Ooi L. L.

Having a background in journalism and as a published columnist (see my portfolio), my works always focus on clean and reader-friendly texts. Besides than publishing works in Chinese, I am also skilled in English/Malay to Chinese translation. With 6 years of experience assuming the position as an International News Translator in Sin Chew Daily, I am well-trained to convey information accurately and able to meet tight deadlines. **LANGUAGE PAIRS** English to Simplified Chinese English to Traditional Chinese Malay to / from Chinese Bahasa Indonesia to Chinese Chinese is my native language; I speak Mandarin, Cantonese and Hakka; mastered both written Simplified and Traditional Chinese. **SERVICE DESCRIPTION** 1) Translating: Current News, Press Releases, IT, Fashion, Healthcare, Education, General Topics and Medical/Technical Content for Lay Audiences. 2) Proofreading, Quality Check: Chinese 3) Writing (Chinese). Common writing genres: News Commentary/Analysis Travel Notes Dialogue of a Conversation among Two or More People Short Stories (below 2,000 words) Review for Movie, Book, or TV Program Newspaper or Magazine Feature/Human Interest Stories I am also interested to discover new writing genres and am always open to discussion. Similarly, my pastime hobby of exchanging letters with pen-pals worldwide for years, including Austria, England, the USA, Turkey, Israel, Japan and Hong Kong had provided an excellent platform for me to access worldwide cultures from the perspective view of ordinary people.