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Reef 10 APR 19
Hong-Kong, 1st. March, 1899.
We examined Mr.Woodcock, Mr.Hazeland and Mr.
Duggan on the afternoon of the 28th.ultimo:-
The examination consisted of :-
(1) Conversation with a Chinese who has no knowledge of
English.
(2) Interpretation from Chinese into English.
(3) Interpretation from English into Chinese.
The two pieces set for interpretation were sim-
ple narratives of ordinary cases of a type which is constantly
met with in the Registrar General's Office and the Police De-
partment. In interpretation from English into Chinese the legal
definition of a common lodging house was given in addition to
the narrative and the candidates were asked to explain it
clearly and fully in Chinese.
MR. WOODCOCK'S knowledge of the spoken language is
very limited. He cannot be relied upon to check interpretation.
He cannot do without an interpreter.
MR. HAZELAND'S knowledge of the spoken language is
good.He can do without an interpreter on ordinary occasions,
and we are of opinion that he can to a great extent check in-
terpretation on ordinary subjects.
MR. DUGGAN'S knowledge of the spoken language is
good, but his pronunciation is not so correct as Mr. Hazeland's.
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