Producer/Network Conversations: Interpreting and Translating
Email ****@allgraduates.com.au
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Apple Reviews 12Facebook 481Twitter 55 Avg Length 55 min Format Long form Since Jun 2020 Get Email Contact

17. Talking Translations

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Talking Translations brings together an Irish writer and a translator for each episode, sharing stories from one language to another. Our hope is to share these stories across the globe, in many different languages. To read the original short story and translation online, and to discover more about what we do, visit www.literatureireland.com. Literature Ireland is the national organisation for the promotion of Irish literature abroad, primarily in translation. We are funded by Culture Ireland and the Arts Council.MORE Producer/Network Literature Ireland
Email ****@literatureireland.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5Facebook 5.6KTwitter 4.6KInstagram 8.2K Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact

18. VOICE: Lives in Translation

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VOICE is a podcast produced by Lives in Translation, within the Spanish & Portuguese Department at Rutgers University and hosted by Stephanie Rodriguez. Join us as we chat with artists, authors, linguists, translators, poets, professors, and translation & interpreting enthusiasts to discuss the power of language, the 'definition' of cultural sustainability, the impact of bilingualism, and the construction of immigrant identity.MORE Producer/Network Stephanie Rodriguez
Email ****@newark.rutgers.edu
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5Facebook 20Twitter 36 Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

19. ATA SPD's Podcast

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The Spanish Language Division (SPD) is the American Translators Association (ATA)'s largest division. With over 4,000 members around the world, we help the world to connect in Spanish.The aim of this PODCAST is to help you move forward, evolve and improve your business and your lifestyle as a language professional.Throughout these episodes, the members of the ATA Spanish Division and special guests will share ideas and actionable strategies for greater motivation, creativity, communication and contribution in today´s world...MORE Hosts Andy Benzo, Dolores Rojo Guiu00f1azu00fa
Producer/Network ATA SPD PODCAST
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 7Facebook 6.1KTwitter 3K Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Since Aug 2018 Get Email Contact

20. Marketing tips for translators - podcast

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Marketing tips for translators is a podcast featuring interviews with successful freelance translators on different marketing tools and strategies, plus solo shows with step by step instructions and tips for a successful freelance career and lifestyle for translators.MORE Producer/Network Marketing tips for translators - podcast
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 85Twitter 10.1KInstagram 3.4K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

21. Three Percent Podcast

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The Three Percent Podcast is a weekly(ish) conversation about new books, the publishing scene, international literature in translation, and many other random rants and raves. Chad W. Post of Open Letter Books and Tom Roberge of New Directions and Albertine Bookstore keep things irreverent, informed, and funny in a podcast that'll keep you up to date on the international literary and publishing worlds. Maybe. (Presented by Three Percent @ the University of Rochester.)MORE Hosts Chad W. Post, Tom Roberge
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Facebook 76.5KTwitter 52.7K Avg Length 62 min Format Long form Since Mar 2012 Get Email Contact

22. The Invisible Profession | A podcast by Linguava

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Welcome to the Linguava Podcast, the Invisible Profession, where we give you tools, tips, and resources in medical interpretation and translation that help bring to life our profession and ultimately help improve health outcomes for the Limited English Proficient and Deaf and Hard of Hearing community.MORE Host David Brackett
Producer/Network David Brackett
Email ****@linguava.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 32Facebook 851Twitter 486Instagram 1.5K Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

23. OnTranslation

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A discussion of the linguistic and cultural issues and controversies of translation from the classical past to the global present, hosted by Dr. Mohammed Albakry (Prof. of English and linguistics,  Middle Tennessee State University.) MORE Host Dr. Mohammed Albakry
Producer/Network Dr. Mohammed Albakry
Email ****@mtsu.edu
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 7Twitter 386 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

24. Translation Confessional

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Let's explore that side of our freelancing careers we don't talk about too often or very openly: the struggles, the time invested into learning and improving ourselves, the ups and downs, dealing with clients, meeting deadlines, and also the little joys that make up for everything. This podcast is intended for language professionals: translators, interpreters, editors, reviewers, subtitlers, transcribers, transcreators, consultants, instructors, etc. Stay tuned for weekly episodes in English and Portuguese and subscribe to Translation Confessional through your favorite podcast app.MORE Producer/Network Tools and Technology in Translation
Email ****@wordawareness.com
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 7Facebook 8.9KTwitter 2.2K Avg Length 15 min Format Short form Since Dec 2019 Get Email Contact

25. TranslaStars - Podcast

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TranslaStars podcast brings you interviews with the most talented professionals in the translation industry, reviews of books, movies, and TV shows (and their translation), information about tools and much more (in Spanish, English, Italian, and German).MORE Email ****@translastars.com
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Apple Reviews 2Facebook 5.2KTwitter 3.3KInstagram 10.9K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

