Ben Ross
Mandarin Chinese Interpreter Translator, Ethnographer, PhD Candidate
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolBen Ross is a Mandarin-English interpreter, translator, ethnographer, and PhD candidate in Urban Sociology at the University of Chicago with nine years of professional experience editing academic manuscripts and interpreting in legal and healthcare settings. He specializes in preparing Chinese researchers, doctors, and graduate students for publication in English, routinely delivering polished drafts within 72 hours. His background combines ethnographic fieldwork and teaching in Beijing with applied consulting for institutions like Lenovo and Pacific Ethnography, giving him a rare mix of scholarly rigor and practical communication skills. Based in Boston, he offers bilingual fluency and culturally attuned editing that helps complex social science research cross linguistic and publication barriers.
9 years of coding experience
University of KansasPh. D, Urban Sociology, Ph. D, Urban Sociology at University of Chicago
Github Skills (90)
sqlite10
cordova10
oracle10
javascript9
python-development9
ionic9
browser9
database9
testing9
postgresql9
sap9
databases9
imap-client9
pip9
react-native9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
b3ross/dotenvi
Jun 2019 - Oct 2020
A simple library for generating dotenv files
Contributions:22 releases, 4 reviews, 10 commits in 1 year 4 months
dotenv-filesdotenv
mellocello2003/graphql-codegen
Aug 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes, 4 branches in 22 days
typescriptcode-generatordirectivesgraphql
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