Andrew Lai – Certified Chinese-English Interpreter/Translator [email protected] +886 (0) 937 219 878

WORK EXPERIENCE

Interpreting Lecturer – 2019 Now Company Name: China Productivity Center Location: Taipei

• Assist students in improving interpreting skills

Interpreting Lecturer – 2019 Now Company Name: Chinese Culture University Location: Taipei

• Assist students in improving interpreting skills

Chinese- English Conference Interpreter/Translator - September 2018 - Now Company Name: Moravia Location: Taipei

• Providing simultaneous/consecutive Chinese-English interpretation/translation for commissioned projects

Chinese- English Conference Interpreter/Translator - September 2018 - Now Company Name: Elite Translations Asia Location: Japan

Responsibilities:

• Providing simultaneous/consecutive Chinese-English interpretation/translation for commissioned projects

Chinese- English Conference Interpreter/Translator - September 2018 - Now Company Name: Elite Translations Asia Location: Singapore

Responsibilities:

• Providing simultaneous/consecutive Chinese-English interpretation/translation for commissioned projects

Certified Translator - August 2016 - Now Company Name: Tainan City Government Location:

Responsibilities:

• Providing simultaneous/consecutive Chinese-English interpretation/translation for commissioned projects

Contract Interpreter - June 2018 - Now Company Name: Japan Convention Services Location: Japan

Responsibilities:

• Providing simultaneous/consecutive Chinese-English interpretation

Contract Interpreter - June 2018 - Now Company Name: Japan Convention Services Location: Japan

Responsibilities:

• Providing simultaneous/consecutive Chinese-English interpretation

Contract Interpreter - June 2018 - Now Company Name: Japan Convention Services Location: Japan

Responsibilities:

• Providing simultaneous/consecutive Chinese-English interpretation

Senior Contract Interpreter - June 2018 -Now Company Name: Nihao Global. Location: Beijing

Responsibilities:

• Providing simultaneous/consecutive Chinese-English interpretation

Senior Interpreter/Translator – October 2017 – Now Company Name – Prudential Life Insurance Location: Taipei Responsibilities:

• Interpreting & Translating

Diplomatic Interpreter/Translator – May 2016 – October 2017 Company Name – Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan Location: Taipei Responsibilities:

• Interpreter for the Vice President • Accompanying government officials at ministerial-level and above to attend international conferences, such as the APEC summit in Peru and WHA in Geneva • Accompany government officials at ministerial-level and above in receptions and banquets, such as national banquets • Translating talking points and scripts for speeches • Emceeing events, such as diplomatic receptions • Compiling monthly statistical reports for a section • Accompanying government officials at ministerial-level and above to make state visits

Intern Reviewer – September 2016 – March 2017 Company Name - Linguitronics Co., Ltd. Location: Taipei

Responsibilities:

• Reviewing translations • Transcreation • Communicate with clients with regard to disputable wordings.

Contract Translator – July 2015 – Present Company Name – Straker Translations Location: Taipei Responsibilities:

• Translating and reviewing documents

EDUCATION

MSc, Cognitive Neuroscience (Merit) – September 2013 – September 2014

Diploma, Conference Interpreting and Translating September 2012 • Teaching assistant for consecutive interpreting and simultaneous interpreting • Class representative • Third Place in the Cross-Strait Interpreting Contest

Internship, National Taiwan University July 2008 – August 2008

BSc, Plant Pathology - September 2007 - June 2011.

National Chung Hsing University • Valedictorian

Interpretation (Simultaneous/Consecutive Interpreting) (Recent)

