Chinese ↔ English : Humanities & Social Sciences Translator

Translation, Poetry, Language Education, Asian Studies, Language & Linguistics, Japanology (Japanese Studies), Children's Literature, Ethno linguistics, English Literature, Japanese Literature, Modern Languages, Cultural and Ethnic Studies

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United Kingdom

University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

B.A. Japanese Studies. Hons

Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Japanese Studies Programme

Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan

East Asia Studies Programme

Ilford County High School, London, UK

Ashinaga, Tokyo (Japan)

Translation
Translation at Ashinaga, an NPO that supports the education of disadvantaged students in Japan and Subsaharan Africa. His duties included:
Japanese-English, English-Japanese translation of various documents, such as articles, book chapters, workbooks, survey results, blog posts, letters, and emails;
Japanese-English interpretation during meetings;
Writing and reviewing English-language documents.

Translation Associate, Ashinaga, Japan

Translated various documents related to articles, book chapters, workbooks, survey results, blog posts, letters and emails
Japanese - English interpretation during meetings
Proofreading English-language documents

Communication Associate, Atom Plastic

Responsible for assisting the company to contact prospective distributors in Japan
Translated the product database from Japanese to English to improve their international reach.

Some of his translated research papers/manuscripts are as follows-

Translation of Children's Literature as a Function of its Position in the Literary Polysystem
Ways of the illustrator: Visual communication in children's literature
Written for children: An outline of English-language children's literature
Unsettling narratives: Postcolonial readings of children's literature
International companion encyclopedia of children's literature
Children's literature comes of age: toward a new aesthetic
The other: Orientalism, colonialism, and children's literature
Kiddie lit: The cultural construction of children's literature in America
Stories Matter: The Complexity of Cultural Authenticity in Children's Literature.
Artful dodgers: reconceiving the golden age of children's literature
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Nebula Group Ltd

Education Consultant, Writer and Editor

Wrote/edited a large amount of materials for the i-learner online language-learning platform, and material for the company's marketing department
Designed and led English Language workshops/courses
Graded Assignments and liaised with parents to assure company targets were met
Designed and hosted English immersion programmes for schools
River Thames Guide Ltd.

General Assistant

Edited/Proof-read promotional articles
Promotional/sales activities for the website
In Partnership, Inc.
In-house editor and Japanese to English translator.
Wizard Publications, Inc.
Japan-based coordinator of the translation of their guidebooks; translator for their financial contracts.
Meiji Gakuin University
English lecturer in Center for Liberal Arts.
Keio University, Shonan-Fujisawa Campus
lecturer: Speaking/Listening, Reading courses.
EDEC Publishing Company
Writer, assistant editor, and translator for the Progress in English textbook series.

Excelled in all translation related final examinations.
Topped in graduation thesis An assessment of Japan's Premodern Economic Development and the Role of the Osaka Futures Exchange in the Emergence of Consumerism.
Awarded the MEXT scholarship to study 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

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

Law, Social Sciences

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Australia

PhD Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University Master of East Asian Studies, Australian National University, Faculty of Asian Studies Graduate Diploma in Political Science, Australian National University, Political Science Department Certificate in Teaching Japanese as a Second Language, Arc Academy, Osaka, Japan Certificate in Paralegal Studies, Georgetown University, US

Fulltime translator of business and technical documents for a major US conglomerate in the translation industry
Faculty Research Assistant, Faculty of Social Welfare, University of Osaka Prefecture, Japan (including translating and interpreting responsibilities)
Interpreter at various international conferences such as World Environmental Conference, Very Special Arts Conference, and International Disability Conference
Freelance translator in social sciences, social epidemiology, public policy, and public health
Assisted public offices including prosecutors as an interpreter and translator in Japanese and English

She has published papers on the welfare systems and geriatrics care in Japan in the Social Science Japan journal and in a publication of the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University.
She also presented a paper analyzing the Japanese welfare system at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University

Other Professional Experience
Consultant, World Bank Group, Global Mobility and Work Life Program, Zambia
Consultant, Philippines Australia Governance Facility, Manila, Philippines
International Liaison Officer for The International VAWE Project: A Study of Welfare
English teacher, Bilingual Academy, Osaka Japan
Conducted training at various welfare-related organizations, such as Hirakata City Council, Hirakata Welfare Council, and Correctional Institute of Osaka
Voluntary activities for community development projects in Malawi, Zambia, and Philippines through Japanese
Associations, Asian Women's Associations, International Women's Associations, Swedish School, Alliance Franchise, and other community organizations and specific projects
Research Assistant, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra

National Capital Area Paralegal Association (NCAPA)
Full PhD scholarship, Australian National University
PhD tuition scholarship, Australian National University Highlights
Visiting Research Fellowship, Institute of Social Sciences, Tokyo University
Published academic author

Law, Social Sciences, Media/Communication, Humanities

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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

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