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Education Sichuan University September 2003 – July 2007, Medical English, Bachelor Second Foreign Language: Japanese
Experience March 2012 – present Freelance translator I have been working as a freelance translator for LSPs and direct clients since March 2012. I mainly translate from English into Chinese, and my translation service covers a variety of fields, from short notices to specialized technical translations. Sometimes I translate from Chinese/Japanese into English as well. April 2011 – February 2012 Translation Proofreader & Project Manager, @Lan-bridge Translation Co., Ltd. My responsibilities mainly included proofreading documents translated by translators of the Company, training new employees, and delivering external translation and CAT-related lectures to students of universities having partnership programmes with the Company. July 2008 – March 2011 Certified Translator & Quality Assurance, @Lighthouse Software (Chengdu) Co., Ltd., a Chinese subsidiary of Lighthouse IP Group (Netherlands) My responsibilities mainly included: i) proofreading patent-related documents translated by my fellow translators in the Company (mainly Chinese to English); ii) translating patent documents from Japanese into English; iii) basic training on patent English & Japanese language styles for the Company’s staff; and iv) translating other non-patent documents as required by the company and clients. August 2007 – July 2008 English teacher, @Guangzhou Alcanta Vocational School of Foreign Languages Taught such courses as Comprehensive English, Spoken English, and Practical English Writing at a well-known private education group in Guangzhou, which is known as the hometown of Cantonese as well as the capital city of China’s eastern province of Guangdong.
Qualifications CATTI-2 China Aptitude Test for Translators and Interpreters (Translation Level 2) TEM-8 Test for English Majors (Band 8) NAETI-3 National Accreditation Examination for Translators and Interpreters (Interpretation Level 3) JLPT-3 Japanese Language Proficiency Test (Level 3) J.TEST Test of Practical Japanese (Level E)
Project Examples [Note: EN=English; ZHS=Simplified Chinese; ZHT=Traditional Chinese] Full text translation of a patent (WO2004/110461) on the treatment of bacterial vaginosis (EN→ZHS) Product promotion documents & fact sheets translation for Jackson Wine (EN→ZHS) Global privacy policy translation for Kohler’s website (EN→ZHS) Patient Guide translation for Methodist Hospital of Southern California (EN→ZHT) Press release translation for the website of HSBC (EN→ZHT) UI texts translation for the mobile app OMOTENASHI Wallet (EN→ZHT) Translation of a User’s Manual for Barco N.V. (EN→ZHT) Oracle FY14 Incentive Compensation T&C Translation and Update (EN→ZHS; EN→ZHT) Employment contract translation for Guangzhou MNG Model Management Co., Ltd (ZHS→EN) Translation of three doxofylline-related medical papers downloaded from CNKI (ZHS→EN) Patent office actions and patentability reports translation (ZHS→EN) Budget worksheet translation for Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (ZHS→EN)
References References available upon request.
————————— With twelve years’ experience as a dedicated translator in various fields and skills in CAT tools such as SDL Trados 2007/2014, MultiTerm, Wordfast, Déjà Vu, memoQ, Memsource, XTM, and SmartCAT, Shepherd Zhang is a CATTI-2 certified translator delivering quality, timely and professional translation services in English, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
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