Portuguese ↔ English : Humanities & Social Sciences Translator

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

Nursing, Medical Education, Geriatric nursing, Pediatric nursing, Home health nursing, Clinical Medicine, Palliative nursing, Perioperative nursing, Psychiatric and mental health nursing, Family nursing, Clinical Trial, General medicine

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Cananda

- PhD in Philosophy at the University of Tokyo
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow
- PhD Course in Philosophy at the University of Tokyo
- Master of Arts in Philosophy at the University of Tokyo
- Bache

Translated academic papers in the fields of medical education, medicine, nursing and clinical trials. Mainly: protocols, medical journals, questionnaires for patients and for doctors, package inserts, case reports, brochures, installation manuals, user manuals, etc.

Freelancer Translator-

- Translated medical article on medical effects of Fukushima fallout-
- Translated earthquake memorial radiation ecologies website for the University of Montreal

Some of her translated research papers/manuscripts are as follows –

- Feedback in clinical medical education
- Global health in medical education: a call for more training and opportunities
- Internet-based medical education: a realist review of what works, for whom and in what circumstances
- Cognitive load theory: implications for medical education
- Effects of continuing medical education on improving physician clinical care and patient health: a review of systematic reviews
- An in-depth investigation into causes of prescribing errors by foundation trainees in relation to their medical education
- Faculty development, teacher training and teacher accreditation in medical education: twenty years from now
- Physiology and body functions teaching by nurse educators.
- Recent Graduate Interview Results on the Public Health Nurse Curriculum.
- Effects of a medical safety ethics education program on newly graduated nurses.
- Elucidating learning strategies in nursing skills acquisition development of a scale and examination of related factors.
Eisai Pharmaceutical Corporation

In-house translator

- Translation of reports, material for presentations and others from Japanese to English.
- Translation of Web materials concerning FDA and EMEA notices from English to Japanese.
Boston Scientific Japan Corporation

In-house translator and editor

- Translation of materials created by US head office, i.e. Clinical study reports, Case reports, etc.
- Checking translations done by outside translation vendors
- Editing documents for application for approval
Tyco Healthcare Japan

In-house translator

- Translation of package inserts (instructions for use) and instruction manuals attached to medical devices
- DTPs using MS word, Adobe FrameMaker, Photoshop, Illustrator Management of project schedules
- Editing
- Filing
International Medical Information Center

Translation coordinator and in-house translator

- Translating “Abstract” of medical journals for JAPIC database
- Arrange translation projects and assign jobs to outside translators
- Checking translations from outside translators
Hogan & Hartson LLP, Tokyo, Japan

In-House Translator & Interpreter,

- Translation: Discovery phase of major Japanese pharmaceutical company’s litigation. Patents, research notes, articles and other documents related to invention, production, animal and clinical testing notes and analyses, tablet coating and release studies, commercialization; Legal documents: initial patent application, related patents, past oppositions and negotiations -Interpretation: Video, telephone and office conferences between Tokyo and New York office attorneys and clients

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Tokyo

Professor - Department of Philosophy

- Delivered lectures in this University

Membership:

- Medical Interpreters & Translators Association

Won the fourth prize at “The Annual JAT Contest for New and Aspiring Translators” (Japan Association of Translators)

Music, Musical Instruments, Fine Arts, Music History, 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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United States

Manhattan School of Music

Degree: Masters of Music

- Concentration: Piano Performance with Nina Svetlanova
- Relevant Courses: Piano Pedagogy with Dr. Marjean Olson
- Relevant Courses: Music Theory with Dr. Nils Vigeland

Manhattan School of Music

Degree: Bachelors of Music

- Concentration: Piano performance with Solomon Mikowsky
- Relevant Courses: Piano Pedagogy with Dr. Marjean Olson

Toho School Music

High School Diploma

- Piano performance with Yoriko Kojima
- Music Theory with Nobuyoshi Iinuma

12 years translation experience includes the following.

Collaboration with poet, Ezequiel Zaidenwerg for American Poetry Anthology.