• 2019 International Indigenous Economic Development Forum • 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Competition • Underwriting and Claim Practices, Munich Re and Fubon Life Insurance • Underwriting and Claim Practices, Munich Re and Cathay Life Insurance • Underwriting and Claim Practices, Munich Re and Yuanta Life Insurance • Underwriting and Claim Practices, Munich Re and Shin Kong Life Insurance • Google Interview with GoodBoy Film Production • Vox Interview with President of Taiwan Association of Cancer Patients • Vox Interview with Ms. Li Yi Jie • Vox Interview with Dr. Chen, Li-chen, Chief of Emergency Medicine, Taipei City Hospital • Opening Press Conference of Taiwan Beauty Show 2019 • 2019 Symposium on Biocontrol and Integrated Pest Management for Crop Protection and Trade Facilitation, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, American Institute in Taiwan, National Chung Hsing University • The 5th Preparation Meeting for the International Symposium on Biocontrol and Integrated Pest Management for Crop Protection and Trade Facilitation, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, American Institute in Taiwan, National Chung Hsing University • Pharma Boardroom interview with Minister of Health and Welfare of Taiwan, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan • The 4th Preparation Meeting for the International Symposium on Biocontrol and Integrated Pest Management for Crop Protection and Trade Facilitation, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, American Institute in Taiwan, National Chung Hsing University • 2019 Seminar on the Introduction of Information Integration Platform for International Medical Tourists, iEi and Halza Pte. • The 3rd Preparation Meeting for the International Symposium on Biocontrol and Integrated Pest Management for Crop Protection and Trade Facilitation, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, American Institute in Taiwan, National Chung Hsing University • 2019 Q1 Town Hall Meeting, Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan • Review Meeting for Simplified Underwriting Process, Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan • Life Consultant Sales Training Meeting, Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan • Second-Line Claim and Underwriting Project Close Meeting, Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan • 2019 Underwriting Capacity Model Meeting, Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan • 2019 Policy Service Capacity Model, Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan • 2019 Claim Capacity Model, Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan • 2019 January Life Planner Business Meeting, Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan • 2018 Global Insurance Market and Product Innovation in Taiwan, Taiwan Insurance Institute • 2018 Organization Effectiveness Workshop III, Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan • 2018 October Investment Committee Meeting, Prudential Financial International • 2018 US Financial Wellness Workshop, Prudential Financial International • Q4 Risk Management Committee Meeting, Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan • Circular Economy: New Business Model, Taiwan External Trade Development Council • Future Trend of Circular Economy from the Perspectives of International Regulations and Standards, Taiwan External Trade Development Council • Quarterly Business Review - Q3 Prudential Financial • Agency Managers Meeting, August, 2018, Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan • 2018 Q3 Town Hall Meeting, Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan • AML Audit Exit Meeting, Prudential Financial and KPMG • Taiwan Retirement Project Innovation Day, Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan • Operation Focus Group - New Business, Policy Service, Claim, Prudential International Insurance • Managing Operation Workshop, Prudential Financial & RRF Consulting Group • Prudential Financial International Underwriting Meeting, 2018 • 2018 Prudential Asia Summit at Singapore • Seminar on Corporate Tax: US and Taiwan, Prudential Global Financial Community • Organizational Effectiveness Workshops, Prudential Life Insurance • CXO Meetings, Prudential Life Insurance • EO Meetings, Prudential Life Insurance • Life Planner Sales Meetings, Prudential Life Insurance • Quarterly Business Reviews, Prudential Life Insurance • 2018 Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan LP Business Meeting - March • 2018 Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan LP Business Meeting - July • 2018 Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan LP Business Meeting - May • 2018 Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan LP Business Meeting - June • Product Steering Committee Meetings, Prudential Life Insurance, January, 2018 • Product Steering Committee Meetings, Prudential Life Insurance, February, 2018 • Product Steering Committee Meetings, Prudential Life Insurance, March, 2018 • Product Steering Committee Meetings, Prudential Life Insurance, November, 2017 • Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan Agency Manager Meeting, January, 2018 • Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan Agency Manager Meeting, February, 2018 • Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan Agency Manager Meeting, March, 2018 • Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan Agency Manager Meeting, May, 2018 • Bank Channel Product Steering Committee Meetings, Prudential Life Insurance • Field Management Strategic Conference, Prudential Life Insurance • AstraZeneca Mid-year Assembly • 2018 Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan Town Hall Meeting • 2018 Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan CFO Staff Meeting - 1 • 2018 Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan CFO Staff Meeting - 2 • 2018 Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan Quarterly Business Review - 2 • 2018 Prudential Insurance Company of Taiwan Quarterly Business Review - 1 • 2017 WHA Taiwan-US Bilateral Meeting • 2017 The Asahi Shimbun, The Yomiuri Shimbun, and NHK Joint Interview with Minister of Health and Welfare of Taiwan. • 2017 AFP Interview with Minister of Health and Welfare of Taiwan. • 2017 Taiwan-Alzheimer's Disease International Forum • 2017 Prudential Financial Company of Taiwan Quarterly Business Review - 3 • 2017 Prudential Financial Company of Taiwan Quarterly Business Review - 4 • 2017 Taiwan-Switzerland Forum on National Health Insurance • 2017 Diplomatic Reception by Bureau de Genève, Délégation Culturelle et Economique de Taipei • 2016 APEC Summit and side-events • AstraZeneca Internal Training • Interpreter for the President of the Republic of Nauru during his state visit to Taiwan • Interpreter for the Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands during the State Visit to Taiwan in 2017 • Interpreter for the Speaker of the Marshall Islands during his visit to Taiwan • Interpreter for the Foreign Minister of the Marshall Islands during his Visit to Taiwan • Interpreter for the Foreign Minister of the St. Christopher and Nevis during his Visit to Taiwan • NAATI Accreditation RMIT Program • Workshop on Professional Ethics for Interpreters and Translators • International Conference on UNFCCC, Ministry of Foreign Affairs • James Moriarty’s audience with the Vice President of Taiwan • The audience of Chairman of the UN NGO/DPI Executive Committee with the Vice President of Taiwan • State Banquet of Taiwan for the Republic of Nauru • State Banquet of Taiwan for the Solomon Islands • Banquet hosted by the Vice President of Taiwan for Reviewers of the ICCPR and ICESCE Annual Reports. • Founding Ceremony of Taiwan-Austria-Switzerland Interparliamentary Associations • Founding Conference for IMATA • Interpreter of the Prime Ministry of St. Vincent and Grenadines during his state visit to Taiwan • National Day Reception, 2016 • Interpreter for the deputy prime minister of Tuvalu during his visit to Taiwan • Press Conference for Victor do Prado, Director of the Council and TNC Division at the WTO, Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Audience of Canadian Congress Delegations with Vice President of Taiwan • The audience of Canadian Congress Delegations with Vice President of Taiwan. • Press Conference hosted by Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Victor do Prado, Director of Council and TNC Division at the WTO • Meeting organized by Hon. Chang Li Shan with the delegation led by Danish Parliamentarian. Kim Christiansen • Meeting organized by Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Yang Wei-fu with the Delegation from the Atlantic Council • Luncheon hosted by Hon. Kuan Bi-lin for Sridharan Madhusudhanan, Director-General of India-Taipei Association • Audience of Monsignor Slađan Ćosić, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Apostolic Nunciature with Vice President of Taiwan • Audience of Hon. Winnie Magagula, Minister of Labour and Social Security, with Vice President of Taiwan • Conferring Ceremony of the Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon upon Hon. Antonio Basilio, Senior Adviser and former Representative of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taiwan • Audience of the recipients and jury of the 11th Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award with Vice President of Taiwan • Audience of the recipients of the Global Youth of the Year Award 2016 with Vice President of Taiwan • Meeting organized by Hon. Icyang‧Parod, Minister of Council of Indigenous Peoples with H.E. John M. Silk, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Marshall Islands • Audience of Ms. Carol Bellamy, Chair of the Board of the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund, and Ms. Arda Gerkens, President of INHOPE with Vice President of Taiwan • Audience of permeant representatives of Taiwan’s Diplomatic Allies to the UN with Vice President of Taiwan • Audience of Roche CEO with Vice President of Taiwan • Audience of MPs of European Parliament with Vice President of Taiwan • Audience of Participants of 2016 Global Health Forum with Vice President of Taiwan • Audience of President, Vice President, and Secretary of International School Sport Federation with Vice President of Taiwan • Audience Executive Committee Members of FISU with Vice President of Taiwan • Audience of delegation led by Hon. Keir Starmer, MP of UK, with Vice President of Taiwan • Signing ceremony of MOU on agriculture and aviation between Taiwan and India • Audience of delegation led by Cardinal O’Brien, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, Vice President of Taiwan • Meeting organized by Taiwan Ministry of Examination for delegation of EU senior civil officers • Audience of US CDC experts with Vice President of Taiwan • Audience of Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, with Vice President of Taiwan • Audience of US Representatives with Vice President of Taiwan • Audience of UK Special Representative for Climate Change with Vice President of Taiwan • Audience of Prof. Toope, Vice-Chancellor designated of University of Cambridge, with Vice President of Taiwan • Audience of Participants of MOSAIC Taiwan 2017 with Vice President of Taiwan • Meeting organized by Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs with National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) Delegation • Meeting between UK Baroness Barker of Legislator Yu Mei-Nu • Audience of the Commissioner of New Zealand Human Rights Commission members with Vice President of Taiwan • Banquet Hosted by Speaker of Taiwan for Parliamentary Delegation from Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia • Audience of Parliamentary Delegation from Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia with Vice President of Taiwan • Audience of Jane Nishida, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator of US EPA, with Vice President of Taiwan • Audience of Ms. Fleur Pellerin, former Minister of Culture of France, and Vice President of Taiwan • Meeting between Prof. Jerome Alan Cohen and. President of Judicial Yuan • Audience of Irish Parliamentarians with Vice President of Taiwan • Audience of Director-General of Taipei-India Association with Vice President of Taiwan • Audience of WHO-AS PST-Taiwan with Vice President of Taiwan • Meeting between John Chen-Chung Deng, Minister without Portfolio, with delegation from the European Parliament • Meeting between H.E. Pál Schmitt, former President of Hungary and Vice President of Taiwan

