Chinese ↔ English : Humanities & Social Sciences Translator

Design, Visual Arts (Others), Fine Arts, Journalism, Film studies, Digital Art, Action painting, Abstraction, Abstract Expressionism, Aesthetic, Angular, Architecture, Artifice, Arts and Crafts movement, Assemblage, Automatism, Baroque, Calligraphy, Art Conservation, Art education

9

Japan

- Sophia University, Tokyo, BA, major in Journalism,
- TOEIC

9 years translation experience includes the following.
International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research, Kyushu University

Technical Staff at Energy Analysis Division,

- Translate energy-related materials, articles, research papers (English-Japanese, Japanese-English.) International Center for Japanese Culture at Yokohama International School

Development manager

- Provided translations for all ICJC publications and printed matter.
Fukuoka City, International Economic Department, Economic Promotion Bureau

Coordinator, for International Regions Benchmarking Consortium (IRBC) Fukuoka Conference

- Translated the conference materials (Japanese-English.)
He has translated books such as -
- “Art Base Momoshima, Opening Exhibition”, an art exhibition catalogue, published by Art Base Momoshima, Japan.
- Kitazawa Jun Works, published by Jun Kitazawa Yakumo Office Interpreter/Translation
- Interpreter for researchers in Fukuoka, for food and restaurant market research.
- Artist Talk Events (5 artist talks) at Koganecho Art Management Center, Yokohama.
- Fixed-term translator at Nissan (Kitakyushu).
- Regular translation (English to Japanese) of energy-related articles and materials.

Some of his translated papers are as follows –

- Newspapers in Sierra Leone: a case study of conditions for print journalism in a post conflict society
- Prevalence and effects of rape myths in print journalism: The Kobe Bryant case
- Tabloidization'of news: A comparative analysis of Anglo-American and German press journalism
- The data journalism handbook: how journalists can use data to improve the news
- Situating peace journalism in journalism studies: A critical appraisal.
- Assessing the sustainability of Latin American investigative non-profit journalism
- Global teamwork: The rise of collaboration in investigative journalism
- Watchdog journalism in South America: News, accountability, and democracy
- Digital journalism: Emerging media and the changing horizons of journalism
- Tabloid journalism and the public sphere: A historical perspective on tabloid journalism
- Citizen journalism: Global perspectives
- Weblogs and journalism: A typology to explore the blurring boundaries
- Twittering the news: The emergence of ambient journalism
- The evolution of American investigative journalism
- Narrative form and moral force: The realization of innocence and guilt through investigative journalism
- The watchdog that didn't bark: The financial crisis and the disappearance of investigative journalism
- Investigative journalism in China: Eight cases in Chinese watchdog journalism
- Investigative journalism and political accountability in South American democracies
- Investigative journalism in Central and Eastern Europe: Autonomy, business models, and democratic roles
- Investigative journalism in the academy—possibilities for storytelling across time and space
- Journalists as peacekeeping force Peace journalism and mass communication theory
- Is peace journalism possible Three frameworks for assessing structure and agency in news media
- Peace journalism: A tightrope walk between advocacy journalism and constructive conflict coverage
- Peace Journalism through the Lense of Conflict Theory: Analysis and Practice.
- War or peace journalism in elite US newspapers: Exploring news framing in Pakistan-India conflict
- A compromised fourth estate UK news journalism, public relations and news sources
- Weblogs and the epistemology of the news: Some trends in online journalism
- Watchdog journalism in South America: News, accountability, and democracy
- The interaction between experts and journalists in news journalism
- Financial news journalism: A post-Enron analysis of approaches towards economic and financial news production in the UK
- Rethinking journalism: Trust and participation in a transformed news landscape
- Convergence journalism: Writing and reporting across the news media
- Blogs, Twitter, and breaking news: The prod usage of citizen journalism
- Mediating suicide: print journalism and the categorization of queer youth suicide discourses
- Print journalism and the creative process: traditional versus digital
- The Origins of the Illiberal Party Newspaper: Print Journalism in China's Nationalist Revolution
- New technologies and print journalism practice in Zimbabwe: An ethnographic study

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research, Kyushu University

Technical Staff at Energy Analysis Division,

- Assist professors and researcher at Energy Analysis Division by providing research support.
- Perform administrative duties including the division’s budget management, filing/editing of research documents, business trip arrangement and workshop logistics.
International Center for Japanese Culture at Yokohama International School

Development manager

- Performed research on grants, and wrote grant applications to fund ICJC’s various community and supportive service programs.
- Assisted ICJC’s signature programs such as Yokohama International School Curriculum Enhancement Programs, Friday Night Lecture Series and Evening Community School.
- Prepared all the necessary materials (including accounting) to maintain ICJC’s status as an NPO.
- Prepared all the necessary materials to obtain an NPO status from Yokohama city.
- Planned and organized ICJC’s fund-raising events.
- Also assisted the publication of ICJC brochures, pamphlets and PR materials.

