Sample Translation and Chinese-Language Projects

InterWorld Translations, US Ongoing
• Chinese-English business correspondence translation
• Chinese-English literature translation

Amanara Certified Translation, UK Ongoing
• Chinese-English document and certification translation

Ironpond, US 07/2007
• Chinese-English translation of 10- and 20-page joint venture business contracts

Chinese-English Freelance Translation, Edelman China 09.2005 – 04/2006
• Chinese-English translation work, including translation of 5-chapter Corporate Social Responsibility Brochure for PepsiCo.

Research Assistant, London School of Economics 02/2006 – 05/2006
• Research of Chinese language articles and documents on migrant labour activism in China
• Research of Chinese language materials on women’s historical status in China.

English Editor, TransAsia Lawyers, Beijing 09/2004 – 08/2005
• Translation of Chinese legal documents, business and employment contracts, laws, certificates, correspondence and news articles into English
• Editing and drafting of legal documents and correspondence with international clients
• Writing articles for the firm’s two monthly newsletters on China’s employment law and telecoms, media and technology law


Education

BPP Law School, London, UK 09/2007 -
• Part-time Graduate Diploma in Law

University of California, San Diego 09/2006 – 07/2007
• Doctoral study in sociology
• Research in sociology of law, labour and China

London School of Economics 09/2005 – 09/2006
• MSc in Development Studies – Distinction
• Dissertation on the role of labour law in protecting migrant workers in China

Beijing Language and Culture University 07/2000 – 08/2000
• Intensive Chinese language course, written and spoken

Oxford University 09/2000 – 06/2004
• 1st Class BA Hons in Chinese Studies
• Studied modern and classical Chinese language, history, politics, economics and literature
• Fluent Chinese reader, good Chinese speaker (Mandarin)
• Independent research dissertation on popular women’s magazines in China, involving extensive use of Chinese language sources and the conducting of interviews in Chinese

Beijing University 03/2002 – 07/2002
• Chinese language course, written and spoken


References available on request.