Translation

• Orientation Program of William College • Diageo Performance Letter of FY 2019 • Open Letter from the Health Minister of Taiwan to the Lancet • Letter from the Director-General of the Department of Statistics of the Ministry of Health and Welfare to IHME • Operation proposal for the commercial port Pier Hoành Sơn No.4 in Vĩnh Yên, Hà Tĩnh, Vietnam • Landscape Improvement Projects in Tainan • Yuguang Island Art Festival • Talking materials for the visit of Ministry of Education to Israel in 2018 • Successful stories of the Job Taole (JTL) Career Development Center, Ministry of Labor • Press Release on 2018 Youth Trends Forum • Remarks by the Deputy Minister of Education of Taiwan for 2018 Youth Trends Forum • Remarks by the Minister of Education of Taiwan for 2018 Youth Trends Forum • 2017 Yuguan Island Art Festival Brochure • Press release by Toshiba Semiconductor • STREET MUSEUM OF ART+ • YOKO Drink • VIGO Drink • Taiwan CDC Annual Report 2016 • Taiwan CDC Annual Report 2015 • The Tibetan Dragon Sutra Exhibition,

REFERENCES

• Mr. Albert Chang, Assistant Professor, Fu Jen University, [email protected] • Dr. Wenling Deng, Associate Professor, National Chung Hsing University, [email protected] • Claire Lin, PhD candidate, [email protected] , University of Sydney