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Wot Cross-culture - Suzan Piper
award winning Indonesian translator

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Local time: 08:23 AEST (GMT+10)

Native in: English 
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Relevant Education & Qualifications
Awarded the 2009 AUSIT National Excellence Award in Translating
• B.A. (Hons Indonesian), Sydney University
• Completed interpreters’ Judicial Training Program for, Univ. Melbourne, (Asian Law Grp)
• NAATI level 3 accreditation Indonesian <> interpreter & translator

Language background
• Languages spoken are English (native), Indonesian (nearly 40 yrs exp.), intermediate Javanese, knowledge of French German
• lived & worked in Indonesia for 15 yrs

Relevant Education & Training Working Experience
• Director, English as a Foreign Language Teaching Laboratory, Jakarta
• taught Indonesian language & cultural studies at 5 Sydney universities, continued research in this field
• curriculum designer World Bank training projects, Jakarta (Indonesian Airforce, Agency for Assessment of Research & Technology, Public Works)
• co-convenor & speaker seminar, Interpreters and Legal Professionals Working Together in Courts and Tribunals, UNSW, Sydney
• trainer Refugee Review Tribunal on working with interpreters, Sydney
• interviewer, writer, editor, researcher

My translation clients include multinational agencies such as the World Bank (conflict resolution), Australian government departments/agencies such as the Australian Federal Police, Australian Broadcasting Commission and SBS (transcripts for documentaries & news stories), Worldwide Management Project Management Services (training materials Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs) and various other corporate and private clients, both local and overseas (based in UK, USA, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and so on).

Interpreting clients include Australian tribunals, local and district courts up to the federal court level and federal government departments; visiting Indonesian judges and public prosecutors from the Indonesian local, district courts and supreme court/s; MacDonalds management trainees; an interparliamentary Indonesia Australia meeting Parliament House, Canberra and illegal Indonesian fishermen at Baxter Detention Centre, Dept. of Immigration. I interpret from the community level up to the highest government and diplomatic levels.

My literary/arts translations include poems by Rendra; Seno Gumira Ajidarma’s collection of short stories Eyewitness (Imprint Press, 1995), in collaboration with Jan Lingard and Bibi Langker, translation winner of 1997 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards - SBS Dinny O’Hearn Prize for Literary Translation and various weighty painting catalogues on Indonesian art. I have translated drama scripts, film transcripts for feature, documentary films and Australian, Indonesian dramas.

I am committed to promoting better understanding of Indonesia - not just through translation/interpreting - but also through better understanding of cross-cultural issues to enable fluent communication and understanding in business, government and people to people relations. This passion is reflected in my business Wot Cross-culture formed in 1995 to span this gap.

Translation rates depend on the level of difficulty of the source document. Please contact us for further information on translation/interpreting, rates, and cultural consulting. We offer discounted rates for not-for-profit organizations.
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