Chinese ↔ English : Business & Economics Translator

Finance, Banking, Insurance, Legal, Marketing, Business and Information technology

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United States

M.S., Public Administration, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California, U.S.
B.A., International Studies with minor in economics, University of Oregon, Eugene, U.S.

Accounts Manager, Fallon Benefits Group, Georgia, U.S.

Translated all employee benefits related documents (medical, life and ancillary insurances, retirement, wellness, and others) from English to Japanese and Japanese to English.

Japanese legal document translator/reviewer, Nelson Mullin S Riley & Scarborugh, LLP, Atlanta, U.S.

Supported attorneys to identify critical documents for worldwide medical product liability class action involving several countries including Japan.

Researched, identified, and analyzed critical documents through electronic database.

Translated critical documents from Japanese to English to prepare for deposition.

Redacted confidential information in the documents, conducted quality control and prepared the production for those documents.

Japanese translator/reviewer, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, U.S.

Identified critical documents and price fixing scheme on worldwide LCD antitrust class action involving several countries including Japan.

Investigated, identified, and reviewed critical documents through electronic data base, summarized/translated these documents from Japanese to English and reported those to attorneys.

Analyzed information such as corporate organization structure, deponents? history & background, and conspiracy schemes.

Identified redacted words on English version documents.

Marketing Assistant/ office manager, Sompo Japan Insurance Company of America, Atlanta, U.S.

Translated renewal documents, claim report, and statistical data from English to Japanese.

Japanese financial Information Analyst, translator, Mergent Incorporation, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. Translated financial and business data for U.S., European, and Japanese companies. Updated and maintained financial database to sell the financial information products in both U.S. and Japan.

Analyzed and translated global companies quarterly earnings report, annual report and other financial documents.

Updated income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flow of Japanese companies for financial database.

Financial & Marketing Assistant, NEC Solutions Incorporation, Santa Clara, California, U.S.

Translated customer and sales information, manufacturing and software information, all budget and sales projection information and product manual information.

Interacted with external developers, licensers, and attorneys to support the development and implementation of the business unit?s overall growth strategy.

Translated license, royalty, and product liability agreements.

Hybrid role that combined duties of office manager and financial and marketing assistant in Multimedia Software Group.

Supported marketing, sales and promotion for game softwares.

Chairman Secretary, Epson Research & Development Incorporation, San Jose, California, U.S.

Supported the research, planning and development of joint R&D projects with strategic partners to generate new business in information, biological and nano technologies.

Financial Accountant, Union Bank of California, San Francisco, California, U.S.

Translated variety of financial documents including investment report, quarterly report, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times from English to Japanese for Japanese Expatriates.

Supported executive management in Office of the President /Planning & Coordination Department with a variety of financial tasks, including merger activities and monitoring budget and expenses.

Researched, analyzed and monitored bank acquisition activities in the California market.

Provided a variety of financial analysis support including stock price and annual reporting of information.

Intern, UNICEF East Asia & Pacific Regional Office ( EAPRO), Bangkok, Thailand

Georgia Life & Health Insurance Agent License.
Georgia Property & Casualty Insurance Agent License.

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.

Chemistry, Engineering, Material Science & Engineering

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japan

MS, Material Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Marketing and Business Development Manager, Yamaha Corporation, Japan

Japanese to English Translation
English to Japanese Translation

Business Management, Economics, Law

12

Australia

MCom Information System, Central Queensland University, Australia
MBA Charles Sturt University, Australia
BB Accounting, Edith Cowan University, Australia

Advanced Certificate in Applied Language (Japanese), Perth College of TAFE, Australia

Web Localization Project Manager for UBS Warburg
Translator of websites for Australia Pacific Rim Pty. Ltd.
Translator and Instructor at Apple Foreign Language School

Japanese to English Translation

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

12

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.

Corporate Finance, Macroeconomics, Accounting, Public finance, Finance, Management, Banking, Risk Management, International economics, Project Management, International business, Risk Management, Risk management, Servicing

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Australia

- Graduate Diploma in Banking & Finance (Chisholm Institute - now Monash University).
- Graduate Diploma in Japanese Studies - Monash University.
- Bachelor of Science (Majors in Mathematics & Japanese) - Monash University.

Worked as a freelance translator/writer for many reputed finance houses and companies such as:

Japanese government sponsored – Law Translation Project

Knowledge Management Cluster

Non-Japanese Securities House

Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.

Lingua Franca, Tokyo

Asian Market Access, Tokyo

IBJ Securities Co., Ltd

He has carried out the translation of reports on Japanese listed companies, business, finance-related legal documents, reports for the equity research division, and monthly reports on the Japanese economic and political situation.

