Ina Bieler

• Oversaw a school and clinic in Tibet.
• Raised environmental awareness.
• Organized board meetings between team members from three continents.
• Interpreted at meetings and set up video conference calls
• Managed social media page.
• Organized fundraising events.
• Prepared and presented reports to inform board on organizational progress and goals.

• Interpreted for live presentations.
• Translated, transcribed, edited, and proofread written material.
• Answered high volume of phone calls and email inquiries.
• Worked with multiple IT systems and applications.
• Conducted general board correspondence and kept records.
• Took meeting minutes and wrote reports.
• Upheld timetables by maintaining accurate, balanced calendars.
• Coordinated events and worked on ad hoc projects.
• Greeted arriving visitors, determined nature and purpose of visit and directed individuals to appropriate destinations.
• Filed paperwork and organized computer-based information.
• Volunteered to help with special projects of varying degrees of complexity.
• Handled logistics, agendas and travel arrangements for meeting and event planning.

• Developed and managed project plans and associated project documents to keep ongoing development on schedule.
• Coordinated team members and material resources.
• Translated ancient scriptures from Tibetan to English.
• Wrote introductions and grant proposals.
• Provided cost and estimate analysis, implemented budgets, and managed cost allocation.
• Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables and schedules.
• Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to publisher.

Between 2006 and 2020, I traveled together with Garchen Rinpoche internationally serving as his translator for public lectures, conferences, and interviews. I translated documents, delivered talks, and worked with international teams to plan and execute events. Since he has retired from traveling in 2020, I have continued to work as his translator and personal assistant at his center in Arizona.

• Translated and edited film manuscripts.
• Edited and subtitled movie (German, English, and Tibetan).
• Gave talks at movie theatres in North America, Europe, and Asia.
• Applied cultural understanding to discern specific meanings beyond literal written words.
• Reviewed final scripts to spot and correct errors in punctuation, grammar, and translation.
• Worked with other translators to facilitate real time conversations.
• Repeated and restructured complex translations to optimize understanding.
• Researched cultural etiquette and specific use of slang words.