Yoon Ji Choi

YOON JI CHOI

Address: 201 Glenwood Circle #17C, Monterey, Ca93940

Contact Number: 831-647-3588

E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]

Web page: http://www.netian.com/~yoonji

OBJECTIVE Project-based translator/interpreter (Korean-English)

WORK EXPERIENCE

TRANSLATION & INTERPRETATION

Area Details

Computer and 2001 3 Com New Technology interpretation Communication 2001 Openwave and LG Communication partnership (Wireless telecommunication)

Sw/web localization 1998-current Translation of resource, java, install, html, xml, help files as well as manuals from reputable customers. Sun Microsystems – CRM app, WebDesk, Neilson Ratings – Internet monitoring/rating system Liberate – DTV set-top box IPass – Internet Roaming application Cybrant – CRM app SkySoft web, Natural Life etc

Business 1999-2001 Major IT companies’ partnership meeting interpretations 1999-2001 Korean medium-sized companies’ advance into Silicon Valley meeting interpretations 1999 James Rooney, chairman of J.P.Rooney & associates Ltd. “Guide to business survival in Thailand” interpretation

Science/Tech 2002 “Genetic Engineering Introduction” seminar 2000 Honeywell Chemical Data Sheet 2000 LSI LOGIC Storage System 2000 Hyundai Semiconductor manual 2000 Korean Air inspection report Education 2002 Science education journals translation 2001 Defense Language Olympic Games interpretation 2000 Choongnam Province education document translation 1997 World Education Conference interpretation 1995 Ewha Science Education textbook translation

Defense 2001 Korean Peninsula Security Forum 1998 Nuclear inspection report in North Korea document translation

Broadcasting 1996-1999 Radio Free Asia program translation and interpretation

Legal doc 1997-current Insurance companies’ legal documents translation 1997-current Patent and other copyright legal documents. 2002 Legal dispute document between Electronics companies

Information 2001 Red Cross Safety booklet

Exhibition or events 2002 SIMTOS 2002 translation 2002 BEXCO promotion material translation

Politics 2002 Korean National Assembly documents

Etc Others

TEACHING

Area Details

MIIS GSTI (translation & interpretation) 2002 – current professor

Handong Interpretation graduate 2002 Visiting professor school

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Company Details

SkySoft Corporation Handling translation and localization of software, online help, (Santa Clara, Ca) user manuals, multilingual software and web projects. Project Manager Responsibilities include overview of projects from proposal and April/2000 - consulting to client delivery stage, managing client/vendor relationship, and coordinating and scheduling project resources.

Global English Corp (San Handling web localization of a business product that is Francisco, CA) distributed to 9 countries. Major responsibilities were Localization consultant consultation, comprehensive translation processes April/1999 - management, scheduling, budgeting and coordinating February/2000 linguistic team, engineering team and project management team.

EDUCATION

Schools Years Degree

Monterey Institute of International Studies (Monterey, Ca) 1997-1999 M.A. Interpretation & Translation major

Ewha Woman's University (Seoul, Korea) 1992-1996 B.S Physics & Education major

Santa Clara college (Santa Clara, Ca) 2000-2001 N/A Business management, Finance, Investment classes

WORK SKILLS

Area Specific Programs

Translation Memory Tool Trados

Bug Tracking Tool Team Track, Test Track, Visual Intercept

DTP Skills FrameMaker including word count, file comparison, compare or call-out text creation. PDF format in general.

Programming Languages Java Applet, Cobol, HTML and Java script

QA Automation WinRunner

Project Scheduling MS Project

Machine Creation Ghost

Web Creation Photoshop, Paintshop, FrontPage

Other programs FTP, Excel, OS, PowerPoint

RATE INFO: Negotiable depending on volume Translation: $0.17/word Editing or proofreading: $0.05/word QA or testing: $55/hour