Chinese ↔ English : Humanities & Social Sciences Translator

Design, Disaster Studies, Education, Language & Linguistics, Media/Communication, Social Sciences

5

France

PhD, Education, University of London, UK
MA, International Communication, Aoyama Gakuin Uni-versity, Japan
BA, Linguistics, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan

Japanese Language Teacher Certificate, SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London, UK
English Teacher Certificate, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports Science and Technology, Japan

Translator and Reviewer, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Japan
Associate Professor in Linguistics, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Japan
Researcher, University of London, UK
Lecturer, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
Japanese Language Teacher, Tomlinscote School, UK
Japanese Language Teacher, Eltham College Junior School, UK
English Language Teacher, Komazawa Senior High School, Japan
Translation Reviewer, Short film on Japan Service Dog Association
Translation Reviewer, Documentary on East-Japan Earthquake
Translation Reviewer, Documentary on Japanese Buddhist Statues and Temples

Media, English and Communication, Higashi Asia no Kotoba to Shakai, Sugiyama Jogakuen Research Journals, Sugiyama Jogakuen Research Journals, Journal on International Communication Studies, Intercultural Communication Studies (ICS), Asian Englishes

Japanese to English Translation
Japanese to English Reviewing

Japan Association for Media English Studies
Human Linguistics Circle
Japan Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences
Japanese Association for Asian Englishes

Law, Social Sciences, Media/Communication, Humanities

6

USA

Juris Doctor Candidate, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, Baltimore, MD
Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs and Japanese Language (magna cum laude), The George Washington University, Washington, DC

Research Assistant, University of Maryland School of Law Sales Supervisor, Mikasa, Inc.
Intern, Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

Literature, Civil Law, Comparative Law, Constitutional law, Criminal Law, General Law, Jurisprudence, Contracts, Corporate Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Law, Advertising, Mass media, Political Science, Public policy

Accounting, Energy Economics, Tax, Environmental Economics, Banking, Finance, Corporate Finance, Institutional economics, Ecological Economics, Insurance, E-Commerce, International Economics, Econometrics, International Trade, Economic History, Labor Economics, Economic Sociology, Macroeconomics, Economics, Managerial Economics, Monetary Economics, Real Estate Economics, Political Economy, Socioeconomics

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Japan

Bachelors of Arts in Political Science, Michigan State University in the U.S.
Bachelors of Arts in Commerce, Meiji University in Tokyo.

10 years translation experience includes the following.
Bloomberg News, a global business and financial news service.

Intern

- Engaging primarily in Japanese-to-English translation of business news in Japan.

English-language reporter

- Translating Japanese-language stories into English as part of daily assignments. Maruni Wood Industry Inc., Hiroshima, Japan.
- Responsible for in-house Japanese-to-English and English-to-Japanese translation, to prepare documents and correspondence regarding a range of issues from intellectual properties, treaty tax benefits to fire safety standards.
Some of his translated research papers/manuscripts are as follows –
- Translation of articles on fundamental directives related to corporation tax.
- Translation of articles on the effect of sales taxes on local sales.
- Translation of papers regarding the role of taxes in income redistribution.
- Translation of articles on excise tax evasion and tax revenue.
- Translation of articles on historical tax collection.
- Translation of articles on the effect of tax incentives on employment across industry sectors.
- Translation of articles on the effect of state-level tax on government revenue and aid to local governments.
- Translation of articles on the effects of tax incentives on investment.
- Translation of articles on local taxes and public services.
Maruni Wood Industry Inc., a wooden furniture maker in Hiroshima, Japan.

Manager of finance and corporate planning.

- Preparing the company’s annual budgets and financial statements.
- Reporting monthly earnings results to banks.
- Responsible for in-house Japanese-to-English and English-to-Japanese translation, to prepare documents and correspondence regarding a range of issues from intellectual properties, treaty tax benefits to fire safety standards.
Zeirishi-hojin PricewaterhouseCoopers, a Japanese tax arm of the global tax consulting group

Manager of Transfer Pricing

Staff of Transfer Pricing

- Providing consulting services on transfer pricing, one of the most focused area of international taxation as it can be used by multinational corporations to reduce their overall tax bills by shifting income from higher to lower tax jurisdictions.
- Preparing documentation for clients, including securities firms, electronics and consumer-goods companies, to support their compliance with transfer pricing rules. Documentation is provided either in Japanese or in English, which is subsequently translated to the other language for submission to tax authorities at home and abroad.
Bloomberg News, a global business and financial news service

English-language reporter

- Covering the foreign exchange market with the focus on the dollar-yen and the euro-dollar.
- Reporting on the Japanese financial policy at a time when the government injected public money into major banks saddled with bad debt and falling share prices.
- Covering asset securitization, through which a pool of illiquid assets, such as bad loans and mortgages, are turned into securities.
- Other areas of coverage included Japanese oil, gas and electricity companies as well as makers of telecommunications equipment.
- Translating Japanese-language news into English, as part of daily assignments.
Bridge News, a global business and financial news service

English-language reporter

- Writing daily market comments on Middle East crude oil traded in Asia, based on interviews with officials at oil majors and refiners in Japan, Singapore and other Asian countries.
- Translating Japanese-language stories into English as part of daily assignments.

