Work Experience
2006 /1--Present:XXX Embassy Beijing(50-150 people) [ 6 year and 11month]
Industry: Government/Public Service
Political English-Chinese Translator
Working language: English
Main job responsibilities:
(A) Interpretation¡ªAccompany and provide interpretation for delegations visiting China, interpret at ministerial-level and other high-profile meetings, on-site consecutive interpretation at live events, interpretation at large-scale press conference and workshops for senior government officials, interpretation at inter-mission meetings at the Embassy, interpretation for meetings between Embassy officials and visitors from relevant Chinese government departments Involved in the following events:
1£©Accompanied the XXX Foreign Minister and worked as an interpreter for her delegation during xxx African President's visit to China; and interpreted held by the President for Chinese entrepreneurs;
2£©Worked as an simultaneous interpreter when the Deputy President of XXX african country gave a speech at Tsinghua University and accompanied the Deputy Foreign Minister and her delegation during the Deputy President¡¯s visit to China;
3£©Worked as an interpreter at ¡°South African Weeks¡± events on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between South Africa and P.R. China in April 2008;
4£©When South African Minister of Sports and Recreation visited China, I worked as an interpreter at the Media Workshop which was chaired by the Minister;
5£©Worked as an interpreter at the XXX Dinner in celebration of the closing ceremony of the FIFA World Cup;
6£©Coordinator for air transportation for President¡¯s special plane and an interpreter for the XXX Foreign Minister
7£©Other interpretation jobs: accompanied delegations headed by South African ministers of Arts and Culture, Education and Water Affairs, etc.
(B) Translation
1£©Official government letters, notes, documentations, business contracts, theme reports and speeches, etc.
2£©Daily news translation from local Chinese press
(C) Coordinator and interpreter during delegations¡¯ visits to China
Contacted and coordinated with relevant Chinese organizations to secure meetings with the counterparts and arrange itinerary for the visits (including hotel booking, road transportation arrangements, airport reception, meeting arrangement and interpretation at meetings);
(D) Information collecting, research on certain topics and compiling reports.
Conducting research on interesting issues by searching the internet or talking to relevant sources and finally compiling reports; relevant interesting issues or topics include but not limited to: China¡¯s measures for poverty alleviation, new development trend, Study on Chinese provinces by index like Per capita GDP, adult literacy level, China¡¯s reform on health system and the election system of the National People¡¯s Congress (NPC), etc. Apart from the work officially assigned and stipulated in the performance agreement, I was elected by the overwhelming majority as the chairperson of the LRP (Local Recruited Personnel) Forum which is an organization established all over South African missions abroad and similar to China¡¯s workers union.
2004 /5--2006 /1:XXX Marketing Research Co., Ltd.(150-500 people) [ 1 year and 8month]
Industry: Professional Services (Consulting, HR, Finance/Accounting)
Translation English-Chinese Translator
Translator & team leader of the translation section at XXX Marketing Research Co.Ltd.
Main job responsibilities:
(A) Translation of research reports (reports on automobile industry, industry study, medical equipment) and translation of project proposals.
(B) Team leader of the translation section (altogether five translators): assigning translation work to each translator; overall translation progress control and time control; liaison with relevant departments for report delivery; recruiting and supervising foreign employees; collecting feedback on translated reports; building and managing the glossary database.
2003 /7--2004 /4:XXX Strategic Research Co., Ltd.(50-150 people) [ 9month]
Industry: Professional Services (Consulting, HR, Finance/Accounting)
Consulting English-Chinese Translator
Main job responsibilities:
Questionnaire translation, marketing research report translation, computer software localization.
The company¡¯s clients mainly consist of the top 500 companies.
Education
1999 /9--2003 /7 Nanjing University English Bachelor
Language Proficiency
Chinese Listening&Speaking(Excellent)£¬Reading&Writing(Excellent) (mother tongue)
English Listening&Speaking(Excellent)£¬Reading&Writing(Excellent)
Grade of English: TEM 8
CATTI English<>Chinese translation level 3
CATTI English<>Chinese interpretation level 3 |
