Philippe Chang 

Chinese/English Freelance Translator-Writer for 20+ years
There is no substitute for experience 

Language
Pairs: 

English > Chinese (Traditional/Simplified), Chinese (Traditional/Simplified) > English

Experience:

20+ years experience in translation
of Marketing / Public Relation, Business / Finance, and Legal / Technical documents
in various fields, including government publications, corporate reports, contracts / laws / regulations / standards,
executive / advertising / marketing communications, manuals, user interface, web pages,
etc. in manufacturing, IT/Telecom, consumer products, tourism, art/cultural
industries, as well as literary works, academic papers, books, and magazine
articles, etc.

Senior
executive with over 20 years of experience including 10+ years in IT/Telecom
industry (business management and strategy) and 6+ years in Fast Moving
Consumer Product industry (marketing), etc. Studied Economics, pre-med,
Computer Science, and English, and lived in the U.S. for more than 11 years. 

Specialization: Translation and Transcreation

• Marketing/Advertising; 

• Cultural and Literary

Computer Skills: Trados Studio, memoQ, and CAT tools
in general

ProZ
Profile:
ProZ (frequently updated)

TM-TOWN Top 10--Language Pair: English
to Chinese--https://www.tm-town.com/language-pairs/english/chinese (Last Update: March 2017)

TM-TOWN Top 10--Language Pair: Chinese
to English--https://www.tm-town.com/language-pairs/chinese/english (Last Update: March 2017

Contact me at [email protected]

A non-exhaustive sampling of types of documents and projects (each has at least 10k words) translated in recent years include:

High Profile Clients

Crédit Agricole, FM Global; Ministry of
Culture (Taiwan); Sony, Cannon; Samsung, HP, Lenovo; United
Technologies Corporation, OTIS; Harley-Davidson, among others.

Recent Highlights

n  
Marketing:
Information security promotions (of IT companies), store/event/web page promotions (of leading luxury/fashion/bedding/seafood/beverage retailers,
motorcycle/carmakers, computer/game makers), corporate promotions of leading
device makers, etc. (EN-TW/HK);

n  
Marketing:
Digital Campaign Studio website (computer maker); new camera launch campaigns
(a name brand), etc. (EN-TW)

n  
Technical:
Questionnaires in a variety of fields: medical/health care, insurance,
investment, corporate IT management/decision-making/innovation,
movies/entertainment, fashion/cosmetic, consumer products, use of internet, travel/tourism,
community services, etc. (EN-TW);

n  
Technical:
User interface/manuals of smartphones; insurance underwriting reports of a
global insurance company, monthly and semi-yearly investment publications of
leading banks, etc. (EN-TW/HK);

n  
Academic:
Articles/papers in Regional Economics, Urbanization, Emergency Management, etc.;
Cultural: Tibetan Buddhist architecture (books in a series), articles of art
magazines, etc. (CN-EN).

n  
Technical:
Specifications of Environment Tests for Vehicle Parts (CN-EN)

n  
Executive
communications (high tech company) (EN-TW)

Public Sector

Government
economic development projects, regulations, international standards,
cooperation plans, white papers, speeches, minutes, website contents,
presentations, executive letters, etc. (ZH-EN)

Laws / regulations / standards

n  
Civil
Service Retirement Act, Civil Service Survivor Relief Act, and Civil Service
Promotion and Transfer Act

n  
Regulations on Investment Management of the Public Service
Pension Fund

n  
Road Traffic Safety Regulations

n  
Provisional Act for Adjustment of Functions and Organizations
of Central Government

n  
Amendments to Qualifications Screening Guidelines for
Teaching in Colleges of Higher Education

n  
Federal Indian Law

n  
Intellectual
Property: Notice of First Review Opinions (National Phase of PCT Application)

• Cultural & Literary
  Projects

  Books, articles, website
  contents, archive documentation, cultural event and activity
  publications (ZH-EN, more than 2 million
  words and growing)

