September 26, 2000



MEIHUA (May) SHI (ATA Member)

5909 Barber Hill Rd Home: (585) 245-9344

Geneseo, NY 14454, USA Mobile: (585) 747-5216

Email: meihua@

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OBJECTIVE:

English-Chinese (both traditional and simplified) translation,editing/proofreading, interpretation and localization.

SOFWARES: Trados 6.5, MS Proofing tools, InDesign, Illustrator, Homesite, UltraEdit, Photoshop etc.

LANGUAGES:

• English: Proficient in speaking, reading and writing

• Chinese (Mandarin): Native

EDUCATION:

• Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, MS in Information Technology, May 2004. GPA: 3.60/4.0 (Dean’s List)

• State University of New York at Buffalo, MA in History, September 2001

• The New School for Social Research, Master student in Political Science, January 1999-May 1999

• People’s University of China, MA in Modern World History, July 1989; BA in History with Honors, July 1986

TRANSLATION EXPERIENCE:

• Freelance interpreter, translator and editor in various fields for translation companies in the US, Canada, New Zealand, UK, Italy, Spain,Poland, Denmark and China.

• Translated/interpreted for many clients in various fields such as Medical, Technical, Engineering, Legal, Financial, Marketing, Computer Software/Hardware,Musical, Educational since 1999. Website translation and location.

• Translated various Walt Disney kids’ series published by Maxworld Publishing Co., Ltd.

• Translated How to Raise a Child with a High EQ, Economy Daily Press, Beijing, 1998

• Co-translated The Life of Bertrand Russell, World Affairs Press, Beijing, 1997

• Co-translated The Life of Lady and Sir Cantlie, World Affairs Press, Beijing, 1995

• Co-translated The Political and Personal Lives of Indira Ganhdi, World Affairs Press, Beijing, 1992

• Translated various articles published in some magazines in Beijing, China

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:

History Department, SUNY Buffalo

Teaching Assistant August 1999-May 2001

• TA for various courses including American and World history, led recitations and graded papers and exams

• Improved my English further and worked on translation projects for SUNY Buffalo Foundation Activities

World Affairs Press, Beijing, China

Vice Editor-in-Chief and Director of the South American section of The Grand Diplomatic Dictionary of China June 1996-January 1999

• Supervised the editing and writing of entries for the South American portion for the dictionary, a national project

• Contributed some entries to American Diplomacy section, continued with some translation projects

Maxworld Publishing Company, Ltd., Beijing

Editor, Translator/Interpreter July 1989-June 1996

• Edited and translated various of the company’s publications

• Initiated new projects such as translation and publishing of some college textbooks, publishing of children’s series

• Participated in marketing projects; performed market research/investigation andexpanded sales of products to previously untargeted areas

• Interacted directly with writers, designers and sales people to produce in-demand products

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TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE:

eLogic Group, LLC. Pittsford, NY March 2003-October 2003

Web Developer

• Developing a web application for a complicated engineering tool –Valve Sizing and Selection

• Programming in ASP, Javascript, HTML according to the subtle GUI requirements

• Database connection using MS Access and SQL Server

Theados Corporation, Philadelphia, PA

System Integrator May 2002-February 2003

• Evaluating open source online games in C/C++, Java or VB according to the criteria set by the company

• Focusing on a spaceship game (AIN) in C++, understanding its structure and adding documentation.

• Restructuring AIN to make it OO and modifying it to integrate the company’s Revenue Operation System

IT Department, RIT

Programming Tutor, TA, NoteTaker for CS /IT Courses and Lab Assistant December 2001- February 2003

• Tutoring students on their programming projects in Java and C++ in the IT department

• TA for Intro to Multimedia, a course that covers internet applications, digital images, audio/video techniques and web page development and publishing. All work done on Macintosh.

• Taking notes for deaf students in classes such as Technical Communication, Design Patterns and Software Engineering, Shell Scripting and Database Client/Server Connectivity.

• System administrator of IT open lab, answering various questions from students that cover programming, network, software applications and trouble shooting on Windows NT and Macintosh.

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