Korean court certified interpreter

Gene S. Chang

Language: Korean-English

Certified California State Court Interpreter (06/05~)
Official U. S. Federal Court Interpreter (06/05~)
Conference Interpreter/Translator (06/05~)
Freelance Interpreter/Translator (10/02~)

•             Trials, depositions, hearings, etc. for DOJ, FBI, ICE, DOL, DMV, USD, police depts & corp meetings

•             Translation/transcription for legal, financial, engineering, technical, educational, entertainment & online

•             Conference, simultaneous, in-vivo, consecutive, sight, escort, summary, and telephonic interpretation

•             The Cable Show 2010 simultaneous interpretation for CEOs of Showtime/Time Warner & LA mayor

•             Press conferences of CEOs of Earthlink.Net/Helio and Los Angeles County Museum of Art

•             Lectures of a supreme councilman of the Republic of Korea’s national assembly

•             Samsung/LG electronics marketing focus groups and voiceover for ads & LA election materials

Teaching Experience:
UCLA Ext Korean interpretation/translation one-year certificate program, LA, CA (09/08~), Instructor

Pagoda Language Academy, Seoul, Korea (10/96~08/97), TOEFL/TOEIC/ESL Instructor

Jungchul Language School, Seoul, Korea (9/93~08/94), TOEFL/TOEIC/ESL Instructor

Corporate Experience:
HSBC & Korea Exchange Bank M&A, Seoul, Korea (09/07~10/07), In-House Interpreter/Translator
Helio (Earthlink.Net & SK Telecom), LA, CA (11/05~05/07), In-House IT Interpreter/Translator

Samsung U.S. Headquarters, Ridgefield Park, NJ (04/96~10/96), HR/International Recruiting

USC Office of the Provost, Los Angeles, CA (01/99~10/02), Budget/Financial Analyst

Hankook Tire U.S. Headquarters, Hackensack, NJ (9/94~12/94), Sales & Marketing

Legal Experience:

Law Offices of Frank, Greenberg, Simone & Stefanski, Los Angeles, CA (06/00~10/00), Paralegal

Law Offices of Richard D. Hoffman, Los Angeles, CA (05/00~06/00), Paralegal

Law Offices of Roger C. Higbie, New York, NY (05/95~09/95), Paralegal

Interpretation/Translation Training:

UCLA Ext class valedictorian, Korean interpretation/translation one-year program, LA, CA (09/04~08/05)

LA Inst of Translation/Interpretation, one-year certificate court program, LA, CA (09/04~04/05)

New Bridge University, 10-wk advanced court interpreter program, LA, CA (04/05~06/05)

Academic Degrees:
COLUMBIA Unv., New York City – M.A. in American Studies (05/96), B.A. in Sociology (05/93)