Zhi-Hong Yu

余子宏

  New Taipei City, Taiwan

  

Professional translator between English and Chinese with 7 years of freelance translation experience as well as almost 2 years of full-time work experience (including 3 months of on-site translation service at CIP for offshore wind power documentation) as a patent translator/process manager, translating technical documents in a wide array of fields such as medical science, pharmaceutics, biology, chemical engineering, semiconductor production, among other industrial disciplines.

Knowledgeable coordinator in freelance work experienced in collaborating and communicating with both the public and private sectors as well as individual clients, teaming up with English native speakers and other professional translators to carry out huge translation projects, and leading translation groups by prioritizing tasks, confirming deliverables, and controlling changes, as well as proofreading and editing translation drafts.

Skill Set


  • translation between English and Chinese 
  • drafting/editing/proofreading in English and Chinese
  • consecutive interpretation/escort interpretation

Languages


  • Chinese — native (traditional/simplified)
  • English  — TOEIC: 955
                        IELTS: 7.5   (L: 7.5 / R: 8.5 / S: 7.0 / W: 7.5)

Education

2017 - 2020

National Taiwan Normal University

Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpretation

GPA: 3.91 (straight A)
  President of Student Association in
GITI, NTNU
  Scholarship for Outstanding Graduate Students in 2018

2013 - 2017

National Chiao Tung University

Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

GPA: 3.72
  First Prize for Chinese Poetry in the department
  Academic Achievement Award in 2016

Work Experience

Contractor

Ernst & Young Global Limited

July 2022 - October 2022
Taipei, Taiwan

Providing on-site translation and other language services at the Taipei office of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, working on bid documents and IREP for offshore wind power projects

Patent Translator

JC Intellectual Property Group

December 2020 - May 2022
Taipei, Taiwan

[Patent] translating patent specifications and office actions (written correspondence from patent offices)

[Trademark] translating opinions and responses from attorneys and office actions from trademark offices

[Law] translating patent assignment agreements and power-of-attorney (POA) forms

Freelance Translator

June 2015 - Present
Taipei, Taiwan

More than 7 years of hands-on experience in providing translation/interpretation and language services (track record provided below)

Cooperation with the Public Sector (excerpt)

Board of Science and Technology, Executive Yuan

DIGI+ Quarterly (link)   into English

Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Executive Yuan

Koinonia: A Moving Form of Transportation - 2020 Transportation Policy White Paper (link)   into English

Industrial Technology Research Institute

Project execution reports   into English

Ministry of Culture, Executive Yuan

Taipei Fashion Week SS20, press release (link)   into English

Cooperation with the Private Sector (excerpt)

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

2018 Corporate Social Responsibility Report (link)   into English

Flaneur Magazine

ISSUE 8: KANGDING ROAD / WANDA ROAD, TAIPEI  (link)   into Chinese

MEAN WELL

MEAN WELL - The Power of Reliable Partners (link)   into English

International Netball Federation

Articles of Association   into Chinese

Courses and Events

Google Project Management: Professional Certificate

May 2022 - Present


11th Annual Graduate Student Research Day

May 9, 2019 | organizer/host/brochure designer


English Now

April 2019 - Present | Co-founder

A non-profit English speaking club holding physical and online meetings

Artificial Intelligence and Translation - Mock Conference held by GITI, NTNU

April 20, 2018 | speaker/interpretor