Education, Educational Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction, Music Education, Medical Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Psychology, Critical Pedagogy, Educational Reform/Education Policy, Vocational Education, Language Education, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Sport Pedagogy, Sustainable Education, Consumer Education

12

Japan

Doctor of Education (Distance Learning) from University of Liverpool, UK.

- Thesis: Translator Training at University in Japan: Managing Dysfunctional Conflict in a Translation Quality Process.

MA Advanced Japanese Studies (Distance Learning) from University of Sheffield, UK.

- Dissertation: A Study of Mathematics at Secondary Schools in Japan: Investigating Constructivist Pedagogical Approaches.

MSc. Interdisciplinary Mathematics from University of Warwick, UK.

- Dissertation: A Study of Numerical Techniques for the Valuation of Basket Options.

BSc. Honors Mathematics from University of Liverpool, UK.

JLPT 1

Grade A1 of DHC’s Japanese-English Patent Translator Training Course

12 years translation experience includes the following.

He has been a freelance translator for the following education technology companies.

- Coursera
- HelpHub
- BrainGroom
- StudySoup
- CodeMonkey
- ClassTag
- Simplilearn
- BeED
- Civitas Learning
- Dreambox Learning
- Donorschoose
- Schoology

Topics that he has translated papers are as follows -

- Educational technology as the theory and practice of educational approaches to learning.
- Educational technology as technological tools and media.
- Educational technology for learning management systems (LMS), such as tools for student and curriculum management, and education management information systems (EMIS).
- "Computer Studies" or "Information and communications technology (ICT)" are the newly called courses for Educational technology as an educational subject.

Some of the titles of his translated manuscripts are as follows –

- Translation of research articles on learning experiences of nursing students.
- Translation of articles on the influence and implications of CIE.
- Translation of guidelines for foreign students in universities.
- Translation of research articles on learning experiences of nursing students during their five-year course.
- Translation of articles on university programs for overseas dispatch training for students.
- Translation of articles on the difficulties and issues experienced by academic instructors of hospitalized children.
- Translation of articles regarding the comparison via text mining of views on moral guidance among school teachers.
- Translation of articles on globalization of higher education.
- Translation of articles on medical team training trials through a farce-type training model.
- Translation of articles on the development of teaching materials on local dietary culture for use in schools.
- Academic Ability Surveys Implemented by Japanese Municipal Boards of Education: Current State and Structure of Ability Survey-Based Assessment Systems.
- "History Education Perspectives’ Characteristics and Factors Contributing to their Formation among Geography and History Teachers in Japan.—A Sociological Study using Orally-narrated Teachers’ Life Stories—"
- Translation of articles on nursing administrator leadership program development and evaluation.
- Qualitative Analysis of Smart Pens’ Utilization by and its Effects on a University Freshman Class.
- Employing Eastern Traditions to Learn and Teach the “Arts of Living”: A Comparative Study Beginning with “Cuisine”.
- Advances and challenges in research for resource room instruction: From the viewpoint of jiritsu katsudo.
- Resource Room Instruction Research Trends.
- Qualitative Analysis of Smart Pens’ Utilization by and its Effects on a University Freshman Class.
- Exploratory research on primary factors for exhaustion in special education teachers.
- Development of Teaching Evaluation Index on the Basis of Questionnaire Survey.
- The effects of discussion on high school students’ beliefs regarding physical punishment.
- Existing University Reforms: A Case Study of Prefectural University of Hiroshima.
- Exploring Cooperative Learning: An Attempt to Apply Clinical Education in Practice.
- Creating an Assessment for Japanese Sign Language Development: Receptive Skills Test for Practical Application.
- Japanese Government Officials’ Learning Experiences and Benefits in Continuing Professional Education and Their Applicability in Everyday Work.
- Conceptual changes for Situation Text, Talk, and Transfer.
- Exploratory research on primary factors for exhaustion in special education teachers.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Yasuda University and Graduate School, Hiroshima, Japan

- Associate Professor, Head of Translation and Interpreting Stream, and Vice Head of International Affairs Committee
- In-house Translation Editor-in-Chief (Japanese-English Translation) as well as Translator-Interpreter training program coordinator.

