Chinese ↔ English : Humanities & Social Sciences Translator

Education, academia, cultural anthropology, social anthropology, medical anthropology, medicine, bioethics, gender studies, cultural studies, international cooperation, travel, marketing, website

Italy

MA in Languages, Cultures, and Societies of Asia and Mediterranean Africa (Japan Curriculum), Ca Foscari University

Overseas program at Kobe University. Master's thesis in social anthropology: Nagashima Aiseien from Reclusion to Remembrance. Ethnography of a Hansen's Disease Sanatorium in Japan

Japanese-English, Italian-English, and English-Italian translation
CAT tools (Trados, Memsource, Lokalise, Phrase, Duda)
Translators without Borders
Japanese language and culture, anthropology, international cooperation

IELTS Academic grade 8.5, JLPT N1

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

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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.

Disaster Studies, Education, History, Humanities, Literature, Media/Communication, Philosophy, Psychology, Religious Studies, Social Sciences

5

USA

Master of Science, Science & Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Bachelor of Arts, Japanese Language and Culture, Vassar College, USA

Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 1 (JLPT1)

Business English Instructor, China Network, Japan
Assistant Language Teacher, Interac Co. Ltd., Japan
Business English Instructor, Interlang Service Inc., Japan
Assistant Compositor, Inari Information Services

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

International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Sciences of Biology (ISHPSSB)
Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S)
Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)

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

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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

Social Psychology, Sociology, Social Philosophy, Political Science, Political Science, Public policy, Political philosophy, Sociology, Social philosophy, Library & Museum Studies, Social psychology, Theology/Religion, History, Comparative Law, Literature, General Law, Anthropology, Museology

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Canada

D.Phil. Social and Cultural Anthropology from University of Oxford, UK (Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology)

Visiting Research Student in Cultural Anthropology from University of Tokyo, Japan.

M.Sc. in Social Anthropology (awarded with Distinction) from University of Oxford, UK (Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology).

Honors Bachelor of Arts in Social Cultural Anthropology (awarded with High Distinction) from University of Toronto, Canada (University College).

Honors Thesis: Refugees from Democracy: East European Roma in Toronto.

Freelance Translator with immense knowledge and experience in the field of social sciences, more specific to the sociology.

He has worked as an Independent contractor translating documents in the fields of archival sciences, psychology, philosophy, and social sciences for multiple institutes into -

- Public relations
- Marketing and sales
- Consumer research
- Human resources (personnel management)
- Insurance
- Real estate
- Training
- Entrepreneurship
- Media

Translated Japanese to English and prepared educational materials for native English teachers, the local International Friendship Association and municipal Chamber of Commerce.

Some of his translated research papers/manuscript are as follows

- Anthropology and consumer research: qualitative insights into green consumer behavior
- Toward a medical anthropology of sensations: Definitions and research agenda
- Fielding climate change in cultural anthropology
- Photography in anthropology: A report on two experiments
- Raw histories: photographs, anthropology and museums
- Visual contexts: A photographic research method in anthropology
- Doing health anthropology: Research methods for community assessment and change
- Frameworks for comparative research: Structural anthropology and the theory of action
- Visual anthropology: Photography as a research method
- Decolonizing anthropology: Moving further toward an anthropology for liberation
- Anthropology and psychiatry: The role of culture in cross-cultural research on illness
- Optimal foraging strategies and hunter-gatherer research in anthropology: Theory and models
- At the crossroads of human rights and anthropology: Toward a critically engaged activist research
- Anthropology in health research: from qualitative methods to multidisciplinarity
- Moving past public anthropology and doing collaborative research
- Collaborative anthropology as twenty-first-century ethical anthropology
- Chronicling cultures: Long-term field research in anthropology
- A social anthropology of logistics research: exploring productivity and collaboration in an emerging science
- Culture history and African anthropology: A century of research in Germany and Austria
- The ethics of anthropology and Amerindian research: Reporting on environmental degradation and warfare
- Anthropology, public policy, and native peoples in Canada
- Global forensic anthropology in the 21st century
- Aboriginal skeletal collections and research in physical anthropology: An historical perspective
- Environments and environmentalisms in anthropological research: facing a new millennium
- Indians and anthropologists: Vine Deloria, Jr., and the critique of anthropology
- Participant observation, anthropology methodology and design anthropology research inquiry
- Anthropology and the angry earth: An overview