Translation work for Angel’s Share Inc.

Assistance research work for Zen-on Music Publishing for Ravel Oeuvres Completès Pour Piano.

Some of his translated papers are as follows –

- Music training improves verbal memory
- Communication, music, and speech about music
- Performance analysis of root-MUSIC
- The social psychology of music.
- Community music therapy
- The rhythmic structure of music
- Music, gender, education
- Explaining music: Essays and explorations
- The importance of music to adolescents
- Emotions in strong experiences with music.
- Music and imagination
- Emotional expression in music.
Felician College

Music Department, Adjunct Professor

- Teach private piano lessons
- Preparing private students for solo recitals, accompanying concerts, auditions, and juries
- Build appropriate repertoire based on each student’s abilities and needs
- Develop technique plan fitted for each individual student
- Develop their technical, theoretical, and historical knowledge of music
- Build curriculum for Basic Piano II group class
- Teaching Basic Piano II class, a group class of individuals with variety of levels in piano skills
Beth Elohim after School Program

Instructor, piano

- Teach private classes for ages 5 to 13, for 15-20 students a trimester
- Organize one to two concerts per year
- Setting of curriculum for each student
- Preparing students towards recitals, school concert events, and auditions
- Hold parent-teacher conferences
Yuko Suzuki Piano Studio

Founder

- All levels, from ages 4 to 83, for 8-15 students a year
- Preparation ranging from solo recitals, auditions, school shows, and coaching prize-winning students for regional competitions
- Setting up curriculum for each individual students, with a goal of heightening of musical abilities, confidence, and poise in performance situation
- Organizing of two concerts a year, setting of itinerary, securing of location, preparation of students, and organizing of reception party
Manhattan School of Music Pre-college Division

Substitute instructor, chamber ensemble

Voluntary activities

WHCAP, a non-profit project for Arts Empowerment in Washington Heights

- Helping set up and organization of public events
Volunteer work for The Dome Project
- Assisting of completion of art installation

Performance and Awards
- Solo recital at National Opera Association of America.
- Various recitals and auditions as accompanist.
- Concentration on low-brass music, of about 25 a year.
- Solo Recital at Steinway Hall.
- Solo Recital at the Alliance Francaise.
- Performance at New York Historical Society.
- Southern Youth Music Festival.
- Young Artist Division, First Place.
- YKAA International Piano competition.

Cultural History, Linguistics, Diplomatic History, Literature, History of Economics, Urban Studies, World History, History of Religion, Language Education, Anthropology, Theology, Cultural History

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Japan

- PhD in Modern Japanese History from University of California, Berkeley.
Christian Culture and Military Rule: Assimilation and its Limits during the First Decade of Japan’s Colonial Rule in Korea, 1910-1919.
Examination Fields: Modern Japan, Colonial Studies, Historical Sociology.
- BA in Major: East Asian Languages and Cultures Indiana University at Bloomington.
- Visiting Scholar in Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
- Visiting Scholar in University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
- Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, Yokohama.

9 years translation experience includes the following.

Translation of history and business-related documents, such as email correspondences and in-house documents, CSR-related presentations and documents, corporate brochures, etc.

Translation of books, most notable being one about a cultural history of Japanese cinema.

Translation of application guidebooks and information of schools for foreign students for various universities including Takushoku University and Tsukuba University.

Some of his translated papers/manuscripts are as follows –

- Meaning of kagezen and osonae in the literary imagination. -       Handicrafts as occupations for women in local communities. -       Japanese cultural scripts. -       Foreign nursing candidates and bilateral economic partnership agreements. -       Lecture and panel discussion of supply and demand in global energy. -       Social capital of welfare states and its significance for health of the population. -       Critical factors influencing customer satisfaction regarding e-government services.
Lecturer, University of California, San Diego, Department of History,

Historiographies of the State in Twentieth Century Japan.

Designed syllabus and led graduate seminar on the state in twentieth century Japan.

East Asia and the West, 1911-2010

Designed syllabus, organized and administered course for large survey course covering the twentieth century histories of China, Japan and Korea.