In his capacity as an associate professor of translation studies, he has:

- Published/presented nationally and internationally both in Japanese and English
- Gained extensive experience of translating/checking/proofreading
- Applied mathematics research (my academic background is in financial mathematics)
- Financial documents
- Legal documents (contracts, patents, agreements)
- Internationally published educational research
- Advertising materials
- Websites
- Correspondence
- Taisho era Japanese literature, and
- Poetry
- Gained extensive experience of interpreting at meetings and conferences;
- Established and continue to manage as editor-in-chief an in-house translation group in accordance with the workflow detailed in the EN15038 translation quality process to ensure that all in-house translations are carried out professionally, and create an environment to expose students who excel on the translator training program to real translation projects;
- Created a translator training program for philology students to foster the development of skills/knowledge necessary to be able to set up and/or participate in a collaborative in-house translation project.
- Determine the necessary number of agents, their qualities, and time to complete a project.
- Conduct pre-translation research/analyses to understand a translation’s function and identify potentially troublesome lexical, grammatical and/or stylistic items.
- Take action to mitigate/manage instances of intragroup and intrapersonal dysfunctional conflict that can negatively impact distal and proximal outcom

Design, Visual Arts (Others), Fine Arts, Art History, Art Conservation, Art education, Action painting, Abstraction, Abstract Expressionism, Aesthetic, Angular, Architecture, Artifice, Arts and Crafts movement, Assemblage, Automatism, Baroque, Calligraphy

9

Japan

Kyoto Seika University, Japan

Story Manga Dept. Research Student.

- Studied technical skills and manga design under Professor Shuho Itahashi. Stanford University, California.

Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Studies.

Waseda University, Tokyo

- Language Study Fellowship

Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society upon graduation.

Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
Kyoto Seika University

Studied Japanese at with a Freeman Grant

9 years translation experience includes the following.
Kyoto International Manga Museum, Japan, Tour Guide & Translator.
- Translated text from Japanese to English for the Museum's website and overseas exhibits.
- Reviewed documents both in Japanese and English and verified accuracy of translation.
Some of his translated research papers/manuscripts are as follows –
- Symbols of Japan: thematic motifs in art and design.
- Soil liquefaction studies in Japan: state-of-the-art.
- Studies on functional foods in Japan—state of the art.
- SRC standards in Japan and comparison of various standards for CFT columns.
- Posthistorical traditions in art, design, and architecture in 1950s Japan.
- Russel Wright and Japan: Bridging Japonisme and Good Design through Craft.
- Regional Roots of Japan Packaging Design
- Scaffolds for experiencing in the new design space
- Historicizing" Contemporary Art": Some Discursive Practices in Gendai Bijutsu in Japan
- The Imperial Museums of Meiji Japan: architecture and the art of the nation
- Art, Life & Nature in Japan
- The Rejection of Isamu Noguchi's Hiroshima Cenotaph: A Japanese American Artist in Occupied Japan
- State-of-the-art treatment processes for municipal solid waste incineration residues in Japan
- A historical overview of art education in Japan
- Research of the Relationship between Changes of Sunlight Regulations and Residential Area Form-. A Case Study of China, Japan and Korea
- User-centered design: Improving viewers' learning opportunities in art museums in japan
- State-of-Art Product-Service Systems in Japan–The Latest Japanese Product-service Systems Developments
- Aesthetics and philosophy in bridge design in Japan

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Beaver Toad Software, Founder, Game Designer, Artist
- Raised 7,600 dollars through Kickstarter.com to create company's first game.
- Designed gameplay and created graphics for “Cafe Murder”.
Kyoto International Manga Museum, Japan, Tour Guide & Translator.
- Proofread essays for the book “Comics Worlds & the World of Comics.”
- International Education Research and Analysis Corporation, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
English Instructor
- Japan Exchange Teaching Program, Niigata Prefecture, Instructor.
- Planned and taught 18-20 English Conversation classes a week.

Featured in a New York Times article about foreign students of manga in Japan.

