Ms. Barbara Robinson is a conference, seminar and court interpreter with extensive experience across private and public sectors. She was awarded an undergraduate degree in international finance from Renmin University, and an MBA degree in accounting from Seattle City University. She has worked for the China International Trust and Investment Corporation (CITIC) as a financial analyst in China and as a bilingual accountant in their US operation, as well as for a Fortune 500 company, PPG Industries, as a Certified Management Accountant (CMA). She holds American Translator Association (ATA) certification in Chinese translation, court interpreting certification from four US states, and the US government professional qualification for simultaneous interpretation (Federal courts, US State Department). She specializes in finance, banking, business, IT and high tech fields (for Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Cantor Fitzgerald, Microsoft, Boeing, Amazon, Starbucks, among others) as well as government affairs (e.g., DoS, DoE, DoD, EPA, DoJ and Homeland Security), industry conferences and executive training programs.

Service Provided:

Mode: Simultaneous, Consecutive and Sight Interpretation

Settings: Conference, Seminar, Telephone and Webinar meetings, training, business negotiations, presentations, legal depositions and court appearance.

Delivery Methods: Written English <==> Chinese translations and editing/proofreading; verbal interpretation in person and remote; voice over and transcription.

Specialty: Business and Finance, Government Issues, Legal (Patent, Corporate Law, Business Disputes, Family Law and Criminal Law), IT industry, Aerospace Industry, Life Science, Machinery and Chemical Industry, Oil and Gas and other non-conventional energy sources, Environmental and Sustainability Industry, Entertainment Industry, Clinical Trials and Medical Device/Equipment Industry.

Certifications:

US Federal Professionally Qualified Interpreter

US State Department Simultaneous Seminar Interpreter

Certified Washington State Court Interpreter (ID 10789)

Certified Oregon State Court Interpreter (ID 10789)

Certified Idaho State Court Interpreter (ID 10789)

Certified Arizona State Court Interpreter (ID 10789)

Certified American Translator Association Chinese Interpreter (ID 236224)

Certified Management Accountant (Credential Number 12394)

Certified Washington State DSHS Social Service Interpreter (ID MC962933)

Certified Washington State DSHS Medical Interpreter (ID SC15410)

Washington State Court Interpreters Certification Training Instructor

Simultaneous and Conference interpretation highlights:

Government / NGOs / Associations

American Society for Training & Development Conference 2012 -2017 (Denver, Dallas,Washington DC, Orlando, Denver, Atlanta)

Bellevue College Staff all-hands Trainings 2012-2014 Seattle

BOAO North American Conference 2014 Seattle

Electronic Entertainment Expo 2014 Seattle

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Conferences (2015 Dublin, Buenos Aires, Singapore, 2014 Singapore, London, Los Angeles, 2013 Beijing, Durban, Buenos Aires, 2012 Toronto)

Los Angeles International Investor Summit 2016 Los Angeles

Mercy Corp Executive Training 2014 Portland, OR

NASA/GeekPark Executive Seminar 2016 Seattle

NetMundial Conference 2014 Sao Paulo

Specialty Coffee Association of American Conference 2014 Seattle

US FDA/China CFDA Food Safety Round Table 2016 Seattle

U.S.-China Green Ports and Vessels Initiative Workshop 2016 Seattle

US Dept of Defense China-U.S. Center of Excellence (COE) Training 2018

US Dept of Energy China-U.S. Center of Excellence (COE) Review 2017

US State Dept Seminar Global Economy 2017

US State Dept Seminar Disability Issues in US 2017

US State Dept Seminar Wildlife Management 2017

US State Dept Traffic In Person Hero celebration 2017

US State Dept Seminar Journalism in US 2017

US State Dept Seminar Library Systems Management 2017

US State Dept Seminar Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention 2016

US State Dept Seminar Intellectual Property Law 2016

US State Dept Seminar Public Health in US 2016

US State Dept Seminar Internet Governance in US 2016

US State Dept Seminar Journalism in US 2016

US State Dept Seminar Patent, IP and Antitrust Law Issues 2015

US State Dept Seminar Green Architecture 2015

University of Washington and Tsinghua University Executive Briefing 2015

Washington State China Relationship Council Investment Seminar 2015

Major Corporations

Amazon AWS – China Mango TV Executive seminar 2017 Seattle

Amazon AWS - Dahua Corporation Executive seminar 2015 Seattle

Amazon AWS - Shanghai Media Group Executive seminar 2015 Seattle

Boeing China Airline New Product Delivery 2014 Seattle

Cargill-China AQSIQ Executive Summit and Training 2015-2016 Minneapolis

Harley Davidson Annual Dealership Conference 2014, 2016 (Orlando, Atlanta)

Huawei Executive Summit 2017 Vancouver, Canada

Isagenix Global Conference 2015 San Diego

Mannatech annual Execytive Summit 2015, 2017 (Seattle, Maui)

Market America Annual Bootcamp, 2017 Las Vegas

Microsoft – Hololens Developer seminar 2018 Seattle

Microsoft – China Government SKU Summit Training 2017 Seattle

Microsoft – China Mango TV Executive seminar 2017 Seattle

Microsoft-China South Grid Executive Briefing 2016 Seattle

Microsoft – China Industrial Bank Executive Briefing 2016 Seattle

Microsoft and Tsinghua University Executive Briefing 2015 Seattle

Starbucks DVP Program 2014 Seattle

Starbucks Shareholders Annual Meeting 2015-2016 Seattle

Starbucks-Shanghai Roastery Executive Briefing 2016 Seattle

Visa Company Executive Training, Stanford 2017

VMware Annual Conference 2017 Las Vegas

Legal / Courts

Weekly Courts Hearing/Trial Simultaneous Interpretation for Federal Courts, Immigration Courts, Mental Health Courts, Juvenile Courts, State Courts, County Courts and Local Courts.

Language proficiency and linguistic functional assessments

State Department simultaneous and consecutive interpretation

Defense Language Proficiency Upper range score 3+

Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Score 3+

Skills:

Proficient with computerized productivity and communication tools including the World Wide Web, e-mail, Chinese language software packages, word processing, spreadsheet, and Internet communications. Excellent business writing and verbal communication skills.

Native Mainland Mandarin Chinese speaker. Fluent in English.

Education:

1983 - B.A., International Finance, People's University, Beijing.

1990 - M.B.A., City University, Seattle, Washington.

Associations:

Voting Member, American Translator Association

Charter Member, National Language Service Corps

Member, National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators

Member, Northwest Translators and Interpreters Society

Member, National Association of Accountants

Professional Experience:

1992 - Present, Freelance Interpreter/Translator, Business/Culture Consultant

1990 - 1992 Senior Coordinator, Seattle, Washington

PPG Industries Inc.

1985 - 1990 Bilingual Staff Accountant, Seattle, Washington

CITIFOR Inc., Subsidiary of CITIC

1983 - 1985 Financial Analyst, Beijing, China

Overseas Investment Department

China International Trust and Investment Corporation (CITIC), Beijing, China