Working languages:
English to Chinese

linchenghsien
EN-ZHTW, L10N, journalism, sociology.

Hsinchu City, T'ai-wan, Taiwan
Local time: 03:55 CST (GMT+8)

Native in: Chinese Native in Chinese
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LIN Cheng-Hsien is an English-Traditional Chinese (ZH-TW) freelance translator with experience in localization, editing, desktop publishing, and journalism.

As for translation, Cheng-Hsien received a diploma from the Chinese-English Translation Program at National Taiwan University in 2016. And he has been working with various translation agencies for 2 years. In addition, he is able to use CAT and DTP tools.

Cheng-Hsien is available for jobs including translation, localization, editing, proofreading, subtitling, and other types of jobs upon request.

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📧 linchenghsien [at] outlook [dot] com
📄 Full online CV
👤 LinkedIn Profile

Education
🎓MBA in Service Science, National Tsing Hua University (Hsinchu, Taiwan)
 Sep 2016 - Present
 Concentrates in Service Design and Service Marketing.
🎓BA in Sociology, National Taiwan University (Taipei, Taiwan)
 Sep 2012 - Jun 2016
 Also completed the Chinese-English Translation Program.

Language Proficiency
🔤Taiwanese Mandarin: Native speaker.
🔤Taiwanese Minnan: Advanced user.
🔤English: IELTS 7.0-band report earned in October, 2015.
🔤French: DELF-B1 diploma earned in March, 2016.
🔤Japanese: Elementary user.

Skills: CAT Tools
🔧Trados
🔧Idiom
🔧Passolo
🔧Wordfast
🔧Smartling
🔧Google Translator Toolkit
🔧OmegaT
🔧Subtitle Workshop

Skills: DTP Tools
🔧Adobe InDesign
🔧Adobe Illustrator
🔧Corel PhotoImpact

Work Experience
💼Freelance Translator at various translation agencies
 Nov 2014 - Present
 📄L10N: Software/Website UI, user guides, marketing documents: 200K+ words
  Including anti-virus softwares, online travel agents, IT infrastructures,
  digital content providers, hardware information, e-learning trainings,
  markeing surveys, etc.
 📄News compiling: mainly technology news.
 📄Local history materials: mostly commissioned by Taichu Renaissance
  Association in Taichung, Taiwan.
💼Intern Journalist, CommonWealth Magazine (Taipei, Taiwan)
 Jul 2015 - Jan 2016
💼Editor and Secretary-General, Stream Editing Group (Taichung, Taiwan)
 Jun 2012 - Aug 2015
💼Voluntary Paralegal to the Sunflower Movement Voluntary Legal Team,
 Judicial Reform Foundation (Taipei, Taiwan)

 Dec 2014 - Jun 2015
💼Vice Minister at Ministry of Journalism and Publishing,
 26th Administration of National Taiwan University Student Association
 (Taipei, Taiwan)

 Aug 2013 - Jul 2014
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Profile last updated
Jun 15, 2018



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