  China (Simplified Chinese, ZH-CN>EN; more than
  1,000K and growing):

  n  
  Top
  historic architectures, villages, forts, settlements, monasteries, monuments in
  China (books, articles in a series), including The Temple Heaven in Beijing;

  n  
  Tibetan
  Buddhist architecture (4 books in a series);

  n  
  A
  Russian art magazine’s 3 Articles dedicated to Chinese culture

  Taiwan (Traditional
  Chinese, ZH-TW>EN, more than 750K and growing):

  n  
  Cultural
  Ministry: Histories of literature, painting, arts and crafts, performing arts
  (music, theater, opera), and filmmaking; bios and snapshots of artists’ works,
  activities, troupes, associations; and their publications, movements and
  events, festivals, etc. (Classical Chinese contents are often included);

  n  
  Heritage
  (both Chinese and aboriginal): Folk arts, crafts, clothing, tools, folklore,
  ballads; historic architectures, forts, monuments;

  n  
  Industrial
  History: Designers’ institutes, publications, associations, and significant events;

  n  
  National art Museums, Memorial Halls, and Museums
  of History: Websites content, archives, classifications, article preservations;

  n  
  Travel
  & Tourism: Snapshots (or USPs) for about 350 hotels, inns, motels, and B&Bs
  in Taiwan (> 130K words); tourism events (> 40K words); various types of
  attractions in Taiwan (> 50K words);

  
  

  Private Sector

  Business plans, executive
  communications, proposals, underwriting report, industrial surveys, market
  research reports, financial reports, minutes of board meetings, audit reports;
  legal documents, such as certificates, commercial agreements, etc.

   

  Marketing:

  n  
  Name-brand
  Fashion & Textile / Jewelry / Shoes / Cosmetics / Shampoos / Wines / FMCG
  (food, snacks) / Smartphones / Cameras / Motorcycle: Translation and editing of
  website contents, catalogs, various types of presentations (including
  multimedia), etc.;

  n  
  Travel
  & Tourism / Hotels, Inns, B&Bs in Taiwan;

  n  
  Marketing pieces of arts festivals, musical
  concerts, movies, performing
  arts, cultural activities
  and events;

  n  
  Information
  security’s multimedia projects of big IT firms;

  n  
  Various
  website contents of governments, companies, and institutions;

  n  
  PR
  of city governments

   

  Technical:

  Medical Reports /
  Scientific / Academic Journals / Manuals

  n  
  Insurance
  organization’s underwriting reports

  n  
  Disaster
  nursing competencies (book);

  n  
  Comprehensive
  examination and diagnosis reports;

  n  
  Social-cultural
  Influence on body image;

  n  
  End-of-life
  care in the ICU environment;

  n  
  Postpartum
  period following-up and care;

  n  
  Pregnant
  women’s HIV prevention;

  n  
  The
  effective personality and attitudes on a student’s uptake in hospitality
  employment;

  n  
  The
  role of the characteristics of personality in hotel job burnout;

  n  
  Politics
  and new media;

  n  
  Relation
  between cognitive and affective SWB;

  n   Clinical experience and comparative
  analysis of fast Peritoneal Equilibration Tests (PET);

  n  
  Phototoxicity
  assessment of cosmetics;

  n  
  Stability
  of Angiotensin I-converting Enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides

  Manuals,
  guides

  n  
  Firefighter
  Complete Manual (EN-TW, 1200+ pages);

  n  
  Community’s
  autonomous disaster prevention of debris flow;

  n  
  Labels
  on products for food industries;

   

  Engineering

  Specifications
  and regulations of IT equipment, automobile, etc.

  Vehicle
  Specifications, Road Traffic Regulations for

  n  
  Fire
  extinguishers;

  n  
  Bodywork;

  n  
  Performance
  requirements of resistance materials;

  n  
  Vehicle
  Safety Certifications;

  Manuals of
  various types of devices, machinery, and equipment

  n  
  Computer
  software and hardware documents and manuals;

  n  
  Telecommunications;

  n  
  Requirements
  for assessing and maintaining the authenticity of electronic records;

  n  
  25-ton
  Shunter Part Manual;

  n  
  QSC8.3
  and QSL9 Engines Maintenance Specifications;

  n  
  Aviation
  Industry Test Reports (Non-metallic)

  E-learning
  Programs for Plastic Molding:

  n  
  Heat
  Capacity (Cp) Measurement;

  n  
  Variotherm
  technique analysis and application

   

  Professional Experience:

  Senior executive with over 20 years
  of experience in strategic modeling, operational planning, sales &
  marketing, P&L management of new products, startups, and growth firms in
  the fields of IT/Telecom related services and devices (10+ years), fast moving
  consumer product industry (6 years), among others.

   

  Educational Background: (about 30 years
  old, but might help)

  Attended Economics, Political Science, pre-med, Computer Science, Marketing, and
  Finance programs.