Freda 'at work' on the phone.
Freda and Edie are used to helping us out with Chinese here and there, but their language skills have proven to be very useful for the Yu Yuan Guesthouse, where we're staying in Dali. When the patrons and customers are struggling to understand each other, Freda (as the eldest) is called in for a bit of simultaneous translation - tricky even for a professional interpreter, especially when she's dealing with non-native speakers of English using the language with limited levels of proficiency. She's helped out an Israeli couple in need of train tickets, a French couple wanting to change rooms and a sleepy German. She even got on the phone last night and booked Sue's accommodation in Lijiang. We know where she can come for holiday work in the future.
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