Portuguese ↔ English : Humanities & Social Sciences Translator

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)

Disaster Management, Risk Management, Emergency Management, Cultural and Ethnic Studies, International Relations, Policy Studies, Environmental Policy

10

japan

PhD in International and Public Affairs, Graduate School of Social Sciences Institute, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
MA in International Development, University of Pittsburgh, USA
MA in Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
BA in Policy Management, Keio University, Japan

Translator, World Vision, Tokyo, Japan
Instructor in International Understanding & Risk Management, Waseda Hoshien, Tokyo, Japan
Academic Translator in Social & Environmental Sciences (including environmental conservation & crisis management), Translation Agency, Tokyo, Japan
Translator in Marketing for Dentsu Inc., Tokyo, Japan

Fulbright Scholar, Japan-United States Educational Commission.
Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Certificate and Award

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.

Environmental Studies, History, Humanities, Literature, Media/Communication, Social Sciences, Religious Studies, Performing Arts

8

France

MA, Comparative Civilizations, Rikkyo Univeristy, Japan
BA, French Literature, Rikkto University, Japan

Clerk, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
Salesperson, Bookoff France, France
Salesperson, Junkudo Book Sotre, Japan
English Teacher, Waseda Academy, Japan
Accountant, Seisei-sha Ltd., Japan
Edited academic papers in the fields of Sociology, Philosophy, Law, Finance and Economics

Gendai Shisoh, Tokyo Daigaku Shuppankai

English to Japanese Translation
French to Japanese Translation
English to Japanese Editing

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

Humanities, Law

7

USA

Joint Juris Doctor/Master of Environmental Management, Yale Law School, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT
Bachelor of Arts, Japanese Language and Literature, Music Composition (summa cum laude), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Research Assistant, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, New Haven, CT
Teaching Fellow, Yale University Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, New Haven, CT
Summer Legal Intern, Natural Resources Defense Council, Santa Monica, CA
Summer Legal Intern, Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA), Mexico City, Mexico

Disaster management, Environmental policy, Waste Management, Language and Linguistics, Literature, Performing Arts, Animal law/Animal rights, Civil Law, Civil procedure, Comparative Law, Constitutional law, Criminal Law, Environmental Law, General Law, Torts, Contracts, Corporate Law, International Law, Property Law, Tax Law