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Freelance Korean-English Translator

 Areas of Work

• Software Localization
• Website Translation
• Technical Document Translation
• Business Document Translation
• Also develop software applications

Summary of Qualifications

• 10 years of Translating English/Korean document experience.
• Superb command of idiomatic Korean/English language and grammar.
• General erudition and intimate familiarity with both cultures.
• Extensive knowledge of vocabulary in both languages.
• Extremely high level of fluency in Korean as well as command of English.
• Uncommon ability to work independently to solve problems while demonstrating good organizational skills.
• Great attention to detail with excellent work ethic.
• Familiar with web development technologies- e.g.HTML, CSS.

Experience

¨ Korean Translator/Interpreter :
   International Languages, Toronto ON                           2007 - Present
Position Summary: Translate/Interpret from English into Korean and vice versa using simultaneous and consecutive modes for a variety of industries including insurance, health care for a progressive international translation/interpretation company.

¨ Freelance Translator                                                        1999 - Present

¨ Editor in Chief : Toronto Chosun, Toronto ON                    2006 - 2007
   Position Summary: Responsible for the editorial department of Korean Community newspaper in Toronto. Translate plenty of English news articles into Korean. Conduct editorial meetings and plan special editions. Proofread and modify articles that were written by staff reporters.

¨ Reporter/Editor : KoreaTimes Daily, Toronto ON                   1998 - 1999
  Position Summary: Research and write articles. Translate English news into Korean.

¨ Quality Rater  :Google Inc.  Mountain View, CA                Feb. 06- May 08
  Position Summary: Evaluating Google’s search results. Examine 'query-page' task sets. Research to understand the query, and judge the resulting landing page based on its relevance to the query and its utilities to the user.

¨ Software Specialist 
Metasolv Software Inc. Toronto, ON                                   Jul. 05 ~ Nov. 05
Position Summary: Worked for Global Customer Care team of a telecomm company as a programmer. Assisted to  develop and test a new release of Order Management System software. (Company was bought by Oracle in early 2006)

¨ Programmer
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Kingston, ON       May 03- Apr. 04

¨ Reporter/Editor
The Farmers’ Newspaper, Seoul, Korea  1978 –1987

¨ Freelance Writer
Various commercial magazines, Seoul, Korea  1987 -1997

Education

Korea University, Seoul Korea
Bachelor of Arts, Chinese Literature (1978)

St.Lawrence College, Kingston ON, CANADA
Diploma in Computer Programmer Analyst (2004)

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Email: patrick@theglobalservice.com