Business Management, Economics

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japan

Postgraduate Diploma of Teaching, English & ESL methods, University of Melbourne, Australia
MA, International Studies, University of Tokyo, Japan
Diploma, Japanese Language, Keio University, Japan
BA (1st class honors), Japanese and Asian Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia

Victorian Public Service, Graduate Professional Development Program 2010
Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 1

Japanese & ESL Teacher, St Albans Secondary College, Australia
Graduate Officer, Victorian Public Service Graduate Scheme, Australia
Research Analyst, Sustainable Investment Research Institute, Australia
Japanese to English Translator, Bilingual Group, Japan
English Language Instructor, Thesaurus House Language School, Japan
Research Assistant, Victoria University, Australia
Japanese-English Interpreter, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Japan
Field Researcher, University of Tokyo, Japan

Japanese to English Translation
Japanese to English Interpretation

Departmental Award for Excellence (Master Thesis, University of Tokyo)
Japanese Government Research Scholarship (Monbukagakusho)
Melbourne Abroad Language Scholarship (The Univer-sity of Melbourne)

Victorian Institute of Teaching
International Association for Public Participation

Translation, Web Content Development, Travel and Tourism, Advertising, Media/Communication (Others), Social Media, Journalism, Mass Media, Education/Career Documents/Letters, Nonverbal Communication, Brochures, Letters, Magazines, Speech Communication, Business Documents, Public Relations, Technical Writing

20

United States

Kent State University

Master of Arts in Japanese Translation

University of California, Irvine

Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Language and Culture

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Social Behavior

Translation experience includes the following.
Sentai Studios, LTD

In-house Translator

- Translated and localized original Japanese scripts & songs for television programs and OVAs.
- Also provided translations for staff & cast listings and credits. Corrected translations. Provided translators' notes. Collaborated with translators and maintained terminologies.
- Notable projects: School--Live!, Uta no Prince--sama Seasons 3 & 4, Girls beyond the wasteland (simulcasted on Hulu), Bakuon!!, Momokuri, and more
Kent State University

Translator Trainer in Translation Program

- Translator training at the top translation school in the United States. In-depth training and weekly translations of documents in the diplomatic, commercial, medical, and technical fields, as well as fiction.
- Classes in translation theory, project management, software localization, and HTML/CSS. Feedback from expert translators on how to improve work.
- Completed thesis. - Thesis: Two speakers, one audience: contrasting speeches on surrogacy presented at a sociology symposium.

Research project translation

- Assisted in Academic research project by translating into English 25 Japanese transcriptions of interviews with Japanese people who had experienced the Second World War as children, while maintaining the speakers’ speech styles.
- Translated 131 diary entries from a picture diary made by a class of elementary school students at a school in Seta during the Second World War, maintaining the writing styles of the children
- She was commended for her speed and skill in translation

MANGA Translation battle finalist

- Finalist in the Manga Translation Battle held by the Digital Comic Association with her translation of the first two chapters of ‘CHO-NO-MICHIYUKI’

Interpreter for kids media station

- Assisted as an interpreter when a group of children from Ishinomaki Children’s Newspaper came to Manchester as guests of Manchester United Football Club

Tokyo designer’s week

- Translated the caption for a project by the Japanese NPO ‘Social Artist Village’ for ‘TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK’

Workshops at Ishinomaki

- Planned and organized two English language workshops at Ishinomaki in ‘Ishinomaki NEWSée’ for Kids Media Station, where I taught the children English

Translator for Ishinomaki children’s newspaper

- Ishinomaki Children’s Newspaper is a newspaper that started a year after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and is written by the children of Ishinomaki, a town in Miyagi Prefecture that was badly hit by the disaster
- Translated articles from the newspaper while retaining the children’s voice in the texts.
- Proofread English translations, making changes in grammar and word choices to make the text run more smoothly.
- Also helped proofread and translate for other areas, such as proofreading English captions for the exhibition of photographs by a member of Ishinomaki Children’s Newspaper called"Ivy-from the affected area to Kasumigaseki-"
- She is still in contact with the people behind the newspaper and continue to provide voluntary services in proofreading and translating.

Japanese PR & Website Translator

- Translating their official website and other texts to Japanese.
- Translating the articles in their quarterly magazine to be published in Japan.
- Translation of research papers.
- Suggesting and adding ideas and alternations to their website.
- Sourcing links to the research in aromatherapy and essential oil companies in Japan for their website, Facebook and Twitter.
- Finding complementary health events and exhibitions in Japan for the members of the organization to attend.
Japan Patent Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Translator

