Dr. Suzanne Zeng

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Background

• Ph.D. East Asian Languages and Literature (Chinese), University of Hawaii at Manoa.
    Dissertation title: A Pragmatic look at Mandarin Interrogatives: A Speech Act Study.
• M.A. East Asian Languages and Literature, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
• B.A. World Religions, University of Redlands, California.
• Certification.  Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpretation (Chinese/English), University of Hawaii at Manoa, Center for Interpretation and Translation Studies.

Courses Taught
(For information about these courses, click on the course number)

Translation and Interpretation Courses:
     Center for Interpretation & Translation Studies

• Summer Intensive Interpreting Training: Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpreting Skills
• TI 403 Introduction to Interpretation
• TI 405 The Principles of Court Interpretation
• TI 406 Community Interpreting
• Chn 421b Chinese-English Translation
• TI 498 Medical Interpreting
• TI 499 Directed Reading

Chinese Language Courses:
     East Asian Languages and Literatures

• Chn 103: Accelerated Beginning Chinese
• Chn 204: Accelerated Intermediate Chinese
• Chn 201: Intermediate Chinese
• Chn 311: Mandarin Conversation
• Chn 499: Directed Reading (Business Chinese)

Training, Workshops and Presentations Given

• Chairman: First Hawai'i Conference on Language Access, Laulima - Working Together to Ensure Language Access in Hawai'i (March 28-29, 2008)
• Court Interpreting 2-day Workshop for Marshallese Speakers (Jan. 2008)
  Court Interpreting 2-day Workshop for Chuukese Speakers (Jan. 2008)
       Sponsored by the Hawai'i State Judiciary and the Office of Language Access
• Hawai'i Court Interpreter Certification Program Basic Orientation Workshop (July 2007, Feb. 2008)
• Seminar: Working with Interpreters In Legal Settings (Jan. 2008)
       Presentation to the Hawaii Paralegal Association
• Bridging The Gap: Training for Medical Interpreters (Since 2006)
  (ongoing 5-week training with Kokua Kalihi Valley Family Services)
• Interpreter Training for Court Interpreters and Staff in the Marshall Islands (July 2006)
• Interpreting for Victims of Domestic Violence (Feb. 2006)
  Interpreting for Victims of Sexual Assault (Nov. 2005)
       Sponsored by Na Loio Immigrant Rights and Public Interest Legal Center
• Translation Techniques for English-Chinese Translation for ZDL Books; Beijing, China, 2006 (www.zdlbooks.com)
• Interpreter Training for the Department of Education's School-Home Assistants (2005)
• Task-Based Translator Training, Quality Assessment, and the WWW
      (Fourth Language International Conference, Shanghai, China, Dec. 1998)
• Multiple Uses of the Web in Teaching Intermediate Chinese and Business Chinese
      (CLTA Presentation, Chicago, 1998)
• Web-Based T&I Training and Asian Languages
      (International Conference of Translation and Interpretation Studies, Vigo, Spain, 1998)
• EALL & Faculty-developed Internet Materials
      (1998 Pedagogical Orientation, University of Hawaii, Honolulu)
• International Conference on Chinese Language and Teaching, Taipei, 1997

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Other

• Hawaii Supreme Court Committee on Court Interpreters (since 1998)
  (Also member of Certification Subcommittee for developing standards and testing)
• Language Access Advisory Council member for the Office of Language Access for the State of Hawaii
• University of Hawaii at Manoa Language Access Coordinator (since Aug. 2007)
• Registered Interpreter for Hawaii State Courts and the U.S. District Court

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