Candidates About

LANGUAGES: Chinese – English

EDUCATION

PhD Translation Studies (Distinction): Specialized within scientific and technical translation as well as commercial translation

BA (Hons) Chinese and Japanese (1st class), Durham University, United Kingdom (Top 5 UK university)

MA Translation Studies, Specializing in Chinese & English Translation

*Modules: Translation Memories (DVX2, Trados, Memoq); Translation Work Placement;

Specialized Translation; Translation Theory; Research Methods and Resources; Extended Translation

Project; Intermediate French.

Anhui Normal University, China (national key university)

BA English Language (with honours)

*Key modules: Advanced English; English-Chinese Translation; British and

American Literature; Advanced English Writing; The second Foreign Language in German.

Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) N1

EXPERIENCE

Project manager assistant (internship), Kwintessential Translation Agency, London

• Carrying out 1st draft translation and proofreading from client assignments in various fields e.g. the Adu Dhabi tourism website (60,000 words of translation; 58, 000 words of proofreading).
• Managing certified translations, including opening files after receiving client’s quotations, looking for potential suppliers to place jobs, checking returned jobs and certifying required documents and delivering the job to the Relationship Manager.
• 700 page certified translations for Stewards Law LLP.
• Attending client meetings with the Sales director, responsible for the weekly report to the Project Manager.
• Overseeing and delivering predefined projects (such as Agency Recruitment,
• Television Fixers, Competition Research, authoring cultural quizzes, authoring website content)
• Receiving and transfer phone calls; welcoming clients in the office.

Executive Aide/Translator/Interpreter, ALTEC (American Language Training and Educational Center):

In-house Tranlstor, Local Translation Companies:

• Focused on technical and legal projects, responsible for translation of IT, engineering and chemical documents, and also handled many patent and contracts, etc. (1998-2000)

Professional Freelance Translator

• Full-time freelance translator, serving (over the Internet) agencies and companies in HK, Australia, USA, Canada, India and Europe. End clients include worldwide known brands & names like: Nokia, Bayer, NVIDIA, Bloomberg, Pepsi, Mild Seven, Singapore Changi International Airport, Deloitte, INSEAD, Infosys, China Life, CNC, Western Digital, 3COM etc.

SLV Team Leader

Lead other professional Chinese translators to offer stronger support to our clients. We provide translation and localization services in only one language combination: English<>Chinese, and truly excel in this particular pair compared with other China based MLVs.

Interpreter – London Summer Olympics

• Provide interpreting services on behalf of VISA and Sportsmark
• Liaison interpreting for VISA guests whenever they need language assistance during the working time;
• Accompany the Chinese guests to Olympic venues and row call whenever the group depart from a place and arrive at the next destination;
• Flexibly adjust to unpredicted situations, such as guests forgetting to take their pre-paid tickets, mediating between guests with different visit plans, missing the buses, dealing with lost guests, etc.

Student Ambassador, Routes into Languages North East, UK

• Motivating year 12 pupils to study foreign languages
• Analyzing and solving problems in the ambassador meeting
• Giving brief report after each language session

Freelance Translator, China

• 1st draft translation of American Travel Guide (about 30,000words)
• Translating company policies, advertisements and product instructions

QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD in Translation Studies
• The Shanghai English Interpretation Post Credentials Certificate
• Chinese Language Teacher Certificate granted by International Profession Certification Association
• Mandarin Proficiency Test Certificate: 2nd grade, A level
• French Language Certification: A level
• Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) N1

SOFTWARE

• PASSOLO
• SDLX Translation Suite
• TRADOS
• Wordfast
• MS Windows 7, MS Office2007 full package, SDLX Trados 7.0, TagEditor, Trados Studio 2009,
• Trados Studio 2011, Alchemy Catalyst 10.0, WordFast. Passolo.