Career / Experience

Work History:
June 2001 – present: Global Partnership Development
CSU Chancellor’s Office
Graduate Assistant
Coordinate academic exchange program between CSU campuses
and universities from Asian (mostly Mainland China, Taiwan,
HK).
Documents translation between English and Chinese.
Assisting a professor to perform research on bilingual topics.

Aug.1999-now: Language Line Services
1 Lower Ragsdale Dr. Monterey, CA93940.
Telephonic Mandarin/Taiwanese contracted Interpreter
Provide over-the-phone interpreting services in various areas:
Insurance company, Medical interview, Commercial Bank,
Airports, hotel, private and Government Agencies.

May 2000 – June 2001: Asian Pacific Program, College of Extended Studies
San Diego State University, San Diego California
Graduate Assistant
Coordinate academic exchange program between SDSU and
universities from Asian (mostly Mainland China, Taiwan, HK
and Singapore).
Documents translation between English and Chinese.
Assisting a professor to perform research on bilingual topics.

Feb.1999-Aug. 2001: Inlingua School of Languages and Translation Service
8950 Villa La Jolla Dr. Suite 2110 La Jolla, CA92037
Tel: (858)453-4533
Mandarin Tutor/Translator/Interpreter
* Provide one-to-one Mandarin language lesson to students in
different levels. Learning goal mainly focuses on exercising
students’ speaking and listening comprehension.
* Written documents translation and hearings interpretation.

Sept.1998-present: Asian Language Translation Company
6794 La Jolla Blvd., La Jolla, CA92037
Tel: (858) 454-2103
Freelance Mandarin/Taiwanese translator/interpreter
Perform interpretation assignments in the following professional
areas:
* Legal: Mandarin interpreting for Depositions, Declarations,
Hearings and Examinations.
* Business: Confidential documents translation from Chinese
into English and English into Chinese.

Jan.1999-present: Castillo & Associates
3604 Fourth Ave. Suite2 San Diego, CA92103
Tel: (619) 683-3898
Freelance Chinese(Mandarin/Taiwanese) translator/interpreter
Duties include: business documents translation for insurance and
marketing companies from Chinese into English and English into
Chinese; provide Mandarin/Taiwanese interpreting services for
non-English speaking patients when medical examinations are
performed within clinics and hospitals.

June 1998-present: YES-TOP Marketing Group
1455 Monterey Pass Rd. #210 Monterey Park, CA91754
Tel: (323) 263-7777
Appointed Translator/Reporter
Duties include translating informative articles from English into
Chinese; and creative writing in Chinese for a quarterly
magazine--“World Bridge” -- published for the Chinese- American
communities within U.S.A..

May-Sept. 1999: San Diego Museum of Arts, San Diego, CA.
Exhibition Translator/Interpreter
Helped staffs in SDMA to communicate with Chinese staffs
from Hubei Provincial Museum and to put up an ancient
Chinese tomb treasure exhibition—“Ringing Thunder”.
Sept.-Dec.1998: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
Love Library, Periodical & microforms Center
Front Desk Assistant
Assisted library patrons perform academic research through
library computer systems—PAC,MLA, Lion…etc.. Also, helped
patrons to use microfiche and microfilm machines. Organized
and shelved periodicals and magazine. Categorized new arrival
microfiche and microfilms.

1997-1998: Qualcomm, San Diego, CA.
Appointed translator
Responsible for translating business developing plans from both Chinese into English and English into Chinese.

1994-1995: Freelance Translator/Interpreter for
various translation agencies in Taipei, Taiwan.(名揚翻譯社)
Performed interpretations in business meeting, commercial
promotion events. Written translation tasks (English into Chinese)
including: fiction/non-fiction literature, business and legal
documents, films

1992-1994: Shuang Dah Book Company, Taipei, Taiwan.
雙大出版社
Comic translator; the assistant to the Chief Editor
Translated comic books imported from the USA, such as:
Peanuts, Garfield, the Far Side… etc. Assisted the Chief Editor
to edit and translate a bi-monthly comic magazine—“Garfield”.

1991-1992: Gu-Da Public Relations Consulting Co., Taipei, Taiwan.
九大公關公司
Entry level of secretarial position to the General Manager.
Responsible for scheduling activities: gallery openings, book signing events, and magazine promotions. Communicated with patrons and artists, prepared contract documents.

1990-1991: FotoFax Communication Company, Taipei, Taiwan.
真影傳播公司
Film Translator
Translating films, cartoons, and TV drama series imported from
the U.S.A..

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Education: * San Diego State University, San Diego CA
MA in Asian Studies
Spring 2000-present

* San Diego State University, San Diego CA.
MA degree in English Literature earned in December 1998
Emphasis: Comparative Literature

* Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan
BA degree in English Language and Literature earned in June 1994
Rate:
• Source/Target Language(s): English & Chinese
• English to Chinese: 0.50 USD
• Chinese to English: 0.50 USD
• Hourly rate for interpretation: 85.00 USD
• Hardware: IBM laptop
• Software: Chinese windows, Chinese Microsoft Word
• Number of years of translation experience: 20