Directed four graduate Teaching Assistants.

East Asia and the West, 1279-1911,

Designed syllabus for large undergraduate survey course covering the histories of China, Japan and Korea between the Mongol invasions and the emergence of western imperialism.

Administered course and directed four graduate Teaching Assistants.

Society and Culture of Twentieth Century Japan: Youth in Modern Japanese History

Designed syllabus, organized and administered course for large upper division course on the experience of youth in modern Japanese history, 1868-2011.

Directed two graduate Teaching Assistants.

History of Japan: Mid-Nineteenth Century to the U.S. Occupation,

Designed syllabus, organized and administered course for large upper division course on modern Japanese history, 1868-1945.

Directed two graduate Teaching Assistants.

The Meiji Period in Japan as Historiography

Designed syllabus and led graduate seminar on the historiographical uses of Japan’s Meiji period (1868-1912) as a metaphor for Japanese modernity.

Lecturer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Department of History,

Christianity in East Asia.

Conducted undergraduate seminar examining how Christianity has shaped the modern and early modern histories of Japan, Korea and China.

Redesigned syllabus as an upper-division lecture course for the spring session.

Modern East Asian History- from 1600 to the present,

Designed course syllabus, organized and administered course.

Directed graduate Teaching Assistant.

His selected publications are as follows –

Christian Culture and Military Rule: Assimilation and its Limits during the First Decade of Japan’s Colonial Rule in Korea, 1910-19. Ph.D. dissertation. University of California, Berkeley.

“Constructing the Divine Nation: Empire and Providence in the Thought of Ebina Danj,” in Social Science Japan.

“Nihon teikoku no shihaika ni okeru ch'sen kirisutoky seinenkai to seishinteki kyiku no senryaku” (The Korean Young Men’s Christian Association under Japanese Colonial Rule and Strategies of Spiritual Education), Kankokugaku no furonteiaa (Frontiers of Korean Studies, (Japanese-language article)

“Mission Vitalisatrice: Tokutomi Soh and Maeil Sinbo during the First Decade of Japan’s Colonial Rule in Korea, 1910-19”

Research

Postdoctoral Fellow, Doshisha University, Department of Sociology, Kyoto, Japan,

Lecturer, University of Texas, Austin, Department of Asian Studies,

Introduction to Japan: Archipelago, State and Culture,

-       Designed syllabus, organized and administered lower division introduction course to Japanese history, 7th c.-present
-       Directed graduate Teaching Assistant

Imperial Japan: 1868-1945,

- Designed syllabus, organized and administered course on modern Japanese history, 1868-1945.
-       Directed graduate Teaching Assistant.

Christianity in Modern Asia,

-       Designed syllabus and administered undergraduate senior seminar on the early modern and modern encounters between Christianity and several Asian countries, including China, Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Indonesia.

Religion, Culture and History in Modern Japan,

-       Designed syllabus and led graduate seminar examining the intersection between religion and culture in modern Japanese history.
Speaker

Chair, Organizer and Panelist for “Global Christianity and Imperial J

- F. Hilary Conroy Award, Association for Asian Studies.
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowship.
- Dissertation Write-up Fellowship, Department of History, UC Berkeley.
- Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship, Graduate Division, UC Berkeley.
- IIE Fulbright Research Felllowship to South Korea.
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Short-term Researcher Fellowship.
- Japan Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship.
- Foreign Languages and Area Studies Academic Year Fellowship for Korean Language.
- Foreign Languages and Area Studies Summer Fellowship for Korean Language.
- UC Berkeley, Center for Japanese Studies Fellowship.
- Foreign Languages and Area Studies Summer Fellowship for Korean Language.
- Foreign Languages and Areas Studies Academic Year Fellowship for Japanese Language.
- Certificate for Passing First Level of Japanese Language Proficiency Examination.
Associations
- Association for Asian Studies.
- American Historical Association.

Humanities, Law, Media/Communication, Philosophy

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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

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

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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