Experience

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  Korea dairy committee

  May 2008 - May 2009

  English editor

  • Managed various duties as an English editor of the research team at the Korea Dairy Committee, a governmental agency founded to promote the interest of the dairy industry in Korea. • Took charge of all translations including newsletters and journals from international organizations. • Conducted update of the latest market trends and translated news pertaining to new products.• Headed correspondence with international organizations via email and phone to ensure clear communication and sharing of up-to-date information.• Conducted market research utilizing various online channels, publications, forums and others.• Contacted relevant international organizations to request and compile relevant data and materials.• Successfully managed and completed around 500 translations. Show less

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  Posco engineering

  Nov 2009 - Mar 2010

  Korean-english translator

  • Served as a translator at POSCO Engineering, a leading engineering construction company that designs, constructs and supervises chemical plants, railways and tunnels. • Headed the entire process of translating technical documents related to railway signaling system. • Consulted and coordinated with key engineers to understand the technical issues and main points of the translation projects. • Acted as an intermediary role between Korean engineers and international certification authorities by translating the feedback comments from the authorities and delivering them to Korean engineers. • Successfully completed around 100 translations for the company during my tenure, including:- ATO local device software plan.- Software architectural specifications.- Software verification plan.- Software validation plan. Show less

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  Yonsei university writing center

  Jun 2010 - Mar 2014

  Project manager

  • Carried out key functions as a project manager of the writing center at Yonsei University, one of Korea's three “SKY” universities, a group of universities widely regarded as the most prestigious in the country. Headed all aspects of translation, proofreading and revision services. • Manage critical translation projects for major companies, organizations and others by assessing the needs and requirements of clients, securing project orders and delivering results. • Ensured highest-quality translation through stringent review and compliance with the center’s quality standard. • Assigned tasks to suitable translators and monitored their work to ensure high-quality translation. [Notable results]• Increase in sales by 100% during my tenure at the company. • Secured at least three projects a day and ensured that translations meet the requirements and be delivered on time. • Translated approximately 500 documents by myself, covering a wide range of fields including the IT sector. Show less

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  Tobesoft

  Aug 2014 - Apr 2020

  English technical writer

  • Served as an English technical writer at TOBESOFT, a leading IT company that develops and markets user interface platform software and services in Korea and worldwide, for over five and a half years. • Took charge of all phases of the manual development process from coordination with developers to translation, proofreading, editing and publication. Manuals included:- Getting Started Tutorial: A guide that helps readers make simple samples using the company’s products with contents including the installation of development tools, design of screen and configuration of server environment. - Development Tools Guide: A manual describing mainly Nexacro Studio, a development tool. - Advanced Development Guide: A manual, written for advanced developers, consists of the structure of an application project, script language rules and other types of contents. - Product Information: Contents explaining the specifications required to run platform products, restrictions affecting products, and others.• Worked closely with engineers to understand complex technical issues so that I ensured accurate and proper technical terminology was used.• Practiced writing manual contents in Korean language about user interface (UI) components such as a button and checkbox.• Spearheaded the translation of all the API help documents in the CHM (Compiled HTML Help) format. • Cooperated with other teams for translating promotional and marketing materials, including product leaflets, brochures. [Notable results]• Increase in the number of views of English manuals by more than 10% a month over two years from 2018. • Acquired a high score in the manual usability test. • Contributed to Nexacro Platform 17 being certified as Good Software (GS) by the Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) in part by the excellent English manual. Show less

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  Koh young technology

  Oct 2020 - now

  Korean, english technical writer