James Ding: EN-CN pair freelance translator

Jian (James) Ding
E-mail:; Mobile: 13501206254
1Summary
Used TRADOS since 2007 and translated more than 5 million words in EN-CN language pair as a freelance translator after worked as an engineer or a project manager for MNCs or Chinese state-owned companies at site of a project (power plant, IT, and construction)
Strong background in engineering and technical side: mechanical, electrical, electronic, IT, programming, automation, and construction

2Education

1984 – 1988 / Bachelor’s degree in Thermal Turbo-Machinery (Steam Turbine and Gas Turbine), Energy and Power Department, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
1998 – 2000 / MBA degree in Computer Information Systems, Zicklin Business School, Baruch College, City University of New York, USA

3Work experience as a freelance translator

Translated voluminousdocuments for Invitation for Bids for a thermal power plant as the lead translator and team leader.

Translated brochures and manuals for an intelligent card company.

Translated tender documents for a Chinese company for an overseas project.

Translated continuously for 2.5 years voluminous User’s Manual and Operation & Maintenance Manual for a Chinese Hi-tech company.

Currently working for a Chinese translation company as a freelancer since 2010 and translated various technical and business documents.

4Other work experience

4.11988.7 – 1998.7, China Dongfang Electric Corporation, PM

Procured and importedoverseas equipment and materials.

Managed an EPC power plant-related project in Pakistan.

Led a team for overseas power plant project bidding. Translated technical proposals.

4.22000.6 – 2003.12, Delta Funding Co., NY, Application Developer

Used ASP, SQL Server, and Oracle to develop, program, test and maintainweb and database applications.

Programmed applications in the environment of SQL server, Windows Server and thin Client.

4.32004 – 2005, TRC China, Beijing, Senior Application Developer

ProgrammedSCADA applications for two SCADA projectsseparately in China and Indonesia for petrochemical industry, with the back-end database of SQL Server 2000.

4.42005.7 – 2008.1, NUCTECH Co., Ltd., Beijing, Technical Training Manager

Trained engineers from 14 countriesfor maintenance of large X-ray inspection systems.

4.52008.1 – 2009.1, Ch2m Hill,Denver/Beijing, Project Engineering Manager, China, Power Business Group

Helped managesubcontracting of engineering and design to a Chinese engineering company for a power plant project in a 3rd country.

4.62009.4 – 2009.8, Clarke Energy China, Beijing, PM

Managed a coal mine gas power generation project during the phase of project closeout. .

4.72009.11 – 2010.3 China CAMCE Engineering Co., Ltd., Beijing, Senior Project Development Manager

Negotiated an EPC contract for a tire factory in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

4.82010.3 – 2011.6 ALSTOM (Wuhan) Engineering Co., Ltd. Wuhan, PM

Managed EDG project (engineering & procurement) for a nuclear power project in China.

4.92011.6 – current CITIC Construction, Ltd., Beijing/Angola

Carried out contract management for a coming housing project in Angola.

Provided consultancy for GPS fleet tracking system, and several web- and database-based (SQL Server 2008) IT projects for the company.

5Certificate and training

Category / Certificate and training
Computer programming / Certified ASP programmer from BrainBench, USA.
Project management / Project Management Professional (PMP) from Project Management Institute (PMI), USA
Course training certificates for Primavera P6.
Technical / Certified Engineer
HSSE / OSHA 10-hour training course in Construction Safety & Health
30Hr OSHA Suite for Global Energy & Chem Business Groups, Ch2m Hill.
International business
(Import & Export) / National Certificate Test for Practitioner in International Business by former Ministry of Foreign Economy and Trade, China
Nuclear / Radiation protection from NUCTECH

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