Education Language, Education Elementary Education, Sinology (Chinese Studies), Secondary Education, Language Acquisition, Higher Education, Contracts, Mastery Learning, Creative Writing, Cooperative Learning, Literature, Bilingual Education, Children's Literature

10

New Zealand

University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours (Japanese)
- Research interests included lexical borrowing, translation studies and pre-modern Japanese language and society

Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours (Chinese)
- Research interests included Chinese sociolinguistics, lexical borrowing and Classical Chinese

Bachelor of Arts (double major: Japanese and Chinese)

Appen Pty. Ltd., Sydney, Australia

Transcriber
He worked on the Verdant ANZ English project,

China-Hong Kong English School, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China

Translator
He was responsible for providing translating and quality control of all English-language documentation issued by the office.

China Hong Kong English School, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China

Translator
This position provided him with the opportunity to develop cross-cultural communication skills and sensitivity as well as Chinese language skills. He was in charge of language skills for the translation of office documentation as well as interpersonal liaison between local and international staff.

Some of his Japanese translated research papers/manuscripts are as follows
-History, Chinese nationalism and the emerging Sino'Japanese conflict
-Interpreting history in Sino-Japanese relations: a case-study in political decision making
-Recent Japanese Studies of Modern Chinese History
-Obsessions with the Sino-Japanese polarity in Japanese literature
-10 The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95 and its cultural effects in Japan
-China, Japan and regional leadership in East Asia
-Learning Chinese, turning Chinese: Challenges to becoming sinophone in a globalised world
-Stirring samurai, disapproving dragon: Japan's growing security activity and Sino-Japan relations
-Sino-Japanese relations: China's perspective
-Remembering and Forgetting the War: Elite Mythmaking, Mass Reaction, and Sino-Japanese Relations.
-The security dimension of Sino-Japanese relations: warily watching one another
-Sinophiles and sinophobes in Tokugawa Japan: Politics, classicism, and medicine during the eighteenth century
-Nationalism and economic exchange: Evidence from shocks to sino-japanese relations
-The Sino-Japanese Treaty of 1978: The Senkaku Incident Prelude
-Identity and recognition: remembering and forgetting the post-war in Sino-Japanese relations China-Hong Kong English School, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China

Assistant to the General Principal; Translator

-Provided clerical assistance to the senior management.
-Recruitment and integration of international staff, including communication and payroll duties. China Hong Kong English School, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China

Oral English Teacher, Primary; Translator

-Develops cross-cultural communication skills and sensitivity as well as Chinese language skills. Hagley Community College, Christchurch, New Zealand

Technician, Home Economics Department

-Provided technical assistance to a team of educators, including purchasing and ordering, resource management and liaison with external companies and community groups.
-Behavior management in the classroom when required. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Peer Tutor, Te Puna Manawa and Pacific Tutorials programmes

-Provided tutoring and mentorship to firstand second-year university students from indigenous and Pacific Islands backgrounds.
-Provided cross-cultural communication and sensitivity. Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education-Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Research Assistant

-He provided support to a team of researchers working on a research project, including the use of databases and text-analysis software and writing transcriptions, as well as general clerical duties. Spagalimi's Ltd, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch

Front-of-House Restaurant Staff

-Used client-focused approach to customer care. It also provided me with valuable experience working to tight deadlines and developing strategies to flourish in a fast-paced frontline environment. Wanaka New World Supermarket, Wanaka

Produce Assistant and Assistant Produce Manager

-Produce Manager for a small team of retail staff.
-Trained a number of new staff members, including future managers.
-Display and sale of fresh produce and handling customer service enquiries, as well as liaison with external companies.
-As the only Japanese-speaking member of staff, he was frequently called to assist other departments with customer liaison for the many Japanese visitors to the area.

Royalty on the Run - The Legend of Princes Oke and Woke Reconstructed.New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies.

College of Arts Scholarship
Barbara Mito Reed Award

Psychology

22

USA

MA, Conference Interpretation (English & Japanese), Monterey Institute of International Studies, Canada
MA, Transpersonal Psychology, John F. Kennedy University, Canada
BA, French Literature, Gakushuin University, Japan

- Washington State Court Registered Interpreter (Japanese)
- Washington State Authorized Medical Interpreter (Japanese)
- English/Japanese Conference Interpreter Course, Japan
- Korean Language Course, Yonsei University, Korea
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- Translator/Interpreter, Nihon PTC, Japan
- Translator/Interpreter, Fujitsu Corporation, Japan
- Translator/Interpreter/Project Manager, I-Ware, Japan
- English Conversation Teacher, ECC, Japan

- English to Japanese Translation
- Japanese to English Translation
- English to Japanese Interpretation
- Japanese to English Interpretation
- Korean to Japanese Translation

NOTIS (Northwest Translators & Interpreters Society)

Humanities, Law, Media/Communication, Philosophy

10

United Kingdom

MA Creative Writing, Kingston University, UK
BA Law, Hosei University, Japan
BA Speech Communications, San Francisco State University, USA
AA, Linguistics (Hons), Foothill College, USA

Interpretation Skill Examination Level II

Interpreter and Translator for AIG ALICO Japan for meetings and magazine articles.
Interpreter and Translator for Citigroup Japan for trainings, laws and regulations.
Interpreter and Translator for Sony Corporation for Technical specifications.
Interpreter and Translator for Pacific Golf Management for documents and meetings.
Interpreter and Translator for Japan Tobacco Inc. for presentation materials.

English to Japanese Translation
Japanese to English Translation
English to Japanese Interpretation
Japanese to English Interpretation