Preparing for an Interpreted Business Mentoring Session
Business mentor (speaking English) and New sole trader (speaking Mandarin) talk through “Preparing for an Interpreted Business Mentoring Session”. You interpret both ways — English into Mandarin, and Mandarin into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Full transcript with model answers
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Before we book your mentoring session here in Newcastle, would you prefer a Mandarin interpreter, and what would you most like help with as a new sole trader?
Model answer and marking points
在预约您在纽卡斯尔的创业辅导之前，想先问一下，您希望安排一位普通话口译员吗？您刚开始作为个体经营者做生意，最希望在哪些方面得到帮助？
What an examiner checks here:
- Before booking a mentoring session in Newcastle
- question: preference for a Mandarin interpreter
- New sole trader
- question: main areas where help is wanted
Easy to miss: Keep both questions and convey sole trader as a business status.
我想请一位普通话口译员。我刚开始自己做清洁生意，想弄清楚怎么整理收支记录，也想看看我开的发票有没有漏掉重要信息。
Model answer and marking points
I'd like a Mandarin interpreter. I've just started my own cleaning business, and I'd like to understand how to organise my income and expense records. I'd also like to check whether the invoices I issue are missing any important information.
What an examiner checks here:
- Requests a Mandarin interpreter
- Just started own cleaning business
- Wants help organising income and expense records
- Wants to check invoices for missing important information
Easy to miss: The invoices are ones the speaker issues, not bills they receive.
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Interpret it aloud now →We can arrange an interpreter for your session on 10 November at 1 pm. The appointment lasts 45 minutes. Would that time suit you?
Model answer and marking points
我们可以为您安排口译员，辅导时间是十一月十日下午一点，一共四十五分钟。这个时间您方便吗？
What an examiner checks here:
- Interpreter can be arranged for the session
- 10 November at 1 pm
- Appointment lasts 45 minutes
- question: whether the time suits
Easy to miss: Keep the date, afternoon time and 45-minute duration accurate.
十一月十日下午一点我可以来，四十五分钟也合适。口译员会到现场吗？我担心用电话沟通时，没办法一起看发票。
Model answer and marking points
I can come on 10 November at 1 pm, and 45 minutes works for me too. Will the interpreter be there in person? I'm worried that if we communicate over the phone, we won't be able to look at the invoices together.
What an examiner checks here:
- Confirms availability on 10 November at 1 pm
- 45-minute duration is suitable
- question: whether interpreter will attend in person
- Concern that telephone communication prevents viewing invoices together
Easy to miss: In-person attendance is a question, while telephone interpreting is a concern, not a confirmed arrangement.
The interpreter will join by video, so we can share documents on screen. Please bring two sample invoices and your recent income and expense records.
Model answer and marking points
口译员会通过视频连线参加，这样我们就能在屏幕上共享文件。请带上两张发票样本，以及您近期的收支记录。
What an examiner checks here:
- Interpreter will join by video
- Documents can be shared on screen
- Bring two sample invoices
- Bring recent income and expense records
Easy to miss: The interpreter will join by video, not by phone or in person.
好的，我带两张发票。我有一个本子记着客户付款，买清洁用品的收据都放在袋子里，还没整理好，这样能用吗？
Model answer and marking points
Okay, I'll bring two invoices. I have a notebook where I record customer payments, and all my receipts for cleaning supplies are in a bag. I haven't organised them yet. Can we work with those?
What an examiner checks here:
- Will bring two invoices
- Customer payments recorded in a notebook
- Cleaning supply receipts kept in a bag
- Receipts not yet organised
- question: whether these materials can be used
Easy to miss: Distinguish customer payment records from receipts for cleaning supplies.
Those will help us understand your current system. You do not need perfect records; we can use the session to identify a practical way to organise them.
Model answer and marking points
这些能帮助我们了解您目前记账的方式。您的记录不需要十全十美，我们可以利用这次辅导，找出一个切实可行的整理方法。
What an examiner checks here:
- Materials will help explain current record-keeping system
- Perfect records are not required
- Session can identify a practical way to organise records
Easy to miss: Do not turn the reassurance into a requirement to organise everything before the session.
那我就放心了。有一笔收入打进了我的私人账户，我不知道该怎么记。您能顺便告诉我，这笔钱报税时怎么处理吗？
Model answer and marking points
That's a relief. One payment came into my personal bank account, and I'm not sure how to record it. Could you also tell me how to deal with that money when I lodge my tax return?
What an examiner checks here:
- Feels reassured
- One income payment received into personal bank account
- Unsure how to record the payment
- question: how to handle the money when lodging tax return
Easy to miss: The payment went into a personal account, and the tax treatment is being asked about.
We can discuss how to organise that payment record, but you should ask a qualified tax adviser how to report it. Please avoid sharing customers' personal details.
Model answer and marking points
我们可以讨论怎么整理这笔收款的记录，但报税时该怎么申报，您应该咨询有资质的税务顾问。请不要透露客户的个人信息。
What an examiner checks here:
- Can discuss organising the payment record
- Qualified tax adviser should advise how to report the payment
- Avoid sharing customers' personal details
Easy to miss: Keep the distinction between record organisation and advice on tax reporting.
明白，报税的处理我会去问税务顾问。发票上有客户的姓名和住址，我可以先把这些遮住，带复印件过来吗？
Model answer and marking points
Understood. I'll ask a tax adviser how to handle it on my tax return. The invoices have my customers' names and home addresses on them. Can I cover those details first and bring photocopies?
What an examiner checks here:
- Will ask a tax adviser about tax treatment
- Invoices contain customers' names and home addresses
- question: whether details can be covered and photocopies brought
Easy to miss: Bringing photocopies with details covered is a request, not an already approved arrangement.
Yes, copies with those details covered are fine. Keep the invoice dates and payment amounts visible. We’ll focus on record organisation during your interpreted appointment.
Model answer and marking points
可以，把这些信息遮住的复印件就行。请保留发票日期和付款金额，让我们能看得到。在这次有口译员协助的预约中，我们会重点讨论如何整理记录。
What an examiner checks here:
- Copies with personal details covered are acceptable
- Invoice dates must remain visible
- Payment amounts must remain visible
- Interpreted appointment will focus on record organisation
Easy to miss: Only the personal details should be covered; dates and payment amounts must remain visible.
好，我会把客户的姓名和住址遮住，保留日期和金额，再把收支本和收据一起带来。十一月十日下午一点见。
Model answer and marking points
Okay, I'll cover the customers' names and home addresses, leave the dates and amounts visible, and bring my income and expense notebook along with the receipts. See you on 10 November at 1 pm.
What an examiner checks here:
- Will cover customers' names and home addresses
- Will leave dates and amounts visible
- Will bring income and expense notebook
- Will bring receipts
- Meeting confirmed for 10 November at 1 pm
Easy to miss: Keep both the privacy measures and the confirmed appointment time.
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