Quality-focused English to Chinese translator Bachelor of Arts in English Education
4 years' experience in a bilingual/multicultural company (gifts & crafts industry)
Member of ATA (American Translators' Association*) since February 2012
* Including the Chinese Language Division
Echo Wu
• Freelance Translator based in China
• Native Chinese (speaking Mandarin & Cantonese)
• Millions of words translated since June 2005
Languages, Services & Rates
Translation - Rates per source word
English to Simplified Chinese: US$0.07-0.09
Simplified Chinese to English: US$0.08-0.10
Traditional Chinese to Simplified Chinese: US$0.03-0.05
Proofreading/Copyediting (Chinese Simplified): US$25 per hour
Transcription: US$3.5–4.5 per audio/video minute (Mandarin, Cantonese, English)
* All rates stated above are for reference only and dependent on documents received and details (including deadline) confirmed.
Areas of Expertise
• Medicine / Health Care / Lifestyle
• Food & Dairy / Wine / Beverage
• Government / Public Relations
• Tourism / Travel / Hospitality
• Agriculture / Environment
• Software / User Manual
• Business / Marketing
• Finance (General)
CAT Tools
SDL Trados 2007, Wordfast
Education
Degree:
Bachelor in English Education
Wuyi University, China
Certificates:
a) TEM 8 Certificate (Test for English Majors, Band 8)
b) Teacher's Certificate (Officially qualified to teach high school English throughout China)
* Both are issued by the Ministry of Education of the PRC.
Work Experience
June 2005 – June 2009
Giftworks, China
Supervisor, the Department of Product Development
- Interviewed by the US boss lady and the General Manager from Hong Kong
- Got hired on the spot as Project Coordinator and promoted a year later
- Interpreted in business meetings, trade shows, and during factory visits
- Translated business emails, technical documents, etc. to facilitate projects
- Did sourcing, supervised sample-making and managed initial production run for almost all new products
* Part-time translation since 2005
* Full-time translation since June 2009
A partial list of recent projects (Green = newly added)
• Chicago River Architectural Tour (Scripts for recorded tour)
• Brazilian Bikini Online Shop (Website translation/localization)
• Localization of an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) software platform developed by Tobii
• An e-magazine covering tourism, telecommunication, banking, etc.
• Manual of Microfinance Software
• Product Catalogue (orthopedic braces and supports)
• Correspondences between Jinshan Biotech and its English-speaking clients
• Market research: A medical Questionnaire
• Marketing copies for luxury products
• Business/Economics: Global Business Guide Indonesia
• News releases for IBM (Over 30,000 words combined)
• News releases for automobile debuts
A partial list of end clients in various industries
• Medical/Health Care: Jinshan Biotech (China)
• Business/Economics: Indian Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF)
• Technologies: Autodesk, IBM, HP, Spectrum Technologies
• Hospitality: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
• Foods: Ajinomoto (Japan) and Oralcyst (Japan)
• Automobile: Land Rover, Lexus, Benz, etc.
• Architecture: Moshe Safdie and Associates
• Arts & Culture: Art Experts, Inc.
• Technology: Tobii Technology
Echo Wu
Quality English to Chinese translator to fuel your business success
Contact now: echo-wu@hotmail.com / echo0769@gmail.com
Master Member of TranslatorsCafé.com and proudly one of its Chinese interface translators http://www.proz.com/translator/echowu
Who uses my services? - Fellow translators (English/Chinese natives), translation agencies, and direct clients from China and beyond
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