About me
Relevant Education and Qualifications
- NAATI level 3 (professional) accreditation English <> Indonesian translator
- Member of AUSIT, Australia
- PostGrad Adv. Translation & Linguistics, University of Western Sydney, Australia
- PostGrad Languages, University of Western Sydney, Australia
- Certificate in Communications, advertising and Marketing, CAM, London, UK
(recipient of Royds Gold Medal for best student of the year)
- Certificate in Hotel and Travel, London, UK
- HNC in Economics, London, UK
- B.A. (Hons.) Humanities (Classics and English Literature), Polytechnic, North London, UK
- B.A. Education (Major: English), Satya Wacana University, Salatiga, Indonesia

Language background
- Languages spoken are Indonesian (native), Javanese (native) and English (more than 40 years)
- lived and worked in Indonesia for more than 20 years
- lived and worked in London, UK for more than 15 years
1993 – present : live and work in Sydney, Australia

Relevant Education and Training Working Experience
- Manager/Trainer, Indo OZ Language Centre, Sydney, Australia
- Editor-in-chief, Gamelan Publishing House, Sydney Australia
- Panel member of Community Relations Commission, Sydney, Australia
- Assistant Cultural Planner, Willoughby City Council, NSW, Australia
- Personal Assistant, Opportunity Foundation, Sydney, Australia
- Taught Indonesian language in several TAFEs and Community Centres, Sydney, Australia
- Manager, Britannia Language Centre, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
- Manager, Training Department, Matari Inc, Jakarta, Indonesia
(Designing training material of different topics and delivering them)
- Lecturer in Advertising, Trisakti Academy of Graphics, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Manager and Seminar Convenor, Executive Training Centre, Yogyakarta
- Manager, Asoka Travel, London, U.K.
- Research Secretary, Indonesian Embassy, London, UK
- Lecturer, English Department, Satya Wacana University, Salatiga, Indonesia

My translation clients include prominent agencies such as Australian government departments (Defence, Medicare, Centrelink, Australian Taxation Office, Ombudsman, Australian Security Intelligence and Australian Federal Police), financial institutions (banking, insurance, etc.) media (print and electronic), educational institutes (all levels), travel, tourism and hospitality industry, mining companies, publishers, as well as individual’s documents for immigration, court, education and hospital purposes.

I published the first monthly Indonesian magazine in Australia, Gamelan, for eight years. I have translated 3 books on popular psychology published by PT Alcan) and 3 books on Theology. I am also a co-writer of Distinguishing Features of Ambon and Kupang Malay.

I am active in the communities and organisations (Indonesian Women’s Association in NSW Inc. – as President and Javanese Association in NSW – as Secretary).