Professional Résumé for Interpreter, Translator

Gardenia C. Hung, M.A.
Email: gardeniac_hungma@yahoo.com
Post Office Box 1274
Lombard, IL 60148
Tel. 630-201-9055
Fax: 702-925-0527
VisualCV: http://www.visualcv.com/hung


SUMMARY
Active communications professional, responsible project manager, who is able to manage multiple tasks with accountability, responsiveness, and creativity. Multilingual communicator and expressive individual. Creative designer for product presentations, ideas, and projects. Media arts professional who is able to visualize ideas, thoughts, and projects and express the same in various media formats. Researcher, developer, and analyst for project study programs.

OBJECTIVE
To secure professional employment as a communications project manager in a corporate environment to implement the company’s goals and objectives, applying core competencies acquired through employment experience in the following:
• Project Management for Communications
• Technical Communications
• Communication with Diplomacy and Tact
• Communications Media Arts Consulting
• Communications Faculty Researcher and Developer for Project Study Programme
• Faculty Development for Curriculum Designed Courses and Objectives
• Corporate Communications Media Marketing
• Translation and Interpreting in English, French, Spanish
• Cross-Cultural Ethnography
• Business Intelligence Analysis
• Integrated Marketing Communications
• Emergency Services—First Aid, CPR, AED, Search Rescue
• Health Food Nutrition—Organic, Herbal, Natural Wholesome Foods, Teas, etc.
EDUCATION
University of Illinois at Chicago
M.A. in Communications, Rhetoric, Ethnography, Theatre 1985
Dissertation: Published Ethnography and Research for Cross-Cultural Thesis. “The Chinese in Cuba”
Honors: Dissertation passed “with Distinction”, GPA
Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago
B.A. in Education, Communications, English, Spanish, French, Writing 1982
Thesis: “Individualized Differences Education for the Student in Secondary Education”
Honors GPA
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn
Associate Degree in Adult Education. Honors 2000
Areas of Concentration: Communication, Adult Learner
Honors, GPA: “Accelerated Learning and the Adult Student”

AWARDS
• Abraham Lincoln Fellowship, University of Illinois at Chicago 1983 – 1984
• Chinese American Service League Certificate, Volunteer Service, Chicago 1983 – 1984
• Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago 1981 – 1982
• Laval University Scholarship, Québec, Canada 1981 – 1982
• Mecklenburger Scholarship, Northeastern Illinois University 1977 – 1980
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Faculty – “Communications for Health Care Professionals” English/Spanish 1997 – 2000
Developed syllabus and overall course structure, and administered all grades.
Adjunct Faculty – “Developmental Writing”
1998– 2000
Developed syllabus and overall course structure, and administered all grades.
Communications Faculty – English 101, 102, 103, 104, 105 1998– 2000
Developed syllabus and overall course structure, including weekly lab practicum,
and administered all grades.
Faculty – Business Professional Institute Adult Education Programme 1997-2000
Collaborated on curriculum and exam development, met with students upon request,
and graded all written work, including final exam papers.
EXPERIENCE
Communications, Languages & Culture, Inc., Illinois, U.S.A.
Editor
Editorial support, including developmental and copy editing of their internal online and printed documentation. 1993 - Present
Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ICTFL)
Researcher/Presenter
Compiled cross-cultural and language study reports, including analytical and global market trends, to track the cross-cultural linguistic exchanges and language-acquisition practices. 1995 - Present
Federation Internationale de Traducteurs (FIT), Vancouver, Canada 2002
Researcher/Presenter
Compiled reports, including projections, statistical and market trends, to track the growth and development for integrated marketing communications, socio-economic and political changes, from local to global trends, “glocally”.
Ethnographer and Language Consultant
Translated American-English external cross-cultural web site content to French, Spanish. 1993 - Present
Communications Media Arts
Writer, Editor, Publisher, Digital Media Professional
Provided written feature articles for professional publications, newsletters, associations, brochures, internet web sites, frequently-asked questions, communications media arts.
1998 - Present
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
• “A Cross-Cultural Perception of the World Through Language Communication”
Guest faculty speaker at 2002 Conference for the Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Springfield, Illinois, 15th Anniversary Festivities
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• “Interpreting and Translation as Communication Processes for the 21st Century”
Proposal/Dissertation presented at FIT 2002, XVI World Congress of the International Federation of Translators. Meeting of International Translators and Interpreters, Vancouver Canada 2002
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• “Interpret and Translate to Communicate”. Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Springfield, Illinois, Fall, October 2002
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• “How Are Languages Used as Communication Tools in the Twenty-First Century”
Paper presented to the Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Itasca, IL 2001
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• “Communicate: Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing”. “Add Value to Your Life, Learn a Second Language”. Guest Faculty Presenter for the Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Itasca, Du Page County, Illinois, Fall, October 2000

