Education
CFA Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Level III Candidate of the CFA® examination in 2008
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
B.A., M.A., English Language and Literature, 2003
Graduated magna cum laude
Hangzhou Electric Power College, Hangzhou, China
Major of Thermal Power Engineering, 1997
Graduated magna cum laude
Hangzhou University, Hangzhou, China
Major of Foreign Trade English, 1996
Graduated magna cum laude
Employment History
HSBC (China) Company Limited, Shanghai
Translation Executive, 2007 to present (Full-time)
As the translation executive, manage translation relations and translate for HBCN after its local incorporation.
Goldman Sachs Investment Bank Division, Beijing
Senior Translator, 2006 to 2007 (Full-time)
Worked as an in-house senior translator serving bankers across Goldman Sachs AEJ (Asia ex Japan).
Hangzhou University of Electronic Sciences & Technologies (HUEST), Hangzhou
English Lecturer, 2003 to 2006 (Full-time)
Taught English majors and postgraduates financial courses, published academic papers on translation and comparative linguistics, and compiled one book on C-E translation.
Hangzhou Boiler Group Corporation, Hangzhou
Technical Translator/Interpreter, 1997 to 2000 (Full-time)
Translated technical documents and industrial standards, interpreted for GEC ALSTOM experts of design and development and welding engineers in a Sino French joint venture of nuclear power equipment manufacture.
Zhejiang Int’l Cooperation Travel Agency, Hangzhou
Part-time Tour Guide, 2000 to 2003
Received many foreign tourist groups visiting Hangzhou and neighboring towns.
RRD, HK; Bowne, USA; Romo, UK; Khaws & Sons, Singapore, etc.
Freelance Translator/Interpreter, 1997 to present
Translated and edited 300,000+ words annually in a variety of fields, in particular, finance, banking, accounting, pharmaceutical, health, history and cultural communications, etc., played a key role in major listing programs. For details of financial and banking experience, see the headline “Professional Achievements & Experience” below.
Professional Achievements & Experience (excluding translations completed at Goldman Sachs and HSBC China)
In the financial, investment and banking fields, I have accumulated rich experience through years' translating service for clients from the United States, Singapore and Hong Kong. The major customers I ever served include Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, UBS, General Motor, PwC, Wells Fargo & Company, BNP Paribas Group, MMC Group, Home Depot, Principal Financial Group, Development Bank of Singapore (DBS), MYOB, SWIFT, Nevastar Finance, Temasek Capital, Government Investment Company (GIC), etc.
My translation works cover IPO prospectuses, 10-K annual reports (Forms 20-F), 10-K quarterly reports, capital market commentaries, financial statements, financial instruments, pamphlets, fliers, etc. In major IPOs, I’m responsible for translating and proofreading the major sections, including risk factors, business, restructuring and appendices.
Below is a description of the major clients and their projects I recently handled:
IPO projects:
Translating the key sections of IPO prospectuses and other mandatory listing materials for
 China Netcom;
 TCL;
 China Life;
 Communication Bank of China;
 Shenhua Group; and
 Air China
from English to simplified Chinese or vice versa, as well as on-site translation and proofreading in Hong Kong office immediately before public listing.
Capital Markets Commentary
 Horizon Quarterly Commentary (quarterly), an investor’s magazine sponsored by Development Bank of Singapore (DBS);
 POSITIONING PORTFOLIOS: OUTLOOK (semiannually), an investor’s magazine sponsored by JP Morgan Private Bank;
 Market Report (quarterly), advice for investment offered by UBS Wealth Management Research;
 EIGHT (quarterly), a collective investment scheme managed by DBS Asset Management Ltd.; and
 Wealthline (monthly), a monthly markets commentary by experts at the DBS Treasury & Markets Team.
Financial Instruments: presentations, fliers, brochures, specifications, teamsheets, factsheet, etc.
 Specifications of Financial Derivatives, such as CPPT-Rotator, GSCI-Commodities, Laggard ELN, etc., UBS AG;
 Overture CDO Managed by AXA IM;
 Presentations to DBS PriB Clients, by experts at the DBS Treasury & Markets Team; and
 Termsheets/Factsheets for a variety of structured products, Development Bank of Singapore.
Presentation and Training Materials
 General Motor - Guarantees and Other Off-balance Sheet Arrangements, DeloitteLearning;
 LOTUS Notes Training Program, MYOB China;
 Insuring Your Deposits-Manual, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC);
 Consolidation of Banking Services, POSB;
 PEMA: Private Equity M&A Services, Marsh & McLennan;
 Automating the Growing Fund Distribution Business in Asia Pacific and China, SWIFT; and
 Lectures for Investors, by investment experts of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited.
Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Financial Statements
 Annual reports and miscellaneous disclosures of public companies including the Principal Financial Group (USA), Aleris International (USA), Top Global (Singapore), Bukit Timah Shopping Centre (Singapore), etc.