We'll never forget Danny - he translated most of our names into Chinese using 3 characters. Translation into Mandarin Chinese is much tougher than just creating a word around sound - Danny really put thought into our names, their meanings and their pronounciations. Our final names are: Orr J-eer (Orton Jill), Jeff-ooh with a rising tone on the 'ooh' part (Jeff), May-gahn (Meagan), Chris-su (Chris) and Way May Lan (Veney Mailani).
Chris & Jeff are terrific ambassadors in all our meetings, including this one with the Mayor.
With PDG (stands for Past District Governor) Porite. PDG Porite's chemical company has 10 locations around the world, including one in Missouri. He told us a funny story about driving at night on I-80 from Des Moines to Omaha one winter and how he was freezing in his car even with the heater on. Yep, the midwest is definitely colder than Taiwan.
We'll never forget Danny - he translated most of our names into Chinese using 3 characters. Translation into Mandarin Chinese is much tougher than just creating a word around sound - Danny really put thought into our names, their meanings and their pronounciations. Our final names are: Orr J-eer (Orton Jill), Jeff-ooh with a rising tone on the 'ooh' part (Jeff), May-gahn (Meagan), Chris-su (Chris) and Way May Lan (Veney Mailani).
Chris & Jeff are terrific ambassadors in all our meetings, including this one with the Mayor.
With PDG (stands for Past District Governor) Porite. PDG Porite's chemical company has 10 locations around the world, including one in Missouri. He told us a funny story about driving at night on I-80 from Des Moines to Omaha one winter and how he was freezing in his car even with the heater on. Yep, the midwest is definitely colder than Taiwan.
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