Sam Wong
Independent Contractor (Editor, Translator, QM)
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Wong is a versatile language-and-marketing professional with 12 years of experience blending technical and creative skills across brand development, content strategy, and translation quality management. Currently an independent contractor at TransPerfect, he transforms machine translations into native-level English, translates Japanese source material with cultural nuance, and enforces consistency across translation memory and QA processes using CAT tools. Previously he built and launched a global consumer brand—leading website, copy, social outreach, and successful crowdfunding campaigns—while guiding a Red Dot–winning product to international markets. With a background in computer science and economics, he pairs analytical rigor (web development and automated testing experience in government projects) with a marketer’s instinct for storytelling and global outreach. Notably, his career bridges hands-on localization engineering and strategic brand positioning, making him effective at scaling messages across languages and regions.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Economics (Double Major), Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Economics (Double Major) at University of Toronto
English, Chinese, JapaneseGithub contributions (2)
pssw/Space
Mar 2014 - Apr 2015
Contributions:47 commits, 3 pushes in 1 year
pssw/7Wonders
Jan 2015 - Jan 2015
Contributions:3 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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