| 词条 | Jim Brown (interpreter) |
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Jim Brown (born 1953) is a senior language officer in the U.S. Diplomatic Service. Brown was born in Washington D.C. as the son of a U.S. diplomat, and studied history and international relations at the Fu Jen University in Taiwan before becoming a consultant for Pan-American Airlines in the late 1970s.[1] In 1980, he was hired by the U.S. Department of Defense, and joined the U.S. State Department the following year. Although admitting that he wanted to be a "generalist", the government considered his proficiency in the Chinese language to be an asset as China reopened its once-closed gate to the world at that time, and assigned Brown to multiple tenures at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Brown remarked that his proficiency in the Chinese language had caught locals off-guard.[1] Brown's languages include Cantonese, French, Japanese, and Korean, but is best known for his knowledge of the Mandarin language.[1] Benda Sprauge, then the State Department's Director of Language Services, explained that the ability to perform consecutive and simultaneous translation during formal diplomatic and senior-level functions was the highest level of language expertise, but that "At Jim's level, there is only one Jim". [2] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|last1=Mong|first1=Adrienne|title='Mystery' interpreter reveals disappearing act|url=http://worldblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2007/12/20/4375909-mystery-interpreter-reveals-disappearing-act?lite|website=NBC News|accessdate=8 April 2017}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Jim}}{{US-gov-bio-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|last1=Mong|first1=Adrienne|title=Mystery Mandarin expert is one of a kind|url=http://worldblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2007/12/18/4376412-mystery-mandarin-expert-is-one-of-a-kind|website=NBC News|accessdate=8 April 2017}} 5 : 1953 births|Living people|People from Washington, D.C.|American translators|Fu Jen Catholic University alumni |
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