Sunny (Hongbin) Wang

Chinese Mandarin Interpreter

Email: TEL:909-305-3625

CA Court Certificate #: 301251Federal Court Approved Mandarin InterpreterATA Member#: 251158

Industry Experience

Education and Media • Entertainment • Legal / Court • Medical/Insurance • Private/Public Service Industries

Summary of Work Experience

(Detail References and Client Contact List Available Upon Request)

Experiences as Instructor and Journalist in the Field of Education and Media:

  • Instructor for UCLA Mandarin Court Interpreter Certification Program 2010
  • Instructor for LA Institute of Translation and Interpretation / Mandarin Court Interpreter Certification Program 2009/2010
  • Instructor for Interpreter Education Online / Mandarin Court Interpreter Certification Program and Court Interpreter Continue Education Program
  • Assistant director for KinderCare and Children’s University 2007-2008
  • Chinese teacher in Rosemead Education Center 2005-2007
  • Chinese Talk Show Host for AM1370 and AM1300 1997 - 2003.
  • ON AIR English instructor for AM1370 Bilingual Radio Station 1997-1999
  • Executive Writer and Editor for Chinese magazine – City Magazine 1997 - 1999.

– M Magazine 2001 – 2003

  • Anchored and hosted English Programs in China – Beijing People’s Radio Station 1993 - 1996.

Experiences as Mandarin Interpreter (categorized by industries):

Legal / Court Experience:

  • Federal Court Approved Interpreter
  • California Certified Court Interpreter. Actively serving the Superior Courts of Orange County, RiversideCounty, Los Angeles, and San BernardinoCounty.
  • Extensive legal work experience with Private Law Firms.
  • Provided interpretation services for Law and Justice Departments and Government Agencies, including Federal Public Defender’s Office, Criminal courts, Immigration court, Juvenile Court, EDD court, Traffic court, and Bar Association, etc.

Entertainment Industy:

  • Exceptional work experience in entertainment industry, including interpreted on screen for Ellen DeGeneres Show (3 times), Lopez Tonight Show, America’s Got Talent Show, NBC Nightly News and TV guide etc.
  • Translated more than 50 Hollywood Movies, including “Mission Impossible II”, “Fools Gold, etc. Worked directly with Creative Artistic Agency and Sony Music.
  • Provided dubbed and voice-over service in more than 60 TV commercials and films in the past 10 years.
  • Mandarin simultaneous interpreter for Korean “Wonder Girls” World Web World Premier in 3 Languages in May 2010.
  • Provided simultaneous interpretation services to writer and author Amy Tan in May 2010.

Medical / Insurance Work Experience:

  • Broad range of medical interpretation experience representing hospitals and insurance companies, including Kaiser Permanente, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Cedar Sinai Medical Center, Garfield Medical Center, and Anthem, etc.

Private/Public Service Industries:

  • Substantial work experience in simultaneous interpretation. Work experience extends from private/public business conferences and penal/seminars to global business summits, including interpreter for Consulate General of People’s Republic of China, Service Employees International Union (SEIU 2009, 2010), American Association of Museums Annual Meeting and Museum Expo (May 2010), 2010 China-US Business Summit, Ministerial level meeting between Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. And much more…
  • Extensive experience and references on telephonic interpreter, on-site interpreter, and written document translation. Worked with many service companies including AT & T, Verizon, Southern California Edison, Chase Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank.
  • Worked extensively with over ten Interpretation and Translation Agencies in OrangeCounty, Riverside, and Los Angeles in the field of legal depositions.

Education

Master of Arts – CaliforniaGraduateSchool of Theology (Summa Cum Laude) – La Habra, CA

Master of Arts (Honorary) – LA Institute of Translation and Interpretation – Los Angeles, CA

B.A. Degree Equivalent (English) – Beijing Foreign Language Institute – Beijing, China

A.A. Degree – East Los AngelesCollege (Summa Cum Laude) – Monterey Park, CA

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