Yin Soeum works as a fixer for international media outlets such as CNN and BBC Photo: Sam Jam for SEA Globe

By: Cristyn Lloyd - Posted on: June 26, 2018

Yin Soeum is a professional Cambodian fixer and interpreter with almost 30 years of experience translating both in the field and the boardroom for international media and high-profile political players. He talks about building a bridge between English and Khmer and the challenges of switching between languages on the fly

Sometimes they don’t care about food. They just say: “Let’s go get a story done.” Sometimes we sleep in the forest. One day, ten years ago, I worked with BBC Radio. We were out in the field in a village in the middle of nowhere. Our car broke down and then we had to spend the night. In the morning, it was heavy rain. The road [was] cut off, so we had to sit and wait from 6 until 12 until the water receded, and then we [could] go back. This kind of experience I won’t forget.

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