• ATA-certified (CT) professional Chinese linguist-analyst, interpreter, and former United Nations staff translator/reviser• Trained, accredited, and trusted for high-stakes, high-tech, high-precision multilingual work by international organizations, leading law firms, world-class think tanks, and other public- and private-sector clients• Long-term supplier of language services to the UN system, including MT post-editing and language quality assurance• Formally trained in engineering, translation, and interpretation with industry practice in the United States, mainland China, Taiwan, Switzerland, France, and Germany• Conference and consecutive interpreter, published technical and political translator, university instructor, cultural consultant, accredited investor, and small business owner• Member of American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), IP Practice in China Committee• Expertise in mainland China and Taiwan matters, including the simplified and traditional character variants of the Chinese language• ILR 4/4+, Mandarin Chinese and Chinese>English Translation• ATA Certification Exam grader and mentor to junior colleagues• Training for private pilot certificate; FAA 2nd class medical• Lexical–gustatory synesthete