Trudy Obi, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Berkeley, Ca

• Manage multi-year 14-language localization project, creating project infrastructure used as a model for subsequent projects; develop intimate knowledge of system to be localized.• Manage ongoing French pharmaceutical batch record translation project: ensure accuracy of translations, maintain project translation memory, implement client updates in-house.• Assist Senior Manager/Editor with pharmacovigilance project: edit translations for clarity and accuracy, translate brief articles and abstracts from French as needed, maintain project translation memory and monolingual corpus. Take full responsibility for project in the absence of Senior Project Manager/Editor.• Manage back-translation and QA process for 40-language clinical trial translation project.• Support other project managers in ensuring accuracy of translations between French and English.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Manage translation projects from initial quotation to final delivery, addressing client and translator queries and tracking translation progress.• Edit translations for clarity and accuracy.• Apply client edits to text and formatting using InDesign.

Various Clients

• Stanford University professor: copyedit grant application.• UC Berkeley professor: copyedit academic writing and assorted correspondence.• Independent author: copyedit book manuscript of film lectures.• Teachers College Record (Columbia University): copyedit academic articles for monthly journal.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Proofread translations for completeness and accuracy.• Formatted documents using advanced Microsoft Word and PowerPoint features.

Berkeley, Ca

• Edited scholarly papers on a freelance basis.• Completed book-length doctoral dissertation, self-editing to ensure completeness, correctness, and consistency with university policy for electronic publication.• Created print and electronic filing systems to organize dissertation research materials.

San Francisco Bay Area

Designed and taught introductory composition courses on religion and gender in literature and utopian fiction. As a teaching assistant, led survey classes on medieval and Renaissance literature. Graded for classes on Renaissance, Victorian, and American literature.Curriculum Design and Assessment• Designed stand-alone introductory composition courses; prepared 3 hours of class activities (discussions, skills modules, writing workshops) per week.• Created diagnostic and benchmark assessments administered over the course of the semester.• Directed students through multidraft writing projects, giving extensive individualized feedback on each draft.Editing• Reviewed and marked hundreds of student documents for clarity, tone, correctness in grammar and usage, and consistency with style and formatting requirements. Addressed content and organization issues.• Managed student peer-review process.• Produced syllabi and assignment instructions, self-editing to ensure correctness of formatting, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Berkeley, Ca

• Checked accuracy of all quotations and citations in professor’s book manuscript against primary sources.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Drafted engaging book jacket copy.• Checked blueline proofs for errors in text and design.• Ensured that bibliographies adhered to Chicago Manual of Style formatting and style guidelines.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Evaluated manuscript submissions.• Reconciled proofread pages with author markup.• Proofread bluelines, book jackets, book interiors, and winter catalog.• Copyedited and updated WordPress website content .

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Editing• Copyedited and formatted research reports featuring tables and graphics.• Revised and copyedited several sections of program handbook in collaboration with country team.• Updated house style guide (based on Chicago Manual of Style) under senior program officer.• Advised senior technical officer on English grammar and usage issues, assisting in translations.Translation• Translated documents from French into English (contract modifications, letters of hire) and from English into French (office lease, memoranda, email).• Acted as French interpreter for visiting Madagascar field office staff.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Writing and Editing• Wrote topical articles for newsletter (Human Needs Report) distributed to social justice organizations in the DC area.• Proofread website content and Human Needs Report.• Edited issue briefs, prepared fact sheets, and compiled economic policy talking points.• Distilled complex research reports into accessible and informative summaries.

Paris Area, France

Translation• Translated marketing materials from French into English in preparation for Frankfurt Book Fair (industry’s largest).• Translated and edited professional correspondence.Writing• Successfully marketed books to editors across Europe.• Corresponded with editors on a daily basis regarding rights and permissions.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Writing• Wrote features for Embassy newsletter distributed to diplomats, journalists, and policymakers.• Composed press review in French synthesizing information from American periodicals.Translation• Translated Embassy website copy from French into English.

Phd, English

Activities and Societies: Berkeley Early Modern Organization, Berkeley-Stanford Conference Organizing Committee

B.A., English, French

Activities and Societies: Princeton University Concert Choir, Princeton University Tigressions

Education record

Education record

Education record