LI XIANG
Translator
Beijing,China
Summary
- To serve as an veteran in providing training for Cambridge English exams.
- Background includes working in professional environments to perform document and verbal translation services. Excellent listening and communication skills with organized and systematic approach. Delivers high level of accuracy in English to Chinese translations.
- Focused Translator with highly developed understanding of English language and culture. Skilled in quickly and accurately translating written documents and audio recordings. Over 7 years of related expertise.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
1
1
Language
Work History
Translator
Hengzhengtong Housing Development Company
01.2023 - Current
- To support operations by translating key departmental documents and internal communications
- To handle government documents, official writing, etc.
- To select news and current events in international politics, translating and summarizing relevant information for supervisors
- To work with other translators to facilitate real time conversations
- To ensure that at least 5 news articles to be translated everyday
Mandarin Translator
AVEA Vocational Education
01.2020 - 12.2022
- To provide simultaneous interpretation Australian teachers classes and assisted Chinese vocational school teachers in obtaining international teaching qualifications.
- To have translated over 200 hours of teaching videos and created Chinese subtitles.
- To help translate vocational education materials in the fields of preschool education and accounting.
- Familiar with application procedures and processes for Australian TAFE (Higher Vocational Education), diplomas, undergraduate, and postgraduate studies.
- To be proficient in using arctime (a subtitling software) to complete over 200 hours of teaching video subtitle translations (including translation and timing, fully translated videos).
- To have helped more than 100 Chinese teachers obtain international teaching certifications such as T-VET (Australian Vocational Education Qualification Certificate).
Mandarin Translator and English Teacher
Tengboshi Education Ltd
05.2018 - 12.2019
- To conduct online English training for high school students.
- To provide document editing and writing service for the students who want to seek abroad academic opportunities.
- To provide English writing guidance where necessary and helping students organize their writing ideas.
- To have finished 25 cases of Chinese applicants who want to apply for universities in the United States, and my duties were to help them finish CVs, and polish application materials. Under my watch, one of the students successfully got the offer from the University of California, Berkeley's Computer Science department, and I also helped other students to get admission to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Education
Master of Arts - TRANSLATION
01.2017 - Jan 2018
Bachelor of Arts - TRANSLATION AND INTERPERTING
01.2012 - 01.2014
Skills
Document Translation
Customer Engagement
Business Process Understanding
Project Support
To master computer aided tools, such as memoQ
To master subtitling software, such as archtime
To attain IELTS 70
Accomplishments
Helping over 30 students to get admitted into their ideal universities.
Finishing subtitles for over 500 hours of online course
Helping more than 50 students to pass IELTS
Certification
NAATI FROM ENGLISH INTO CHINESE
Timeline
Translator - Hengzhengtong Housing Development Company
01.2023 - Current
Mandarin Translator - AVEA Vocational Education
01.2020 - 12.2022
Mandarin Translator and English Teacher - Tengboshi Education Ltd
05.2018 - 12.2019
University of NEW SOUTH WALES - Master of Arts, TRANSLATION
01.2017 - Jan 2018
WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY - Bachelor of Arts, TRANSLATION AND INTERPERTING
01.2012 - 01.2014