Working languages:
English to Vietnamese
Vietnamese to English
Spanish to Vietnamese

kle
Vietnamese-American Lawyer-linguist

Arlington, Virginia, United States
Local time: 13:00 EDT (GMT-4)

Native in: English Native in English, Vietnamese Native in Vietnamese
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Hello! I am an attorney-turned-linguist who loves languages and all the beauty and complexity that come with them. With 7+ years of experience and native-professional fluency in Vietnamese and English, I have translated for many well known end clients, such as FEMA, GSK, Microsoft, and Google. If you are looking for a linguistically fluid, quick and reliable professional to assist you with your project(s), I would love to collaborate with you!


RECENTLY COMPLETED/CURRENT PROJECTS:

- One-year legal investigation of alleged corrupt practices under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other Anti Bribery and Corruption regulations, which required reviewing, analyzing, reporting on, and translating large volumes of Vietnamese corporate and legal documents

- Monthly/Bimonthly legal translation for a smart phone game maker, including end-user agreements, privacy policies, terms of use, etc.

- 100k-word project for a big tech company

- 7-month project involving both legal and general translation for a federal government agency

- 5-10k words per week for a non-profit. Subject matters include but are not limited to legal, medical, education, health care, and insurance

- 20k-word packet related to special education programs

- 9k-word patent

- 15k-word marketing packet for a non-profit

- 10k-word legal/HR packet for an international pharmaceutical company

- 10+ hours of video transcription, and 50k-word translation project for one of ProPublica and PBS's joint documentaries

- 100k-word packet of online content, including news, blogs, forums, and other social media platforms.

BAR ADMISSION and EDUCATION

Admitted to practice law in the State of North Carolina
Licensed Attorney, March 2009

University of South Carolina School of Law – Columbia, South Carolina
Juris Doctor, May 2008

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Bachelors of Arts, May 2005.
Keywords: Vietnamese, English, legal, medical, insurance, technology, interpreter


Profile last updated
Sep 18, 2018