LANGUAGES
• English – Excellent usage as native language for speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
• French – Excellent usage for speaking/listening fluently, reading/writing with high proficiency
• Spanish– Excellent usage for speaking/listening fluently, reading/writing with high proficiency
• Portuguese – Basic competence to speak, listen, read, and write.
• Italian – Basic competence to speak, listen, read, and write.
ACCREDITATIONS
• State of Illinois Teaching Certificate, U.S.A.
• U.S. Federal Certification for Interpreting Medical Reports, Chicago, Illinois.
• Notary Law Institute, Notary Law Seminar for the State of Illinois in Downers Grove.
• American Management Association, Certificate for “Communicating with Diplomacy and Tact.”
• American Management Association, Certificate for “Technical Writing.”
• Université de Montréal, Certificate for Legal Interpreting, Canada.
• Université de Montréal, Certificate for Consecutive Interpretation in the Courtroom, Canada.


MEDIA PRODUCTIONS: DIGITAL VIDEO, FILMING, DIRECTING, EDITING, PRODUCTION

• DV: Medical Spanish for Health Care Professionals at Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, Illinois.
Taught and developed 10-week programme for the College of DuPage, Business Professional Institute, Fall 2000, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, U.S.A.
• DV: San Filippo Plum Tree Farm, Barrington Hills, Illinois, in Color and in English, Summer 2000.
• DV: Southern/Central Spain—Art and Architecture. Study and Travel Field Experience, Spring 2000
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
• DV: Latin American Studies Open House, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, May 10, 2000. Sponsored by the Latin American Committee.

PHOTOGRAPHS AND VISUAL GRAPHICS DESIGNS—THE ARTS
• Digital Photographs Asian Pacific American Dances and Folklore by Children from the Chicago Public Schools, Office of Language & Cultural Education, The 8th Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration, Wednesday, May 24, 2006, Richard J. Daley Center Plaza, Chicago Illinois, U.S.A.
• Digital Photographs from Holy Name Cathedral, Old St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, and St. Peter’s Catholic Church by Franciscan Friars in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
• “Tricolor Ribbon and Excellence Medal,” Designed Logo Graphic for I.C.T.F.L. Fall 2001.
• “Strawberries & Currants in the Sunlight,” from my Lombard garden, Summer 2001, Illinois.
• “Variegated Green Canadian Maple,” from the Montréal Botanical Gardens, Québec, Canada, 2001.
• “Peonies in Bloom.” from my Lombard garden, Summer 2000.
• Open House Poster for Latin American Studies Programme, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, 2000.
• Poster for Canadian Travel, French Club, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Spring 1980.
• “Autumn,” Original Charcoal Drawing, Madonna High School, Art Department, Sr. Sponsa, 1977.
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
• Asian-Pacific American Festival, Daley Center, May 2006, Students, Children from Chicago Public Schools Performing Cultural and Folkloric Dances, Office of Language & Cultural Education
• Contributions and Donations to the American Veterans
• Local, State, Federal Government, International, Global
• Health Care
• Children
• Environmental/Ecology
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
• Project Management for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Inc., Dewars Newspaper Software, etc.
• Computer Trainer for Software and Hardware
• Technical Troubleshooter, Hands-On PC, Media/Audio
• Technical Writer for Specifications, Reports, Documentation, etc.
• Microsoft Office, Excel, Access, experience with other software/hardware
• Typing Speed: 100 WPM

