GENE
Language:Korean/English
Experience:
Certified California State Court Interpreter (06/05~)
Official U. S. Federal Court Interpreter (06/05~)
Conference Interpreter/Translator (06/05~)
Freelance Interpreter/Translator (10/02~)
Interpretation/Translation Industries covered:
Legal: Trials, depositions, jail interviews, FBI//LAPD field work, and ICE/DMV/Dept of Labor hearings
Conference: Simultaneous, in-vivo, consecutive, sight, escort, summary, telephonic, and voiceover
Written translation: legal, financial, educational, entertainment, online & technical texts, and transcription
Interpretation Highlights, Freelance Conferences
Entertainment: The Cable Show for CEOs of Showtime, Time Warner, Fox, Warner Brothers & CBS (05/10)
Public Officials: LA Mayor (05/10); Supreme councilman of the Republic of Korea national assembly (03/09)
Celebrity/Sports: Olympic figure skating gold medalist (09/10)
Marketing: Focus groups of Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, and SK Telecom (09/04~)
Arts: CEO of Los Angeles County Museum of Art (07/09)
Academic: Director of Korean Studies Institute at University of Southern California (03/09)
High Tech: Founder of Earthlink.Net (05/06); CEO of Helio Powered by SK Telecom (05/06)
Politics: Voiceover/language monitoring of Los Angeles County election DVD (11/08)
Interpreter/Translator, In-House Legal Experience
Law Offices of Frank, Greenberg, Simone & Stefanski, Los Angeles, CA (06/00~10/00), Paralegal
Law Offices of Richard D. Hoffman, Los Angeles, CA (05/00~06/00), Paralegal
Law Offices of Roger C. Higbie, New York, NY (05/95~09/95), Paralegal
Interpreter/Translator, In-House Corporate Experience
HSBC & Korea Exchange Bank M&A, Seoul, Korea (09/07~10/07), In-house Interpreter/translator
Helio (Earthlink.Net & SK Telecom), LA, CA (11/05~05/07), In-house interpreter/translator
Samsung U.S. Headquarters, Ridgefield Park, NJ (04/96~10/96), Bilingual HR & international recruiting
Hankook Tire U.S. Headquarters, Hackensack, NJ (9/94~12/94), Bilingual sales & marketing
Interpretation/Translation Training Certificates
UCLA Ext class valedictorian, one-year court interpretation/translation program, LA, CA (09/04~08/05)
LA Inst of Translation/Interpretation, one-year court interpretation/translation program, LA, CA (09/04~04/05)
New Bridge University, ten-week advanced court interpretation/translation program, LA, CA (04/05~06/05)
Bilingual Teaching Skills
Pagoda Language Academy, Seoul, Korea (10/96~08/97), TOEFL/TOEIC/ESL Instructor
Jungchul Language School, Seoul, Korea (09/93~08/94), TOEFL/TOEIC/ESL Instructor
Education and Credentials:
Columbia University, New York, NY – Master of Arts in American Studies (05/96)
Columbia University, New York, NY – Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (05/93)
University of Southern California, LA, CA – Budget/Financial Analyst, the Provost’s Office (01/99~10/02)