- I was Japanese to English translator at a Japanese Government agency providing translation and editing of highly technical documentation under tight deadlines.
- Responsible for Japanese to English translation of official international diplomatic correspondence regarding intellectual property law, JPO website content, presentation materials and anti-counterfeiting public awareness marketing materials
- Acquired an advanced level of expertise on Japanese intellectual property law and application filing procedures to ensure accuracy of translated content
- Balanced heavy workloads and conflicting priorities to meet tight deadlines and exacting quality assurance standards, often working heavy overtime hours to get the job done
- Proofread and edited English-language material translated by third-party vendors

Freelance Translator and Interpreter for following companies –

- Clients include: Toyota Motors Company Australia, Calsonic Kansei, Bosch Australia, Tech Crunch SF, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Clayton Utz (a leading Australian commercial law firm), Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fukushima University, WOWOW (a Japanese Satellite TV Channel) and RMIT University Gallery.
AGORA Hospitality Group Co., Ltd.,

Translator

- Translated and revised real estate and construction contracts, quotations, project proposals and project applicant guidelines.
- Delivered high quality translations for, and provided flexibility to accommodate, last minute requests and to complete within short deadlines.
- Capable of translating complex legal Japanese contracts into plain-spoken English translations.
- For little known terms, researched the appropriate corresponding technical terms to achieve greatest clarity of translation(Language: English, Japanese)

Some of his translated research papers/manuscripts are as follow

- Social media, network heterogeneity, and opinion polariz

Anthropology of Religion, Theology/Religion, Buddhism, Bilingual Education, Modern History, Asian Studies, Japanese Literature, Humanities, Indian Religions, Theology, Music Theory, Religious Studies (Others), Asian History, Cultural Anthropology, Religious Education, Cultural History, Japanology (Japanese Studies), History of Religion

10

Japan

- MA in Buddhist Studies. From Otani University Kyoto, Japan
- Completed 1.5 years Research Student Program.
- Completed Japanese Language Program from Stanford College’s Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies Yokohama, Japan.
- BA in East Asian Studies (Minor: Religion) from Oberlin College Ohio, USA.

10 years translation experience includes the following.
Some of his translated research papers/manuscripts are as follows –
- Translation of articles on the “After Dante” paradox.
- Translation of articles on the observation of the Korean mentality.
- Translation of articles on the housing market situation during Japan's post-war control period.
- Translation of articles on political thought and religious studies.
- Translation of articles on building a support system for foreign doctors.
- Translation of articles on the political thought and religious policies in ancient Japan.
- Translation of articles regarding the examination of the Saikaid administrative system under the Ritsury Era Dazaifu.
- Translation of papers on creating an economy from non-economic factors.
- Translation of articles on analyzing differences in literary styles of Boys’ Manga using multivariate analyses.
- Translation of articles regarding building a support system for doctors by communicating with onomatopoeic expressions of pain.
- Translation of articles on study of choruses and the logic behind their use during the Asia-Pacific War.
- Translation of articles on the concept of “Remodeling the World”.
- Appointment of Confucian scholars in feudal domains: A case study of Tatsuno domain in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Translation of articles on the political thought and religious policies in ancient Japan.
- Translation of articles regarding the examination of the Saikaid administrative system under the Ritsury Era Dazaifu.
- Translation of articles on political thought and religious studies.
- Translation of articles on the housing market situation during Japan's post-war control period.
- Translation of articles on study of choruses and the logic behind their use during the Asia-Pacific War.
- Translation of articles on the observation of the Korean mentality.
- Translation of articles on the “After Dante” paradox.

Book Review: Shinbori Kanno, Kindai Bukky kydan to goeika (Modern Buddhist institutions and Goeika).Japanese Religions.

Kindai bukky gainen wo meguru ichi ksatsu: ‘tetsugaku toshiteno bukky’ naru gensetsu no seisei to tenkai [The Modern Concept of Buddhism: The Formation and Development of the Buddhism as Philosophy Discourse]. Kindai bukky 21.

Shinkanshkai: Bonds of the Dead: Temples, Burial, and the Transformation of contemporary Japanese.

Buddhism by Mark Rowe. Kindai bukky Column Bukkykei shinbun, zasshi no naka no kkoku. In Kindai bukky sutadiizu, Kond Shuntar, tani Eiichi, and Yoshinaga Shin’ichi,

MEXT Scholarship Recipient

A highly competitive scholarship sponsored by the Japanese Government Ministry of Education, Cultural, Sports, Science and Technology. Provides tuition and a living stipend to attend graduate school in Japan.

Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Scholarship Recipient

Administered by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarships Board. Provided tuition assistance for his studies at Stanford’s Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies.

Associations –

Japan Association of Translators

Nihon Kindai Bukkyshi Kenky-kai