Educational Background

• December 2020: Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Studies, University of Heidelberg, Germany 

• Major in Chinese studies, minor in Japanese studies

• Cumulative GPA: 1.3 (equivalent to 3.7 in the US)

• HSK 6 certificate in Chinese (Confucius Institute Munich)

• Courses on Chinese-German translation (University of Heidelberg), professional experience with Chinese-English translation (see below)

• Exchange semester at Taiwan National Normal University

• Exchange semester at Peking Foreign Studies University

• Course “Opening the Black Box: Understanding Chinese Foreign Policy Making” at the summer school of Peking University and London School of Economics and Political Science

• Extensive knowledge about Chinese history, politics and culture

• Ability to work both with simplified and traditional Chinese characters

• Very strong research and fact-checking skills

Language Background

Born and raised in Germany and having Russian parents, I grew up bilingually with German as my main native language, and Russian as my second native language. I have also achieved native-level proficiency in English through extensive exposure and practice since the age of 9. I have scored 113/120 on a TOEFL test that I took without additional preparation. (The average score of native speakers is 91/120.) Currently, I am writing a novel in English.

Experience

I have completed 3 Chinese-English translation projects with a total length of over 2500 Chinese characters for Westlake University (Hangzhou, China):

• Press release about new COVID-19 research, published on the website of Westlake University: https://en.westlake.edu.cn/news_events/westlakenews/labshow/202006/t20200604_3351.shtml (slightly edited after translation)

• Press release about new types of brain imagining techniques, published on the website of Westlake University: https://en.westlake.edu.cn/news_events/westlakenews/202006/t20200617_5600.shtml (slightly edited after translation)

• Report about the second election of the board of trustees of the Hangzhou Westlake Education Foundation