Chinese ↔ English : Business & Economics Translator

Business Management, Economics, Media/Communication, Philosophy, Social Sciences

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japan

Master in religious studies, Apologetics, Luther Rice University& Seminary, USA
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan

Translated, proofread & edited various documents as equity-research reports, press releases, and academic papers
Freelance contributor to a global news agency serving the legal community, Japan
Wrote news summaries and articles related to regulatory issues, Japan
Translator, Reporter and Editor of News & academic papers, Japan & US

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

Business Management, Economics, Law

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japan

PhD Foreign Language Instruction, University of Kansas, USA
MA Teaching English as a Second Language, University of Kansas, USA
BA English and American Literature, Waseda University, Japan

Japanese Instructor for BUSINESS & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS at the University of Georgia
Instructor of English, TOEFL Seminar, Tokyo, Japan
Translator at ITP Strategic, California, USA
Translator at Shin International, Kansas, USA
Teaching Assistant in Japanese, University of Kansas, Kansas, USA
Research & Teaching Consultant in English at TS Group, Tokyo, Japan
Columnist for Ryugaku Kenkyu, published by YIC Publishing, Tokyo, Japan
Associate Professor at Nippon Institute of Technology, Saitama, Japan
Lecturer in English, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Wrote master's thesis on the difficulties faced by Japanese students in pronunciation of English words and their strategies for dealing with this issue. Wrote a dissertation on the effectiveness of psycholinguistic reading method for Japanese college students

English to Japanese translation
Japanese to English translation

Economic Sociology, Labor Economics, Welfare Economics, Management Information Systems, Branding/Brand Management, Strategy, Institutional economics, Operations Management, General Management, Project Management, Corporate Finance, Risk Management, Development Economics, Servicing, Ecological Economics, Organizational Behavior

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Japan

- M.B.A. from Harvard University
Graduate School of Business Administration, Boston, Massachusetts
- Certificate from Economics Institute, Boulder, Colorado
- B.A. Economics from Keio University, Tokyo
- Gifu-Kita High School, Gifu
- Napa Senior High School, Napa, California
- Eiken Grade 1 (with Award for Excellence)
- TOEFL

He has translated numerous complex business websites, pamphlets, company brochures.

He has worked as a trusted freelance translator for following companies/institutes for their business management related translations–

- Research institute of Economy, Trade and Industry
- Bussan Career Partners
- Knowledge Management Cluster
- Sunlane Media
- Nikko Citigroup Limited
- Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
- Asian Market Access, Tokyo
- IBJ Securities Co., Ltd. Some of his translated research papers/manuscripts are as follows –
- The foundations of welfare economics
- Applied welfare economics with discrete choice models
- Integrating equity and efficiency in applied welfare economics
- On the aggregation of money measures of well-being in applied welfare economics
- Integrating equity and efficiency in applied welfare economics
- Beyond revealed preference: choice-theoretic foundations for behavioral welfare economics
- The revolution in welfare economics and its implications for environmental valuation and policy
- Sen's capability approach to welfare economics
- Welfare Economics and the Theory of the State
- The welfare economics of a biofuel tax credit and the interaction effects with price contingent farm subsidies
- Behavioral welfare economics
- Price-independent welfare prescriptions
- The scope and status of welfare economics
- Set-valued optimization in welfare economics
- The welfare economics of price supports in US agriculture
- The foundations of welfare economics
- Sufficient statistics for welfare analysis: A bridge between structural and reduced-form methods
- The foundations of welfare economics
- Why equity cannot be separated from efficiency: the welfare economics of progressive social pricing
- Applied Policy, Welfare Economics, and Mill's Half-Truths
- Applied Welfare Economics and Frisch's Conjecture
- Non-paternalistic altruism and welfare economics
- An interview with Paul Samuelson: welfare economics “old” and “new”, and social choice theory
- Welfare economics and social choice theory

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sumitomo Riko Company Limited (formerly Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.)

