Hanyu Translation
Chinese to English translation for marketing, business and media
About: Laura Brown
Native speaker of U.S. English, BA and MA in Chinese including 7 years of residency in Mainland China.
ATA Certified Translator, Chinese into English
Over 1 million words translated: translation and subtitling content has included major marketing campaigns, website localization projects, consumer survey data, documentaries and feature-length films.
5 years of successful employment as a Public Relations Coordinator and Office Manager for firms in New York and Los Angeles.
Highly experienced with CAT tools; I can work with Wordfast Pro 4, MemoQ, or SDL Trados file formats.
Experienced with professional subtitling and graphics design software including Annotation Edit, MacCaption, Adobe Photoshop and Inkscape.
Serving as Chinese-English interpreter for the 2015 US State Department visit to the Shaanxi Normal University campus in Xi'an, China
Education
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Master's from Columbia University in East Asian Languages and Cultures (2012)
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Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University in East Asian Studies and Film Studies (2009)
Credentials and Professional Organizations
Certified Translator and Member of American Translators Association (ATA) [link]
Member of Colorado Translators Association (CTA) [link]
Member of ProZ Certified PRO network [link]
Member of LinkedIn Profinder network [link]
HSK 6 Certification (May 2014)
Member of Los Angeles Translators and Interpreters
Translator with Indie Localizers, a website localization / game translation company [link to profile]
Experience
I have translated content for companies and organizations including:
Tencent
Ford China
Mi Home (Mi.com)
Windows Azure
NetEase Games
CES Asia
Chopard Watches
Meritus Hotels
Rémy Martin
Hennessy V.S.O.P
Oracle China
Ant Financial
Tiffany & Co.
Want Want China
Digital China
Swatch
Intel
Bayer
Kotex
Pampers
TP-Link
Centrum
Yongsheng Group
People's Bank of China
China Everbright Limited
Lear, Audio from Hong Kong
Xiamen Municipal Government
Nanjing Xiaozhuang University
MIT-Ningbo Supply Chain Management Program
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Programs and documentaries I have subtitled include:
Wangdrak's Rain Boots (2017, dir. Lhapal Gyal, Official Selection, 2018 Berlin International Film Festival)
The Divorce Lawyers (Season 1)
Adidas Tango Squad Season Two
US Birth Tourism Revealed
Fashion Impression (CCTV)
Amazing Journey (CCTV)
Documentation of the World (CCTV)
Phoenix Buster
Journalist on the Spot
Premium Spectacular
English Decoded
The Odyssey of Dragon
A Face in the Crowd (Vice on HBO)
Year of the Dog (Vice News Tonight on HBO)
Chinese Women are Getting Rich by Simply Livestreaming Their Days (Vice News Tonight on HBO)
China's Hottest Boy Band is Made Up of All Girls (Vice News Tonight on HBO)
AI Sex Dolls are Driving China's Sexual Revolution (Vice News Tonight on HBO)
The Cost of Living (Vice Season 6)