Translated more than 947,018 characters for us alone.

Translated various correspondence and documents relating to business establishment of financial institutions in Japan.

Translation of monthly report on the Japanese economic and political situation.

Translation of reports originally issued by Nomura Securities, Tokyo-Mitsubishi Securities, Bloomberg etc. (Topics included Japanese Media Industry, GHLC)

Translation and re-writing of Japanese language research reports for presentation as English

language reports to be distributed to worldwide clients.

Translation and editing of internal credit reports and client company reports used for external market purposes.

Translation of financial statements, finance-related magazine articles and corporate newsletters (including Top 5 accounting firm)

Japanese government sponsored - Law Translation Project

- One of a select group of translators that translated Japanese laws and legal commentary into English for this high profile government sponsored project. Work was focused on finance-related legal documents.

Some of his translated research papers/manuscripts are as follows –
- NT-J definitions of managerial positions from FY14.
- Detailed report of CSR's in China.
- Keeping a check on garment factory Fires in Bangladesh.
- "Growth strategy policies for SMEs".
- 35th Annual conference of the European Union Studies Association.
- A Study on adverse selection and moral hazard by analyzing two million policies.
- Apple’s Groundbreaking Report.
- Productive consumption hypothesis, indeterminacy of equilibrium, and dynamics of human aid.
- Thirteen theories for efficiency measurement and their application to airport benchmarking.
- Equilibrium of spatial model of social interactions.
- Spreading of financial crises because of correlations between the returns on investment.

Director, Finance Group, Australia

- Australian-based consulting company involved in advising on Asian finance matters and Japanese to English finance-related translations
- Senior Manager Capital Markets, IBJ Australia Bank
- Relationship management of New Zealand clients and all Commonwealth and State Government entities throughout Australia.
- Marketing, pricing and documentation of domestic private placement issues. Total volume of more than A$30 billion in more than 100 separate issues.
- Marketing of euro medium term notes, US CP programmes, standby lines.
- Development of IBJ’s custody business in Australia for Japanese investors including introduction of new computer software.
- Responsible for negotiation and conclusion of all ISDA Swap documentation with Australian entities.
- Responsible for establishment and documentation of IBJ Australia Bank’s Euro Debt Securities Program.
- Relationship management of Commonwealth and State Government entities based in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.

Representative Officer, The Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd., Australia

-Overseeing documentation and relationships with Australian clients of the IBJ Group.

-Market research for overseas members of the IBJ Group.

Assisted the EU-Japan center for Industrial Co-operation with its English language publication, “Johogen: The Ultimate Guide to Printed Electronic and Cyber Sources of Japanese Information on Science, Technology & Commerce – Editions 5 and 6”.

He was the President of The Kaisha Society - a forum for foreign professionals working in Japanese environments based in Tokyo (established 1985).

He acted as the “go-between” in the arrangement of a "friendly city" agreement between Caulfield in Victoria, Australia and Ogaki in Gifu, Japan.

He was an occasional guest commentator (in Japanese) on Television Tokyo Channel 12 - Business News and other programs for Television Tokyo.

He was a frequent guest commentator on CNN providing comments on the Japanese economy and financial markets. The programme is broadcast live globally in English.

Frequent guest commentator on Reuters TV providing comments on the Japanese economy and financial markets including a special report on the BoJ Tankan. The programme was broadcast live globally in English.

Frequent guest commentator on CNBC providing comments on the Japanese economy and financial markets. The programme is broadcast live to the Asian region in English.

He provided occasional quotes in finance related media reports such as Dow Jones Wire Service, Reuters, Bloomberg, Australian Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Asian Wall Street Journal, and Financial Times.

He has written Financial Times column “Web Inspection”-review of the IBJ Securities web site.

He provided occasional quotes in the Australian financial press.

Speeches/Presentations

Chaired seminars presented by the Japanese Ministry of Finance on the Japanese economy and Japanese government bond markets conducted in New York, Boston, and Toronto.

Chaired seminars presented by the Japanese Ministry of Finance on the Jap

- Translated a paper on Fiscal Policy published online by the Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
- Translated an article on the collapse of the Japanese government bond market published by Mizuho International
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- Member of the Australia Institute of Company Directors
- Australia-Japan Society of the ACT (Canberra, AUSTRALIA)
- The Japan-America Society of Washington (Seattle, USA)
- Southern Cross Kai
- The Sydney Institute
- The Japan Australia New Zealand Society, Inc (Tokyo)
- President of Kaisha Society
- Australian and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ANZCCJ) (Tokyo)