Kevin Lin
BA in Economics, MA in English Literature, PhD in Linguistics

High profile
Dr Kevin Lin has been working at the highest level between Britain and China for several years. As the Chief Interpreter (Chinese) of the Foreign Office of the British Government, he has interpreted for the Queen, past and present Prime Ministers, leaders of opposition parties and of both Houses of Parliament.

Representing the British Government, he has interpreted for all Chinese VIP visitors to the UK in recent years, including past and present Presidents, past and present Premiers and many top level officials, both civilian and military.

He accompanied Tony Blair to China in 1998 and 2003, and was invited to interpret for the Irish Prime Minister in May 2004. He regularly works in subject areas where the margine for error is zero - Tibet, Taiwan, and Human Rights among them.

Dr Kevin Lin was Branding Adviser to the British government’s PR campaign in China in 2003, and has advised major branding projects and/or advertising campaigns of multi-national companies.

Companies and organizations that have benefited from his expertise include

  • British Airway
  • British Aerospace
  • BP
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Tesco
  • Cable & Wireless
  • Royal & Sun Alliance
  • Prudential
  • Eagle Star
  • the London Stock Exchange
  • British Standards Institute
  • Clifford Chance
  • the Lord Mayor of London
  • the Corporation of London
  • China Britain Business Council
  • Great Britain China Centre
  • and many others.
Delivering impact
Dr Kevin Lin specializes in creating Chinese content and events that deliver the intended impact, whether it is printed literature, a PowerPoint presentation or a face-to-face meeting.

Governments want agreements. Companies want business. They all need to persuade and influence. Kevin Lin is an expert in both.

At one point of Tony Blair's impromptu speech at Shanghai Stock Exchange in China, there were two rounds of laughter: first from dozens of English speakers after Tony Blair paused, then from 1,000 Chinese speakers after hearing the interpretation.

Dr Kevin Lin gives lectures regularly in leading universities in China as well as in the UK. Field Interpreting is his groundbreaking textbook on interpreting published in Beijing and Taipei in 2004.

33 Oakdene Drive, Surbiton, Surrey KT5 9NH, UK
Tel: +44 (0)845 450 0721 Fax: +44 (0)845 450 0722 mail@chineseservice.co.uk