26. Smart Habits for Translators

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If you're a translator who enjoys learning about habits to improve your business and lifestyle, then this is the podcast for you.
Producer/Network Veronika Demichelis and Madalena Sánchez Zampaulo
Email ****@smarthabitsfortranslators.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 45Facebook 482Twitter 1.6K Since Sep 2019 Get Email Contact

27. The ProZ.com Translation and Interpreting Podcast

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Helping freelance translators and interpreters succeed! The ProZ.com podcast features interview from some of the translation and interpreting industry's biggest names, with the aim of helping freelancer translators and interpreters take the next step in their careers. Visit https://www.proz.com to register and https://training.proz.com for information on our courses and workshops.MORE Producer/Network Paul Urwin
Email ****@proz.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 26Facebook 47.6KTwitter 23K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

28. Meet the Translator

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Welcome to Meet the Translator! I'm Dot Roberts and I chat with a different translator each episode, getting to know them, hearing their story and covering various topics related to translation. Whether you are new to the translation industry, an experienced translator or just curious about the subject, join me as we delve into different areas of translation and learn more about our wonderful colleagues.MORE Producer/Network Dot Roberts
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Reviews 7Facebook 121Instagram 1.7K Avg Length 54 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

29. Global Connections: A Podcast Featuring Translation Topics for Business

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Global Connections: A Podcast Featuring Translation Topics for Business is brought to you by International Language Services, Inc. Hosted by Barb Sichel of International Language Services, Inc. this podcast features industry insight and resources for businesses in the global market such as translation, localization, etc.ILS provides translation services for businesses of all sizes. Learn more about International Language Services, Inc. here: https://www.ilstranslations.com/MORE Producer/Network International Language Services, Inc.
Email ****@ilstranslations.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1Twitter 128 Since Mar 2020 Get Email Contact

30. Translating the World with Rainer Schulte

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The podcast highlights translators who give presence to foreign writers in English, interviews with writers and their translators, portraits of contemporary international writers, and bilingual readings of poetry. The Podcast is for people who are interested in international literature and cultures. A podcast of the Center for Translation Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas.MORE Host Rainer Schulte
Producer/Network Rainer Schulte
Email ****@utdallas.edu
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 6Facebook 2.3KInstagram 366 Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

31. Slovo, Podcast of the ATA Slavic Languages Division

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Welcome to Slovo, a Podcast of the ATA Slavic Languages Division!The Slavic Languages Division (SLD) of the American Translators Association (ATA) brings together professional translators and interpreters working with English and one or more of the Slavic languages spoken in Eastern Europe and the non-Slavic languages of the former Soviet bloc.On this channel, we'll be discussing topics of interest for translators and interpreters from Slavic languages into English and vice versa.We're available on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, and Stitcher!MORE Hosts Halla Goins, Halla Bearden
Producer/Network Slavic Languages Division of the American Translators Association
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 6Twitter 579 Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Since Mar 2019 Get Email Contact

32. Atlas Linguae

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Introducing Atlas Linguae, the only atlas you can navigate without a compass. In this new podcast about language and translation from the award-winning multilingual podcast company: Studio Ochenta. In this new original podcast about language and translation from Studio Ochenta, we dive deep into a variety of language-related topics, such as how can a story really become global? How can one translate humor and what is the future of emoji language?Listen to a new episode every two weeks beginning December 20th, 2021, wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast...MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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Avg Length 16 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

33. Speaking of Translation

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Speaking of Translation is an occasional podcast about the language industry, hosted by freelance translators (and enthusiastic talkers!) Eve Bodeux and Corinne McKay.
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Twitter 4.6K Since May 2016 Get Email Contact

34. Training for Translators Podcast

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Training for Translators provides high-quality online professional development for freelance translators and interpreters. Tune in to listen to the podcast!
Email ****@translatewrite.com
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Twitter 1.1K Since Jan 2019 Get Email Contact

35. Drew哥Translate

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中英双语播客 'Drew哥Translate' is a bilingual podcast that shares articles and stories in both English and Mandarin.As a radio DJ, I often have to share interesting articles and stories on air. Sometimes, I find good content in English and since my radio show is in Mandarin, I have to translate them into Chinese. In this podcast, I would like to share the content in both languages, including my translation. Hopefully I can do a better job than Google Translate.Find out more at andrewzhan.com/podcastFollow Andrew on Instagram @andrewzhanMORE Producer/Network Andrew Zhan
Email ****@sph.com.sg
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Facebook 3.2KTwitter 144 Avg Length 7 min Format Bite size Since Jun 2020 Get Email Contact

36. CITAA Podcast

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We are a committed and enthusiastic group of Chinese translators and interpreters covering most of Australia.
Email ****@citaa.org.au
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Facebook 279 Since Jul 2020 Get Email Contact