Portuguese ↔ English : Humanities & Social Sciences Translator

Disaster Studies, Education, Media/Communication, Social Sciences, History, Humanities, Language & Linguistics, Law, Literature, Psychology

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japan

Master of Human science, University Denis Diderot, France Exchange Student,
Master of Human Science, Kansai University, Japan
Degree of Japanese language and culture (DULCO),
INALCO Langue’O, France

Japanese – JLPT 1st grade
English TOEIC 905

- English Instructor, ECC language school GLS, Japan
- Freelance Translator

- English to Japanese Translation
- Japanese to English Translation
- French to Japanese Translation
- Japanese to French Translation
- English to Japanese Interpretation
- Japanese to English Interpretation
- French to

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

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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.

Media/Communication, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Recreation and Sports, Religious Studies, Social Sciences, Visual Arts

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USA

Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Studies, Stanford University, USA

Studied Japanese at Kyoto Seika University with a Freeman Grant

Founder, Game Designer, Artist at Beaver Toad Software, USA
Freelance Translator, University of Georgia, USA
Tour Guide & Translator, Kyoto International Manga Museum, Japan
English Instructor, International Education Research and Analysis Corporation, Japan
Instructor of English conversation classes, Japan Exchange Teaching Program, Japan

New York Times

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

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

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

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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

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