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST:

Communications, Languages & Culture, Inc. Contact: communicationslanguagesculture@gmail.com

Samuel R. Lewis & Associates, Consulting Engineers, Mr. Joseph “Joe” Pelletier, Mr. Albert Fuji, Mr. Manuel Cordero, Engineers for Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing Services

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Inc., AES IBM Series with the University of Illinois at Chicago, Sears Tower Project

Babcock America Corporation, Roselle, Illinois

Northeastern Illinois University, Career Services, 5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60625 USA

College of Du Page, Human Resources Department – Adult Continuing Education, Faculty,
425 Fawell Blvd. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 | (630) 942-2800

Express Train at Yorktown Center in Lombard

A Vote of Confidence for the Freedom Museum.

VOTE EARLY! On Election Day, Before November 4, 2008.
The Freedom Museum encouraged all teachers to cast an early vote for their favorite U.S. presidential candidate, John McCain or Barack Obama, at the 3rd Annual Teacher Resource Fair, sponsored by the McCormick Tribune Foundation—last Saturday, September 13, 2008, 9 a.m. through 12:30 p.m. Teachers celebrated constitutional rights guaranteeing the First Amendment’s freedom of speech and the press, freedom of religion, as well as rights of assembly and petition featured in the Bill of Rights, since September 25, 1789. The Freedom Museum is located next to the Tribune Tower, across the Wrigley Building, along the Magnificent Mile at 445 North Michigan Avenue, in Chicago, Telephone 312/222-3026.

The McCormick Tribune Foundation established the Freedom Museum to promote constitutional issues addressed by the media and the community in a public forum, to be discussed in a place, time, and date.

The 2008 Teacher Resource Fair provided educators with American History, lesson plan units, readings, textbooks, interactive events, supplies, and activities, to teach students about inherent freedom and rights presented in the Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights and the Amendments ratified over the years, since the first amendments were proposed on September 25, 1789 and ratified on December 15, 1791.

During the Presidential Election Campaign year, the Freedom Museum invited CLTV and Carlos Hernandez Gomez, Chicagoland TV Political Reporter, to discuss current political candidates, John McCain with Sarah Palin for the Republicans, and Barack Obama with Joe Biden for the Democrats, including all global and local issues involved in the 2008 Presidential race. CLTV coverage for the keynote speaker introduced and closed the sessions to encourage political interest involving the teachers and the students at the schools.

Political analyst Shawn Healy, resident scholar at the Freedom Museum, continued “Analyzing Press Coverage for the Candidates” while covering the 2008 Presidential Campaign Trail with photos, visuals, and statistical analysis featuring the Sarah Palin Phenomenon Driving Campaign Media Coverage during September 1-7, 2008. Polling became the focus of discussion based on the internet website http://www.pollster.com data results for John McCain versus Barack Obama poll positions for national aggregate polls and swing state votes for the Electoral College in Florida, Missouri, Ohio, Michigan, Colorado, and Virginia. Exit polls position provided demographics information. The media effect in the 1960 Election with John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon is recurrent in the 21st century, during the 2008 Presidential campaign between John McCain and Barack Obama, followed by VP candidates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin.

This year, the McCormick Freedom Museum invites you to participate in the StudentVote2008, a Classroom/School-Wide Project for teachers and middle/high school students in the simulated general election. StudentVote2008 at the Freedom Museum encourages underage voting online via the internet at http://www.freedommuseum.us/StudentVote2008. This classroom/school-wide project for StudentVote2008 allows middle and high school students freedom to Voice their Choice for the presidential election. On November 4, 2008, student participants can vote simultaneously in classrooms, gymnasiums, and cafeterias, nationwide.

