Srinapa Hummel
English-Thai Translator/Interpreter

3405 Martinique Street, West Sacramento, CA95691, USA
Tel. 1-916-371-7500

E-mail: ,

Native:Thai

Services Offered:English <-> Thai translation and interpretation

Security Clearance: Active Security Clearance (Secret Level)

EDUCATION:

1994 Master of BusinessAdministration
University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX, USA

1988Bachelor of Arts (Mass Communications) with Honors.
ChulalongkornUniversity
Bangkok, Thailand

PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION/RELATED EXPERIENCE:

1995-PresentFull-time freelance translator and interpreter from English into Thai
and Thai into English.

2001-PresentThai Translation Reviewer for National Geographic Society
- Perform pre- and post-publication reviews of Thai edition of the National Geographic Magazine (published in Thailand).

1999-2005Thai Language Consultant
Lucent Technologies, Voice Messaging Division
Milpitas, CA

Major translation projects include:

• English into Thai translation of over 100,000 words of press releases and transcriptions of press briefings in regards to the BP Oil Spill Response.

•English into Thai translation for Thai edition of the Asia Pacific Defense Forum, a quarterly journal published by the Commander of the United States Pacific Command. The Thai edition of this professional military journal is distributed to military personnel in Thailand.

•Providing ongoing English <-> Thai translation support for Amway Corporation since 1997.

•Translated several hundred thousand words of legal documents from the U.S. Department of Justice.

•Translated over 40,000 words of OMNOVA accounting and financial documents.

•Translated approximately 30,000 words of LEAN SixSigma training documents.

• Translation and desktop publishing of over twenty Taylor freezer operating manuals totaling over 100,000 words.

•Translated over 100,000 words of UPS shipping software, help files, and help system files.

•Translated over 100,000 words of Roxio software, and on-line help files.

  • Translated 40,000 words of Yahoo! web site.

• Translated 60,000 words of HP printer help files, release notes, and manuals.

• Translated 70,000 words of CitiDirect financial application resource files.

Interpretation projects include:

  • Consecutive interpretationfor Amway Corporation.
  • Simultaneous interpretation for Transocean employee safety training.
  • Telephone interpretation, on-site interpretation on medical appointments, insurance claims, and depositions.

1994-1995/1990-1991Account Supervisor, DDB Needham Worldwide Advertising Agency, Bangkok, Thailand
- Translated, edited, proofread all the marketing/advertising materials to ensure the highest quality of the work before delivering them to the clients.
- Supervised/oversaw an account executive team throughout the production process of all marketing/advertising materials such as press and magazine advertising, radio spots, TV commercials, brochures, etc. for McDonald’s restaurant, Mitzubishi Electric, and other consumer products.

1994Assistant Product Manager, T. N. Communications System (an affiliate of Siemens in Thailand)
- Edited and proofread the company's marketing and advertising materials.
- Translated sales support materials such as brochures, product specifications, etc.
- Reviewed Thai translation of voice prompts for Siemens’ Phone Mail system.

1988-1990Marketing Communications, NEC (Thailand) Ltd.
Bangkok, Thailand
- Translated and wrote marketing related materials such as PR news, user’s manual, brochures, etc.
- Edited, proofread the documents provided by our advertising agency.

SPECIALIZATION:

Legal, advertising, public relations, business, marketing, economics, human resources, health care, immigration, finance, accounting, politics.

EQUIPMENT:

Computer & Software:IBM compatible Pentium IV/2 GHz, 2GB RAM, 224 GB
WindowsXP, MS Office 2003, QuarkXPress 6.0, Adobe Illustrator 11.0, Adobe Acrobat 8.0

Translation Memory Software: SDL Trados 2009

Professional Membership:

- American Translators Association (Voting member)

- Northern California Translators Association (NCTA)

- National Association of Judiciary Interpreters & Translators (NAJIT)

- National Language Service Corps (Charter member)