Wednesday, February 26, 2020

SAP Ariba hiring bilingual Mandarin-English Procurement Operations Specialist.

SAP Ariba hiring bilingual Mandarin-English Procurement Operations Specialist, this time through a staffing agency. Though not specified on this job ad, please note that this position is usually an overnight one in order to correspond to Asian time zones.
The Procurement Operations Specialist will act as the face and voice of the organization to the customer, building relationships in each interaction.

Responsibilities of the Procurement Operations Specialist:
  • Handle inbound customer calls in a courteous and kind manner
  • Use CRM to document and escalate issues as needed

Qualifications for the Procurement Operations Specialist:
  • MUST BE FLUENT IN BOTH ENGLISH AND MANDARIN
  • Customer service skills, strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

"Finding a Balance Between Diversity and Language Standards in a University-Level Japanese Language Program," March 6 at Pitt.



The Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh will host Shinsuke Tsuchiya of Brigham Young University and his talk "Finding a Balance Between Diversity and Language Standards in a University-Level Japanese Language Program" on March 6.
One of the challenges that language professionals face in our increasingly diverse communities is establishing a balance between diversity and language standards. While Standard Japanese can be considered a common language to interact with the majority of Japanese speakers who may not be accustomed to nonnative speech (ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, 2012), the strict requirement to follow the monolingual standard may disregard the legitimacy of multilingual speakers, including nonstandard dialect speakers. The presenter will discuss pros and cons of setting standards in language programs and relevant findings concerning the native speaker fallacy (Tsuchiya, 2019). Then the presenter will share his shifting perspectives on errors, interlanguage, dialectal differences, and certain “nonstandard” practices (e.g. translanguaging) in his experience of training, hiring, and supervising teaching assistants at Brigham Young University.
It starts at 4:00 pm in 208B Cathedral of Learning (map) and is free and open to the public.

Monday, February 24, 2020

Tripalink hiring Bilingual (Chinese) Sales / Marketing Specialist.

Tripalink, a California-based real estate agency that expanded to Pittsburgh last year and caters to Chinese international students, is hiring a Bilingual (Chinese) Sales / Marketing Specialist. An excerpt of the duties from the job ad:
Sales Dimension
  • Determine clients’ needs and budget to propose guidance and solutions for them.
  • Get familiar with all the properties, create introduction strategy and display properties for potential tenants in both open house activities and individual visits.
  • Intermediate negotiation processes, consult clients on market conditions, prices, legal requirements, and related matters, ensuring a fair and honest dealing.
  • Prepare necessary paperwork (contracts, leases, statements, etc.) and manage the check-in / check-out processes.
  • Cooperate with vendors to solve maintenance issues, providing customer-oriented service to tenants.

Tiny Talk with Karen Lue, February 27 at Small Mall.



Lawrenceville's Small Mall will host its next Tiny Talk with artist and curator Karen Lue on February 27.
Join us for a Tiny Talk and Micro Exhibit with Small Mall featured artist Karen Lue!

View and buy work by Karen and hear her give a tiny artist talk.
It's free and open to the public. Small Mall is located at 5300 Butler St. (map).

Sunday, February 23, 2020

Pittsburgh's 2020 Lunar New Year Parade through Squirrel Hill, March 1.



The 2020 Lunar New Year Parade is scheduled to move up Murray Ave. in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, March 1. Initially scheduled for February 9, it was postponed to accommodate local community members' efforts in dealing with the coronavirus outbreak. It will begin at 12:30 pm at Murray and Phillips Ave. (map) and move to Forbes Ave.

Extreme Job (극한직업), Mal-Mo-E: The Secret Mission (말모이) at Pitt's Korean Film Festival in March.



Two 2019 films will comprise the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures' 17th annual Korean Film Festival at the University of Pittsburgh. Extreme Job (극한직업)---the top-grossing film in Korea last year---will play on March 20 and Mal-Mo-E: The Secret Mission (말모이) on March 27. Both films run from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm in 332 Cathedral of Learning (map) and are free and open to the public.

Saturday, February 22, 2020

Dagu Rice Noodle (大鼓米线) aiming to open later this month in Squirrel Hill.



Signage went up in November at 5829 Forbes Ave. in Squirrel Hill (map) for Dagu Rice Noodle (大鼓米线), a Chinese chain that opened its first American location in Las Vegas and has another location in Cleveland. The owner says they are aiming to open by the end of this month, pending health department approval.
In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there was a restaurant without a sign near the flowery Drum tower in Yunnan, Kunming. Whenever the city had a happy news, people rang the drum to celebrate. Along with the joy of drumbeat, people flocked to the unnamed little restaurant and had bowls of hot rice noodle soup, meaning “smooth long time”. Because of this joy, with the honesty of the shop owner, the little restaurant eventually became a century-old business.
It replaces The Magic Noodle, which opened in May 2019 and in turn replaced Sun Penang, which closed a few months before that.

Golden Dragon Acrobats in Johnstown, March 5.



The Golden Dragon Acrobats will perform at the University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown campus on March 5.
The World's Leading Chinese Acrobatic Troupe. The Golden Dragon Acrobats hail from Cangzhou, Hebei province, in the People’s Republic of China and have toured the United States continuously since 1978. Its members are athletes, actors, and artists who have studied and trained for their craft since early childhood. Their spellbinding artistry and amazing athleticism will thrill audiences and children alike.
Tickets range from $37 to $42. The group will perform from 7:30 pm at the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center (map).

Yanlai Dance Academy's Wings of the Soul, February 29 at August Wilson Center.



Wings of the Soul, the 2020 installment of Yanlai Dance Academy's annual winter performance, will take place on February 29 at the August Wilson Center in the downtown Cultural District.
Happy New Year Every One!

Our annual performance is coming soon! We would like to invite you to our show!

This is our school 16th Annual Performance on Feb 29th Saturday 2020 at August Wilson Center ( 980 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15222). This year's performance theme is "Wings of the soul", there will be 23 dances range from classical Chinese dance from Hang Dynasty - walking into the ancient world of Chinese thousands of years ago - to minority dances such as Xin Jiang, Mongolian, Tibetan, Yi, and Dai dance, where our audience will see the world of enthusiasm and passion. We hope that through our performances the audience can learn about many historical stories and cultures hidden behind the identity of "Chinese" also enjoyed the colorful, beautiful costumes, and the joyful and deep music. We can't wait to show everybody our new product.
Tickets for the 6:00 to 8:00 pm show are available for purchase online. The August Wilson African American Cultural Center is located at 980 Liberty Ave. (map).

Friday, February 21, 2020

Chinese Language & Culture Club Meeting at Pitt, February 24.


Chinese Dim Sum, by Lezlie (Creative Commons)

The University of Pittsburgh's Chinese Language & Culture Club Meeting will next meet on Monday, February 24. The meetings are open to the Pitt student community, and located in the Global Hub on the first floor of Posvar Hall (map). Meetings are generally held each week; upcoming meetings this term include February 24, March 4, March 18, March 23, April 1, and April 6.

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