Michelle Deeter: Chinese-English Language Translator

IN-HOUSE TRANSLATOR AT THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

Translated +172,000 words from Chinese into English, main topics including trade and agriculture
Translated +20,000 words from English into Chinese, main topics including climate change
Added 200 new Chinese entries to the multilingual terminological database
Gave lectures to aspiring translators about working at the Commission in May 2016 and June 2016

Interpretation at Manchester United Football Club, December 2023
Interpretation for snooker players in match fixing case, November to December 2022
Legal interpretation at Manchester and Birmingham courts and tribunals, July 2014 to present
Legal interpretation for law firms across the UK, June 2014 to present
Consecutive interpretation for Lux Botanicals, London, England, August 2018
Consecutive interpretation for Trade & Investment Mission to Manchester, June 2018
Consecutive interpretation for Red Bull Racing, Milan and Monza, Italy, August 2017
Consecutive interpretation for writer A Yi at two literary events hosted by Leeds University, May 2015
Consecutive interpretation through British Council at Durham Literary Festival, March 2013
Simultaneous interpretation for Xi’an University to establish Confucius Institute, June 2013
Consecutive interpretation for British tour guide and Chinese visitors at Alnwick Castle, July 2013
Consecutive interpretation for “China Inside Out,” a literary event about Chinese non-mainstream fiction, March 2012
Other clients include: Newcastle University, Harrogate Ladies’ College, Iris Law Firm, Language Empire, and Expert Language Solutions.

Translated Bad Kids, +183000 words
Translated birth certificates, marriage certificates and court documents, +30000 words
Translated essays on wine for Master of Wine qualification, +18000 words
Translated Work Is Life, non-fiction by Che Jianxin, +128,000 words
Translated art book for Allegorithmic, France, + 11000 words
Translated patent abstracts for WIPO, Geneva, Switzerland, +25000 words
Translated Paper Tiger, non-fiction by Xu Zhiyuan, co-translation with Nicky Harman, +700000 words
Translated opinion news articles for Watching America, USA, +76000 words
Translated contracts and promotional material for Wedar Nutraceuticals, Taiwan, +17000 words
Translated, edited comments for chinadialogue, United Kingdom, +10000 words
Translated guide for the Canton Tower in Guangzhou, +15000 words
Translated technical document for Bundesdruckerei, Germany, +10000 words
Translated tweets for business moguls including Jack Ma, Zhou Hongyi, and Lei Jun, +20000 words
Translated internal business documents for DuPont, USA, +30000 words
Translated short stories for China Fiction Club, +8000 words
Translated Beijing Beijing, fiction novel by Feng Tang, +150000 words

Member of Chartered Institute of Linguists, February 2014 to present
DPSI (Diploma in Public Service Interpreting) in Law, November 2019
HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test) Advanced Level, April 2011
Registered Public Service Interpreter, January 2022 (Registered Number 17153)
Wine and Spirits Education Trust, Level 2, February 2024
Subtitling for Streaming, subtitling translation course, July 2023
Trados translation software certificate
Continuous professional development in Adult Safeguarding, Safeguarding Children, Domestic Abuse, Information Sharing from Empire Group, July 2018
Continuous professional development in Legal Institutions, Offences of Dishonesty, Online Offences, Sexual Offences, January 2018