Sanko English School, Nagano, Japan English Instructor

- Instructed high school students, focusing variously on exam preparation for upper level English proficiency testing, preparation for international exchange programs and conversational English.
- Translated (J>E) and prepared educational materials for native English teachers, the local International Friendship Association and municipal Chamber of Commerce.
- Assisted Japanese teachers with activities for elementary and junior high school students
- Instructed adult English conversation classes both at the school and in connection with the local municipal cultural center.

- Dymaxium Interactive Tools, Inc., Toronto, Canada

- Responsible for departmental management including personnel scheduling, performance reviews and project load metrics at a multimedia software firm.
- Authored training documentation for the PM department on standard project process, as well as high-level templates for software design specifications.
- Interfaced on an ongoing basis with internationally-based clients in senior management positions at major pharmaceutical companies, communicating project design details and development status during the project cycle, managing change control processes to ensure that specification change requests from the client were adequately reflected in timeline and budget forecasts.
- Worked with both clients and development personnel to design software user interface solutions within the clients budgetary constraints, with a focus on product educational materials.

Library Service Bureau, Inc., Toronto Assistant Legal Librarian

- Served in a consulting role as a contract librarian for Toronto legal and banking institutions.
- Catalogued and shelved new books as purchased by the firms and performed general maintenance operations for firm libraries, including loose-leaf filing for subscription-based legal texts.

Publications-
Consociationalism in Northern Ireland: the contribution of ethnographic study. Garm Lu, a Canadian Celtic Arts Journal.
Conference and Seminar presentations
Anthropologists of Japan in Japan Spring Meeting, Osaka Gakuin University.
American Anthropological Association 2011 Conference, Montreal, Canada.
Association of Asian Studies 2011 Conference, Honlulu, Hawii.
American Anthropological Association 2010 Conference, New Orleans, USA.
ISCA Work in Progress Seminar, University of Oxford, UK.
Nissan Institute Graduate Seminar, University of Oxford, UK.
St. Cross College Colloquium, University of Oxford, UK.
Japanese Studies Association of Canada 2009 Meeting, Lethbridge, Alberta.

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology Writing Up Bursary
Japan Association of Student Services, Ministry of Education Research Scholarship
Oxford University Sasakawa Scholarship
University of Oxford Overseas Student Award, British Government

Humanities, Philosophy, Social Sciences

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japan

Japanese Language Proficiency Test: N1
Published academic author and translator
Monbukagakusho Research Student Scholarship
Japan Studies Association of Australia Conference Postgraduate Scholarship
Australian Postgraduate Award for Higher Degree Research
Member, Golden Key International Honor Society
Member, Japan Foundation, Sydney
Member, Japanese Studies Association of Australia
Member, Asian Studies Association of Australia
Member, Association for Asian Studies

PhD School of History and Politics, University of Wollongong, Australia
BA (Science, Technology, and Society), first class honors, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Advanced Japanese Course, Japan Foundation, Sydney, Australia
Advanced Japanese Language Class, Oasis Japanese Language School, Shiki City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Published an article in Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific and another article is currently in press.
Presented papers at the Biennial Japan Studies Association of Australia, Asian Studies Conference in Japan, and Association for Asian Studies/International Convention of Asian Scholars Joint Conference on topics such as contemporary protest culture and globalization in Japan.

Other professional experience:
Research Assistant to a renowned professor at the University of Wollongong, Australia
Worked as an English teacher at AEON Shiki School
Disability Support Worker, Edmen Community Staffing Solutions, Australia
Administrative Support Officer, Australian Register of Homoeopaths Ltd., Wollongong, Australia
Administrative Assistant, Illawarra/South-east Sydney Area Health Service, Wollongong, Australia

Translation experience:

Translation and checking for International Journal of Japanese Sociology
Japanese-English translations, Asia-Japan Women's Research Center

Social Epidemiology, Public Health, Political Science, Public Policy, Social Work, History, Public Administration