Team of Court Certified Chinese Interpreters
Sunny Johnston - Mandarin Certified Court Interpreter from Beijing, News Reporter, Voice Over Talent, and Chinese language instructor
Sunny
is a Mandarin certified court interpreter originally from
Beijing. As a former news reporter, voice over talent, and
a Chinese language tutor, she has rich experiences in legal
interpretation, medical interpretation, as well as different
modes of interpretation such as consecutive interpretation and
simultaneous interpretation.
Sunny Johnston's Resume
QUALIFICATION• Federally approved interpreter for the U.S. District Court, Central District of California
• Certified California Court Interpreter License #301304
• Registered with the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside & San Bernardino Counties
• Experienced Chinese language instructor for college-level Chinese
• Web On-demand Chinese language instructor for Steven Academy
EDUCATION/TRAINING
Advanced Interpreter’s Summer Training Beijing, China Aug. 2011
• Attended intensive summer training sponsored by the Translators Association of China and the Monterey Institute of International Studies
USC Annenberg School for Communications Los Angeles, California 2007-2009
• M.A. in broadcast journalism, emphasis on broadcast, print & online platforms
UCLA Extension Los Angeles, California Aug.-Dec. 2003
• Studied legal interpretation & translation
Pepperdine University Malibu, California 1999-2003
• B.S. in international business, emphasis in corporate, contract & real estate laws
HIGHLIGHT OF RECENT WORK 2011
• Interpreter for the plaintiff in a federal lawsuit: Huanan commercial bank v. HSBC involving 6 Taiwanese banks suing HSBC over $500 million
• Interpreter for the plaintiff at trial in a federal lawsuit: Protech v. Velox over contractual disputes
• Interpreter for the defendant in various stages of legal procedure U.S v. LDQ over importing and selling fraudulent DVDs
• Expert witness for the plaintiff in a divorce case involving two real estate appraisal reports in Chinese
• Expert witness for the defendant in a divorce case involving a handwritten real estate gifting document in Chinese
• Translated extensive legal, contractual & written correspondence for a lawsuit involving breach of contract for a wood import-export company
• Instructor for court interpreters for continuing education weekend seminar
HIGHLIGHT OF RECENT WORK 2010-2009
CORT(A Warren Buffet Company) & Oursjia International Negotiation
• Business/language/consulting for CORT’s international negotiation
• Conducted pre-meeting research and generated post-meeting executive memos
• Provided simultaneous and consecutive interpretation for top level CORT & Oursjia executives
Sony Productions 2010
• Mandarin dialogue trainer for actress Jamie Chung in the upcoming feature film Premium Rush (Release Date: January 13, 2012)
• Translated a portion of the dialogue for movie script
Steven Academy 2009
• On-Demand College level Chinese language instructor
• Taught reading, writing, speaking and grammar in episodic format to web learners
EXPERIENCE
Sunshine Language & Services Consultant/ Instructor/Interpreter Present
• Set up, organize and contribute content to the various aspects of an online language service
• Teach Mandarin Chinese to students of foreign and Chinese backgrounds in small group settings
• Teach Mandarin Chinese at the Community Services Education in Glendale Community College
• Translate/interpret for various organizations and clientele
• Language, cultural and negotiation consultation
LA Translations Instructor Present
• Teach court interpretation theories and ethics
• Teach interpretation skills in all three modes of interpretation: simultaneous, sight and consecutive
• Prepare students for the State certified court interpreter’s exam
Agency work Freelance Interpreter/Translator 2006-Present
• Retained by more than 15 interpretation agencies
• Provide quality interpretation and translation work in legal, medical and entertainment industries
• Provide genuine and professional voice over work for entertainment and PR agencies
• Voiced-over more than 20 commercial and corporate training videos
• Interpreted for Gong Li, an International A-list actress on the film Miami Vice
Legal /Court Work Freelance State and Federal Court Interpreter Present
• California Certified Court Mandarin Chinese interpreter for the Superior Courts of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties
• Federally approved court interpreter
• Provide interpretation services for clients in civil, criminal, immigration, political asylum, traffic court, etc.
• Provide interpretation services for private law firms and governmental agencies such as the Federal Public Defender’s Office in LA & Riverside
Annenberg Radio News Reporter Sept.-Dec. 2008
• Pitched and reported news and feature stories
• Interviewed newsmakers
• Edited audio files for weekly stories
SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION
• 1st Shao Lin Summit 2011, Los Angeles, CA (Simultaneous Interpretation)
• Aspect Software telephonic simultaneous interpretation 2011
• Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2011 (Las Vegas, Simultaneous Interpretation)
• US-China Film Summit 2010 (Los Angeles, Simultaneous Interpretation)
• VMWorld 2009 Convention in LasVegas 2009
• Symantec Annual Sales Meeting in LasVegas in 2008
• City of El Monte Building Initiative Meetings in 2008
• East Los Angeles Regional Center-Second Annual Summit conference 2007
• East Los Angeles Regional Center-First Annual Transit Summit 2006
COMPUTER SKILLS
Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Audition, Vegas video & NJ-star
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Fluent in English & Mandarin Chinese, reading, writing, speaking & typing