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table of contents About us

Company background

Services offered

Media and events

Meet our in-house Chinese staff Meet our Chinese translators Past Chinese projects and clients

Website localization

Document translation and typesetting

Document translation

phone: 519.256.8897 | email: [email protected]

about us Company background wintranslation.com is a language service

Services Y Document translation & typesetting • • • • • • •

based in Ottawa, Canada. Founded in 1998 in Windsor, Ontario, wintranslation. com serves clients from across North America. Specializing in web localization, wintranslation.com advises clients on

Manuals Brochures Annual Reports Web sites Newsletters Presentations Scripts

how to maximize the Web’s potential in attracting international customers and

Y Web & software localization

• Cultural adaptation of content • Search engine optimization • Usability testing on foreign audiences

building brand loyalty worldwide. Wintranslation.com employs 3 full time project managers, and a team of about 40 Chinese translators, desktop publishers,

Y Staffing solutions for temporary or ongoing multilingual requirements • Recruiting • Testing

and multilingual audio talents in China, Canada and United States. The teams at wintranslation.com are put together

Y Interpretation

• Simultaneous or consecutive • Meetings or conferences

based on client requirements, skill sets, and time zone to provide convenient service for each client.

Y Workshops • •

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How to build world-ready websites Cultural considerations for doing business in China half-day or full-day


MEDIA AND EVENTS wintranslation.com’s business profile has appeared in Canadian national radio CBC as well as daily and national newspapers such as the Ottawa Citizen, the Windsor Star and Business Edge and also CNN Money.com. Our by-lined articles have been published by Target Marketing, marketingprofs. com, Multilingual Magazine and American Translators’ Association’s Chronicle. Some have been translated into French, Chinese and German by various sources.

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meet our in-house chinese staff HUIPING ILER Huiping Iler is the founder and president of wintranslation. com. In 1998, by chance she became a court certified Mandarin interpreter which introduced her to the business of translation and interpreting. Today Iler is a sought-after speaker at international conferences on issues related to web site localization, cross culture communication, search engine marketing for multi-language and multi-country sites. Iler holds a M.A. in Communication Studies from the University of Windsor, Canada and a B.A. in English Literature and Linguistics from Xiangtan University in China. She also has a certificate in international business from the Forum for International Trade (FITT). She is a graduate of Gerry McGovern’s Killer Web Content master classes and Search Engine Marketing Workshops advanced training program. She received usability testing training from User Interface Engineering conferences led by Jared Spool. DEYU TANG Deyu Tang joined wintranslation.com in April 2007 as a project manager, bringing with him nearly ten years of experience in translation and software localization. He is the project manager in charge of all Chinese projects. Tang started his career in the language industry in 1999 as a bilingual desktop publisher at Alpnet China (now SDL China). He was the first generation of foreign language typesetters to be professionally trained in China. After Alpnet, Tang accepted a position at Boffin China. Tang worked in managerial roles in desktop publishing, project management and engineering, overseeing sixteen employees. Tang has handled thousands of localization projects including software, website, database, audio and video. He worked with global companies such as Microsoft, Intel, HP, Dell, GE, and McAfee. Deyu holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Anhui University in China. He is a ThizLinux Certified Network Engineer and LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) Engineer. 4


meet our Chinese translators V. Dong With over 10 years of translation and interpretation experience in China, Hong Kong, U.S.A, and Canada, and a senior translator for wintranslation.com since 2003, Dong has extensive experience translating material on subjects such as finance, government, agriculture, international development, culture and education. Dong has been providing translation and interpretation services to government officials, the Project Office, and visiting Canadian experts on projects funded by CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) in China since 2005. This also involves conducting research and developing training curriculum in international development on employment issues in China. A Visiting Fellow at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, Dong holds a M.A degree in English from Nanjing University, China and a B.A degree in English from Anhui University, China. H. Fei With over 10 years of experience behind him, Fei is able to combine his excellent computer skills with his language expertise. A former Chinese Software tester, Quality Assurance, and localization specialist for Novell Inc, and a current translator and localization specialist with Intel Corporation, Fei is familiar with the most up-to-date terminology, particularly in the constantly changing computer world. Having taught English in both China and the USA, he is able to easily comprehend the meaning of the English and Chinese text. His Chinese translation work was published in June 1990 by Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press (permission of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA 2138) (1991) for Virgin Land: The American West as Symbol and Myth (by Henry Nash Smith). Fei graduated with a B.A. in English from Shanghai International Studies University in 1983 and a M.A. in TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language) from the University of Arizona in 1993. He received an Academic Certificate from the Fulbright Program in the Center of American Studies at Shanghai International Studies University in 1985, and is also a certified Novell administrator (CNA). 5


C. Huang As a software localization specialist, Huang translates for clients such as HP, Sun, Nokia, and Adobe, and has led the localization team composed of 4 members to accomplish the project of a Microsoft Windows XP Traditional Chinese software part. As a technical writer, Huang has maintained Data sheets, BIOS porting guides, and design guides, and has composed manuals of main boards manufactured by VIA Technologies, Inc. Huang received a B.A. in Foreign Language and Literature from Tunghai University in Taiwan in 1998. She received a M.A. in Interpreting and Translation for Chinese and English from the University of BATH, in Bath, UK in 2000. H. McGilvra McGilvra has a long list of translation clients to her name such as Intel Corporation, Novell, and Microsoft. Specializing in software and website localization for Microsoft Windows XP, Macintosh, and Unix platforms for different applications, she has impressive technical translation skills. McGilvra also provides consecutive and simultaneous interpretation to the U.S. Department of Justice and the Taiwan government-sponsored Central Vocational Training Center (CVTC). She is a member of the American Translators Association, and is certified to translate for the U.S. Department of Justice. In 1993, McGilvra graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a B.A. in Communications. From 1981 to 1989 she received formal training in linguistics. J. Zhang A Chinese legal and environmental translator, Zhang leads a team of several translators to produce clear, concise Chinese translation. Having translated for the Urban Affairs Office of Hunan Province for the promotion of all their agriculture-related investment projects to the western world, and having translated over 1 million words for a variety of other similar clients, Zhang has become extremely familiar with Canadian laws and policies. Zhang received a Ph.D. in Political Science at Boston College; LL.B, Peking University. He was the academic translator at Harvard-Yenching Institue at Harvard University and was also a translator for the Foreign Affairs Office at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. 6


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