At the 2008 Teacher Resource Fair, all teachers and guests received a voting chip to cast their choice for presidential candidate, on the first floor. The Freedom Museum is displaying a Special Exhibit—VOTE4ME: Inside a Presidential Election through November 9, 2008.

All participants received complimentary booklet copies of the U.S. Constitution published by the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, under the title of Blueprint for Freedom. What Will You Build? The U.S. Constitution and Fascinating Facts About It. Supplemented with text by Terry L. Jordan. Copyright©2006 by Oak Hill Publishing Company. McCormick Tribune Museum edition. First Printing.

Exhibitors representing freedom and the rights in the First Amendment, the Bill of Rights, and the U.S. Constitution participated in the 3rd Annual Teacher Resource Fair. Among the guest exhibits on the first floor, included the following: the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois; the American Library Association Office of Intellectual Affairs; Beyondmedia Education; the Chicago History Museum; the Chicago Tribune News in Education; the Cook County Clerk’s Office; Facing History and Ourselves; the McCormick Freedom Museum; the Mikva Challenge; Open Youth Networks; Pritzker Military Library; Street Level Youth Media; WTTW11/Independent Lens Television Service. Additional exhibitors were invited to the second level, featuring the American Bar Association Division of Public Education, who also provided complimentary booklet copies of the U.S. Constitution; the Chicago Metro History Education Center; the Constitutional Rights Foundation of Chicago; DuSable Museum of African American History; Jane Addams Hull-House Museum; Illinois Holocaust Museum; Illinois Resource Center; U.S. Hispanic Leadership Institute; We the People Civic Education; Young Chicago Authors; the Illinois Humanities Council Capitol Forum; and Wheaton North High School League of Voters.

Independent Lens for Public Television (ITVS), www.itvs.org, WTTW11, www.pbs.org are promoting to VOTE DEMOCRACY! In 2008 for the Presidential Election, in a public effort to involve everyone, including young Americans and new registered voters in the democratic voting process. ITVS is leading to reach out during the 2008 election campaign and teach the community how to become active in the presidential election process through seminars, voter registration events, online discussions and public film screenings of Independent Lens movies. For additional information on how to VOTE DEMOCRACY!, visit www.pbs.org/independentlens/votedemocracy
You can also Vote Early! On October 13-20, 2008, before November 4, 2008 on Election Day. Register to vote by October 7, 2008. Visit the website, http://www.voterinfonet.com. Also, read and become informed as a voter about political issues supported by presidential candidates when you visit http://www.myelectiondecision.org and rate your core issues in 2008.
The Freedom Museum invites you to participate actively in the exercise of the First Amendment right to freedom of speech and the press, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly and the right to petition. Self-guided visitors can explore visuals, multimedia, mobile sculptures, wander through interactive exhibits, and debate constitutional issues through historic and contemporary displays. You can also write a brochure on “My Bill of Rights” with “equal justice under the law”, created at the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum. Computer on-line activities discussing the U.S. Constitution, the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights, allow a visitor to select freedoms guaranteed by law and print or email a personalized Bill of Rights. A parchment print of Gardenia C. Hung’s My Bill of Rights created at the Freedom Museum reads:
1. To be compensated for private property taken for public use.
2. To receive equal protection of the laws.
3. To not be subjected to excessive fines or bail.
4. To have a speedy and public trial.
5. To assemble peacefully in public.
6. To have access to a free press.
7. To be free to own property.
8. To be notified of court proceedings as a victim of crime.
9. To not be discriminated against because of race or sex in employment or property transactions.
10. To not be subjected to arbitrary detention or exile.

Visit the McCormick Freedom Museum, located at 445 North Michigan Avenue, next to the Tribune Tower, across the Wrigley Building, along the Magnificent Mile in Chicago. Call for Group Reservations, Telephone 312/222-3026.

2008 Community Service

2008 Community Service Volunteer in the County of Du Page‏, in the Village of Lombard, in the Chicagoland area, Global--here, there, and everywhere...
by G.C. Hung, M.A. Communications, Languages & Culture, Inc.

