Jiyoon Son Email & Phone Number

Seoul, Kr

Seoul, South Korea

Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, Korea

Working as a full-time interpreter/translator at Radish Fiction Seoul office.

Mapo-Gu, Seoul, Korea

Currently working as a freelance news reporter for and at TBS eFM, the first all-English radio station in Seoul.

Sarawak, Malaysia

Worked as a project interpreter for a consulting project in Kuching, Malaysia for 5 weeks where KT, Korea's one of leading telcos, provided insights and consultation to Sarawak State for its Smart Stadium project. As a project interpreter I provided : Professional consecutive interpretation for Steering Committee meetings and working level meetings;Professional translation of interim and final consulting report; Consecutive interpretation for site surveys and casual business meetings and etc,.

Mapo-Gu, Seoul, Korea

Worked as a freelance interpreter for a TV show named 한식대첩:고수외전 (Hansikdaecheop: the Spin-off), a cook-off show aired on Olive Channel of CJ ENM. The show featured 5 renowned chefs from all over the world which required translation and interpretation at all times throughout the season. I was responsible for communicating with 5 chefs from the U.S., Canada, Belgium, Italy and Mexico and bridging them with the production team. On-site interpretation, both simultaneous and consecutive, were required on shooting days including shooting for episodes and press release and so on. I was also responsible for reviewing and editing all the subtitles for the final version of each episode before it aired.

Gangneung, Korea

Worked as a professional interpreter in Technology FA for the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games where I was responsible for translation and interpretation on matters relating to telecommunications such as network, Wi-Fi, radio frequency, IPTV, CATV, telecom infrastructure, etc.Provided both simultaneous and consecutive interpretation for various settings ranging from official Olympic debriefing, IOC interviews, Technology Project Reviews, highly-confidential security incident related meetings, conference calls, to general business meetings. Provided translation for various documents related to Olympic Technologies.

Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, Korea

Worked as a professional interpreter for HR in Samsung C&T (Construction Division). Provided both simultaneous and consecutive interpretation in high-level meetings where confidentiality is required ranging from CEO-led business strategy meetings, bid-result meetings, business steering meetings to general business meetings and conference calls and etc.Provided translation for various documents ranging from official business restructuring announcements, HR-related official announcements and documents, to overall HR-related documents and matters.Participated in a M&A project as the lead interpreter in the sales of stocks.

Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, Korea

Worked as a part-time debate instructor at Daeo Education, where I was responsible for lecturing on a wide range of topics to elementary and middle school students, training their debate and overall speech skills, adjudicating debate rounds and providing feedbacks. During debate tournament seasons, I was responsible for training teams and coaching them throughout the tournament to help them produce desirable results and enhance performance.

Korea

Provided real-time translation for entertainment articles for global NAVER users.

Master'S Degree, Language Interpretation And Translation, 3.77/4.30

Dean's List: Spring 2013 / Fall 2013

Bachelor'S Degree, International/Global Studies, 3.67/4.30

Activities and Societies: Ewha Debating SocietyEwha Debating Society Fervently participated in English debating throughout university.