Group Head
- Responsible for overall legal matters of both domestic and international
- Review of various types of agreements, preparation of agreements; corporate documents (articles / memoranda of association, bylaws), drafting of company rules; legal training / education of group-wide employees (compliance, corporate governance)
- Led and negotiated several M&A transactions of German, Italian and Brazilian companies (mid-sized transactions) and a transactions of change of control of Thai and Korean companies
- Ongoing legal dialogues of the companies above and of other joint venture companies in India, China, Mexico and Poland

   The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd. (“BTM”) European Credit Division, London

General Manager
- Responsible for all non-Japanese credits, i.e. corporate, sovereign and financial institutions in Europe (including Central and Eastern Europe), Russia, Central and Western Asia, Middle East and Africa
- In addition to individual credits, introduced latest credit risk management system based on the portfolio approach and tools such as KMV analysis and real time stock price monitoring system
- Types of risks covered ranged from credit risks, market risks, settlement and other operational risks
- Member of the Audit Committee which monitors credit risk, market risk, operational risk, compliance risk, reputation risk and other relevant risk matters of the Bank’s activities in Europe in general

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Trust Company (“BTMT”), New York

Senior Vice President and General Manager, Credit Administration
- Responsible for all non-Japanese credits booked at BTMT as well as BTM New York Branch
- Served as loan committee chairman and chief credit officer of BTMT
- Oversaw and managed both healthy credits as well as problem accounts

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. International Corporate Finance Division, Tokyo

Chief Manager
- Responsible for global relationship strategies toward non-Japanese customers with specific emphasis on North American and European corporations
- Consistent marketing approach at various offices of the Bank
- Development of relationship profitability measurement system

The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd. (“BOT”) Overseas Corporate Finance Division, Tokyo

Deputy General Manager
- Credit sanctions for BOT’s North American and European corporate customers worldwide that exceed certain local credit authorities
- Consistent marketing approach at various offices of the Bank
- Development of the Bank’s strategy toward the non-Japanese credit portfolio

The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd. Shinjuku Office, Tokyo

Deputy General Manager
- Responsible for general branch management and corporate relationships

BOT Financial Corporation, Boston

Senior Vice President
- One of three seconded staff from the Bank to this full-fledged U.S. leasing subsidiary of BOT newly acquired from Bank of New England
- This new subsidiary was BOT’s first acquisition in the U.S. investment banking business bearing strategic importance to the Bank
- Acted as a member of the management committee
- Specific assignment included overseeing marketing activities to Japanese customers in the U.S., liaison/coordination function with the parent bank (BOT) on issues like corporate budgeting

Agricultural economics, Banking, Consumer economics, Corporate Finance, Development economics, Economic history, Economic sociology, Economic systems, Economics, Finance, Financial economics, Growth economics, Industrial organization, International economics, International Trade, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Monetary economics and Political economy.

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United States

M.S., Economics, Business Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.
B.S., Economics, Agricultural Economics, University of Hokkaido, Japan.

Research Analyst, Nomura Research Institute, U.S.

Researched and analyzed data on securities and asset management industries as input used by the senior researcher's analysis and presentations.

Translated presentation slides from Japanese to English for the local audience.

Vice President, Risk Governance & Reporting, Chartis Insurance, U.S.

Reviewed and assessed key processes and controls within Chartis Credit Risk functions and identified process improvement opportunities.

Reviewed and streamlined processes for International and Domestic credit operations.

Highlighted and discussed with Credit Risk managers any risks and control gaps that could result in unforeseen financial / operational exposure.

Vice President, Credit Policy & Compliance, Chartis Insurance, U.S.

Issued monthly compliance reports, policies and procedures to be submitted to and discussed with senior management. In addition, conducted portfolio analysis of high-risk exposure clients and presented the results to Credit Committee Meetings held bimonthly.

Vice President, Americas Credit Division, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., U.S.

Credit analyses and recommendations of Fortune 1000 companies.

Assessed borrowers seeking syndicated and other loans; analyzed financial statements, competitive positioning, strategies, and industry structure before presenting lending recommendations to executive officers and Board of Directors.

Evaluated cash flow projections through complex statistical and financial models.

Saved the bank millions of dollars by forecasting downward trend in media company customer's creditworthiness; designed and prepared responsive obligor tear sheets to present creditworthiness snapshot that enabled executives to make prompt decisions.

Vice President, Investment Banking Credit Division, Bank of Tokyo, Mitsubishi, Ltd., U.S.

Key position performing credit analyses of structured financing for new and existing credit limits ranging from $10 million to $500 million.

Analyzed structural considerations, revolving period, early amortization events, cash flow allocation, eligibility criteria and lockbox arrangements mitigating commingling risks.

Books providing in-depth analysis of economic policies.

