Joseph McClinton
Professor McClinton has been a full-time technical translator and editor since 1975, specializing in computer hardware and software, financial and legal documents, advertising and public relations.
Michael Gillen
I have been passionate about translation since 1976 when, with great trepidation, I took on my first translation assignment under the watchful eye of a friend and mentor who was a prolific translator and interpreter of Russian-language scientific and technical materials. It was my introduction to the art of communicative, or ‘meaning-based,” translation, and from that moment on, I knew exactly what I wanted to do (I’ve always been sort of a late starter).
Marsha Man-Hua Chou
As a faculty member of the Graduate School of Translation, Interpretation and Language Education (GSTILE), Prof. Marsha Man-Hua Chou teaches sight translation, consecutive interpretation and simultaneous interpretation courses from introductory to advanced levels.
Julie Johnson
Professor Johnson is a conference interpreter and published translator specializing in corporate law, advanced technologies, and telecommunications. She is accredited by the American Translators Association.
A frequent presenter at workshops and conferences, she has been a director of the American Translators Association and vice president of the Northern California Translators Association. She is a member of the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators and the California Court Interpreters Association.
Laura Burian
Professor Burian worked as an in-house translator, interpreter and legal assistant in the Beijing office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Clients include US Department of State, Energy, and Commerce, US Embassy in Beijing, US Information Agency. She has interpreted between US delegations and Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the NPC, Li Peng, and numerous heads of various Chinese Ministries.
Yoonji Choi
Professor Choi is a freelance translator, interpreter, and localization consultant. She has translated various types of document and interpreted numerous conferences on business, education, engineering, IT, law etc. She has also actively internationalized and localized many products with major IT companies in Silicon Valley. Professor Choi joined the Institute after previously teaching at Handong Global University in Korea.
Chuanyun Bao
It has been a long time since the summer of 1990 when I left my job at the United Nations Office in Geneva where I served as a staff interpreter to join the faculty at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Over these years, I have taught sight translation, consecutive and simultaneous interpretation, and briefly, translation. I have continued to work as a freelance interpreter for corporations, institutions, the United Nations and other international organizations.
Jacolyn Harmer
Jacolyn Harmer has been a practicing freelance conference interpreter and translator for over 30 years; her clients include both the major international organizations and the private market. She is a member of the International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC) and served for several years on the AIIC Training Committee. Since 1985 she has taught in the French and German Programs at the Monterey Institute of International Studies Graduate School of Translation, Interpretation and Language Education.
Barry Slaughter Olsen
Professor Olsen has been working as a conference interpreter and translator since 1993. Before joining our faculty, he was a translator in residence at American University in Washington, D.C. He has taught various courses on simultaneous and consecutive interpreting in the United States, Latin America and Europe. Over the years he has interpreted for the U.S. State Department, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Organization of American States, National Geographic Society, C-SPAN Television, and many other public and private sector clients.
