Being a teacher was my childhood dream. I began my teaching career as a part-timer in 1994 at a small language institution in East Jakarta, where I taught English and French to elementary and high school students. That year, I was still studying at Teachers Training and Education Institute of Jakarta (IKIP Jakarta, now UNJ (www.unj.ac.id) majoring French.
I acquired my translating and interpreting experiences throughout my teaching career.

From 1986-1988 I lived in Sydney where I completed my year 5-6 of elementary school at Summer Hill Public School. In 1996, I continued my study at University of New South Wales, Australia (http://www.unsw.edu.au/) majoring French and Linguistics. I also learned some basic Mandarin, Japanese and Italian during my stay in Australia. I graduated from UNSW in 1999. I returned to Indonesia in 2001.

Having lived almost 9 years of my life in Sydney, I encountered many communication gaps in the multi-cultural interaction. Lots of migrants who came to Australia had no English skills. I thought: “How could I help to bridge the gap?” …and the answer was: by being a language teacher and a translator/interpreter.
I started translating in 1997 for my friends and extended family living in Sydney. No fixed rate. No reasonable offer was refused. Sometimes for free. Sometimes just in exchange of a lunch treat at the university cafeteria. I always thought, “the experience and their trust were priceless".

I am now a full-time freelance translator/interpreter. My fields of expertise in translation include legal docs (agreements, deeds, due diligence, company policies, etc.), HRD, training, education, general science and medical, religious, technical, history, etc.

For other work experiences, please see my CV.