Strategy, Management Education, Supply chain management, Management Information Systems, Technology Management, Marketing, Law and Economics, Operations Management, Managerial economics, Project Management, Consumer Economics, Risk Management, Economic Sociology, Servicing, Accounting, Strategy, Corporate Finance, Supply Chain Management, E-Commerce, Technology Management, Behavioral Economics, Sustainable Development, Management, Organizational Behavior, Business, Accounting, Business Management (Others), Corporate Finance, Corporate Social Responsibility, E-Commerce

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United States

MBA, University of Hawaii, USA
BA, Brigham Young University, USA

9 years translation experience includes the following.

Currently a translator with us for many years.

KPMG Consulting Co., Ltd. Tokyo, JAPAN

Full-time in-house translator.

In charge of translating all daily Japanese communications from the business operations unit into English. Examples: Medium-term management plan, organizational updates, company policy documents and employee manuals, communications from C-level executives, human resources, learning & development, general administration, marketing, accounting, information security and other internal functions.
Translated the company intranet into English and launched an internal translation request flow for the consulting practice using SharePoint.
Translated and proofread various client deliverables, including proposals, reports, presentation materials, and manuals (especially those related to Risk Consulting and Internal Audit).
Regularly translated introductory-level knowledge (for internal use) on topics such as RPA, fintech and bit coin. Amitt Co., Ltd. Tokyo, JAPAN

Project coordinator, translator and proofreader

Coordinated the entire process of multilingual translation, interpreter dispatch, and overseas research projects.
Discussed and communicated project requirements in both English and Japanese with international clients, translators, proofreaders, and interpreters.
Led in-house Japanese to English translations, proofreading, and editing.
Reviewed translations in a variety of languages to ensure quality; provided guidance and feedback to freelancers.
Mais Co., Ltd. Tokyo, JAPAN

Web content writer and translator (paid internship)

Proposed and wrote article content in English for the expat community in Japan.
Translated and proofread documents in Excel and Word (e.g., healthcare app interface and terms list, reference guidebook for expats, advertising copies).
Brainstormed and discussed ideas for website design and new projects.

Some of his translated research papers/manuscripts are as follows

The relationship between sustainable development and corporate social responsibility
Developing capabilities and competence for sustainable business management as innovation: a research agenda
Sustainable Business Management: Conceptual Framework and Application
Corporate motivations for environmental sustainable development: exploring the role of consumers in stakeholder engagement
Collective ideals and practices in sustainable development: managing corporate identity
Sustainable development in practice: case studies for engineers and scientists
International business, corporate social responsibility and sustainable development
Corporations, stakeholders and sustainable development I: a theoretical exploration of business society relations
Sustainable project life cycle management: the need to integrate life cycles in the manufacturing sector
Management for sustainable development and its impact on firm value in the SME context: Does size matter
Sustainable development: a review of the international development, business and accounting literature

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Manager, International, eBay, Inc., USA

BMO CAPITAL MARKETS

Vice President, US Securitization Group

Assisted and or/managed transaction processes including structuring, documentation and coordination of clients, rating agencies, internal credit and legal counsels in timely fashion.
Assisted and or/led sales process to further develop key client relationships and prospective clients.

Associate, US Securitization Group

Assisted vice presidents/managing directors in all facets of transaction process, including structuring, documentation, obtaining of internal approvals and ratings from rating agencies. Provided written annual reviews of completed transactions.
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA

Associate, Securitization Group

Assisted vice president/managing director in all facets of transaction process, including structuring, documentation, drafting of servicer reports and working with other co-purchasers where Citicorp acted as lead agent.
Provided annual reviews of completed transactions.

Associate, Global Relationship Banking Group

Responsible for research, analysis, and completing approval packages for unsecured and/or secured corporate domestic/international loans to Fortune 500 clients.
Assisted senior relationship manager in cross-selling diverse corporate banking products to existing clients.

Finance and accounting, media and entertainment, banking, economics and general business, international trade.

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United States

- M.B.A., International Business, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.
- B.S., Magna cum laude, Japanese and Theoretical Linguistics, Georgetown University, U.S.

- Director, Standard & Poors Ratings Services, NY, U.S.
- Managing Director - Credit, Natixis Capital Markets, NY, U.S.
- Vice President - Fixed Income Research, Credit Suisse First Boston, NY, U.S.
- Vice President-Senior Credit Officer

- Translated various books on Japanese Bookbinding styles and published by Weatherhill, Tokyo.
- Translated and edited articles for Japan Echo Inc.s, flagship publication, Japan Echo and other documents for corporate and government clients.
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Associate member, American Translators Association.
Standard & Poor's Certified Credit Ratings Analyst for Corporate and Financial Institutions Ratings.