As an Illinois resident homeowner, taxpayer, and U.S. citizen in the Village of Lombard, I have always volunteered for the community and performed community services at my own expense and using the operational budget for my company, Communications, Languages & Culture, Inc., on behalf of children, young people, adults, and the elderly, even the sick, the disabled, and the feeble--in the past, currently in the present, future, and beyond… The Friends of the Helen M. Plum Library remember me as a member of the Library Board and a volunteer editor for the quarterly newsletter, the Christmas Wreath Contest, the Annual Book Sale, and other library community events in Lilac Town. The Lombard Garden Club welcomed me as one of their own flowers and invited me to present my garden travelogue of the Jenny Butchart Gardens, the Montréal Botanical Gardens, and my own experience as a gardener and resident homeowner.Later the Lombard Service League asked me to join them as the LSL Newsletter editor and volunteer participant to promote community events at the Lexington Square Retirement Center. The Village of Lombard invited me to participate in the Community Relations Workshop and TV Channel 6 media training seminar for broadcasting and publishing events for the community-at-large.As Faculty at the College of Du Page, I volunteered extra time after regular work hours for the Latin American Committee and the European Heritage Committee, as well as for the Nursing Program featuring Spanish for Health Care Communication Professionals in the medical field. The American Red Cross has trained and certified me as a volunteer to provide First Aid, Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), and Advanced Electronic Defibrillator (AED) assistance for first medical responders. I have helped to save lives in the community by providing emergency care and American Red Cross assistance.At my local Christian Catholic Parish, St. Pius X Church, I have always volunteered to help and assist at church events sponsored by the Catholic Council of Women, including Elizabeth Ministry, Christmas Magic Bazaar, Chili Night, Christmas decorations, and singing with the Adult Choir during the year.Others have benefited from my community volunteer support for law enforcement agencies locally, statewide, and nationally as a member of the Illinois Sheriff Association, for many years in the Village of Lombard, Du Page County, Illinois. In Wheaton, I have volunteered for Holy Cross Lutheran Church located at 802 E. Geneva Road, to help in the Global Assistance Program providing Tie-a-Knot Blankets made by the women at church with their own hands. I have also attended the Sibelius Music Festival during the summer and participated in the musical concerts sponsored by Finlandia University at Holy Cross Lutheran Church.In addition, I have been a Court Advocate and Friend of the Court in Wheaton, at the 18th Judicial Circuit Court, Du Page Judicial Center. Also, I have offered my communication skills and language services for translation to the National Lodge at the Theosophical Society of America in Wheaton.As a Lombard resident homeowner, taxpayer, and U.S. citizen, I have always supported my local public schools, Westmore Elementary School and St. Pius X Catholic School. During my active years of teaching kindergarten, elementary, high school, and college students, I have volunteered endless hours for young people and the elderly alike. As a college student, I volunteered for senior citizens during a graduate project for the American Gerontological Association and Chicago-area hospitals and nursing homes. I also volunteered in Chinatown for the Chinese-American Service League.In addition, I have also volunteered for professional associations who remember me as an active member at the Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Conference Committee Chair for Public Relations, at the Chicago Area Translators Association, at the American Translators Association, French and Spanish Language Divisions, and at the Federation of International Translators, around the world.

Throughout the years, I have volunteered for the City of Chicago – Office of the Mayor, the Chicago Public Schools, the Chicago Humanities Festival, and other community groups who have shared my time at Northeastern Illinois University, St. Augustine College, Oakton Community College, etc. Since I usually have to pay cash for my own volunteer services, using my personal income, and my own company resources, equipment, and budget for Communications, Languages & Culture, Inc., I cannot say that I have failed to perform my civic duties as an Illinois resident homeowner, taxpayer, and U.S. citizen. As I am getting older, lacking in resources and transportation to pay for my own volunteer services, I am very selective when I offer my time to volunteer for the community-at-large. However, those who see me walking around and volunteering willingly to help others, cannot say that I have failed to do my duty as a community service volunteer in the past, present, future, and beyond…here, there, and everywhere…