Experiences
Interpreting Projects
Typical simultaneous and consecutive interpreting experience (as main interpreter and translator)
Ministerial
G20 Summit
London, UK
Interpreting for the UK’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown during his Bilateral Meeting with President Hu Jintao at No 10 Downing Street, for the Summit Plenary at the Excel Centre and for the Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren at the Finance Ministers’ Working Breakfast and Working Lunch.
EU-China High Level Meeting
Brussels, Belgium
Consecutive interpreting for a two-day meeting led by the EU’s Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan. Simultaneous interpreting for Baroness Ashton during her bilateral meetings with Vice Premier Wang and for the plenary.
Various UK Foreign Office assignments
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Interpreting for a government-sponsored week-long R&D evaluation programme
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UK Cabinet Office sponsored seminar on Emergency Planning and Civil Protection
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Welsh Assembly, Meetings between the First Minister for Wales and Chairman of Chongqing People’s Congress in Cardiff, UK
Financial
Extensive experience in banking and insurance sectors involving meetings and seminars between European and Chinese institutions in London and other European Financial Centres. Examples include:
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HSBC-Bank of Communications
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Standard Chartered Bank-Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
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Deutsche Bank-Agricultural Bank of China
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RBS-Bank of China
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Swiss Re-CIRC
Automotive and Aerospace
Interpreting for UKTI specialists and a team of aircraft design engineers from Xian Aircraft Company on a one-week intensive study tour visiting UK aerospace design and manufacturing facilities.
Interpreting for automotive related meetings and events including EU-China Automotive Working Group round-table and other high level meetings in Brussels, Belgium.
Interpreting at automotive product launches and PR events including:
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Jaguar/Land Rover product launch at their headquarters in Gaynor, UK and also in Nice, France; Monaco; and Athens, Greece
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Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 Spyder Global Launch in Tenerife, Spain
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Bentley 2-day PR Event in Leicester, UK
Telecommunications and Energy
Interpreting for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on the following one-week meetings:
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SG3 meeting in Seoul, South Korea
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GSR-GILF meetings in Dakar, Senegal
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SG3 meeting in Geneva, Switzerland
Interpreting at other conferences including:
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EU-China Technical Working Group meeting on Gallileo/Compass in Brussels, Belgium
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5th World Water Forum, Heads of State Summit, simultaneous interpreting in Istanbul, Turkey
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ABB-China State Grid Study Tour, simultaneous and consecutive interpreting in Switzerland
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Lean Production, 3-day management training programme for the Shanghai Electric Power Company in Helsinki, Finland
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Finland-China CleanTech Conference in Lahti, Finland
Other fields
Other notable interpreting projects include:
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GlaxoSmithKline, regular interpreting for 1-day events in London, UK
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Olympic Debriefing, 5-day event, simultaneous interpreting in London, UK
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2-day Tesco Mall Directors conference, in London, UK
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UK–China Higher Education Seminar, HEFCE 3-day Round-table in London, UK
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World Association of Newspapers, Annual Conferences in Moscow Russia; Cape Town, South Africa; and Gothenburg, Sweden
Translation Projects
A sample of recent large volume technical translation experience:
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Unite Arabic Emirates, 2010 Year Book & Daily News Releases, 100,000+ words
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R&D in the UK – the World’s Centre of Excellence, 32,000 words
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Brochures introducing the UK’s Advanced Engineering, Life Sciences, ICT, Oil & Gas Sectors, 28,000 words
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UK Railways, Ports and Airports, 27,000 words
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Management/leadership training course materials, Cambridge University Judge Business School, 28,000 words
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UKTI Creative Industry brochure, 35,000 words
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Waste Management – A Guide to Technologies and Services from the UK, 32,000 words
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Sustainable Cities & Regeneration UK, Deputy PM Office Report, 25,000 words
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Managing the Risk of Financial Transactions, 23,650 words