Translating for other Americans

My host sister is in the US for exchange. As far as I know she is having an amazing time in the grand ol’ state of Oregon. Her first host family are Mormon and their son was in Taiwan on a mission trip for the previous two years. So, my host sister’s host family came to Taiwan to see what their son had been up to. We picked them up from the airport Friday night. It was VERY strange to be back in the airport. I kept thinking about how I’ll be back there in two short months. 唉唉！But it was also nice because I got to eat New England clam chowder, which was something I’d been craving since I started my “Culture of the US” presentation;) We went out for dinner at a place my host mom said she had to go to the day before to be able to get us a table. The food was very good. Even I got to try a new dish of fried shrimp and pineapple with a light  mayonnaise on top. Their son has better Chinese than me (of course) but he was mostly talking, and translating for, Baba and his dad. I was translating for Mama and the mom. It might sound stressful to be translating but I felt really kick ass! I was the link between these two women and if I was a bit off with the meaning neither of them would know! It felt great! I always think my Chinese isn’t very good but if I can translate I must be doing something right!
Thanks for reading,
Autumn 丁晚秋