Associate Subject Matter Expert
Dublin, Ireland
I work on plain language and clarity of terminology for regulatory work in the age of AI, shaped by a career that has moved from community fieldwork in Vietnam into research on development and SDG-related terminology, then into industry. My focus is on how dense specialist language is interpreted in practice and how that language can be made usable without losing precision. This matters more now because the same wording gets reused in AI-supported workflows, so small ambiguities can quickly turn into real consequences for people and organisations.
Nguyen’s Biography
Nguyen Nguyen is a Regulatory Compliance Specialist with a background in international development work and applied research. Earlier in his career, he worked on policy delivery and evaluation, including community-based development projects in Vietnam. In 2018, he moved to Ireland to undertake doctoral research in translation studies, which marked a shift from field-based work into research. He now follows global product regulatory changes across jurisdictions and writes clear explanations to help clients understand new compliance requirements.
More About Me
Passions & Perspectives
I tend to notice where written rules become hard to use in practice. That comes from time spent in development projects and community interpreting work, where there was little room to adapt what was written. I have since gravitated towards work where written material needs to function reliably beyond its original context.
Credentials & Certifications
- PhD in Translation Studies, Dublin City University, Ireland 2023
- Master of Development Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand 2016
- Bachelor of Arts in English and Linguistics, Da Nang University, Vietnam 2004
Experience Highlights
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- Long-term work with terminology in policy and development settings, where plain language mattered because the same terms were used differently across documents
- Work in development projects where SDG and ESG frameworks set the basis for planning, reporting and evaluation
- Responsible AI research focused on how regulatory concepts are defined in frameworks such as the EU AI Act, the DSA and the GDPR, and how those concepts are reused in organisational and AI-related work
- Built tone-of-voice databases to train brand-alignment AI agents, and designed prompting-based content workflows shaped by fairness and compliance constraints.
- Direct experience with high-stakes language through interpreting and certified translation in legal, medical and public service settings
