Chinese ↔ English : Humanities & Social Sciences Translator

Education, Humanities, Law, Library and Museum Studies, Media/Communication, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Sciences

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japan

DPhil, University of Oxford, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
M.Sc. in Social Anthropology (awarded with Distinction), University of Oxford, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Honours Bachelor of Arts in Social Cultural Anthropology (awarded with High Distinction), University College, University of Toronto

Project Manager, Dymaxium Interactive Tools, Inc., Toronto, Canada
Assistant Legal Librarian, Library Service Bureau, Inc., Toronto
Chair, School of Anthropology Joint Consultative Committee,
Editor, Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford,
Society Secretary, Oxford University Anthropology Society

Educational philosophy, History, Literature, Theology/Religion, Comparative Law, General Law, Museology, Journalism, Technical writing, Web content development, Political philosophy, Social philosophy, Social psychology, Anthropology, Cultural and Ethnic Studies, Geography, Political Science, Public policy, Sociology, Urban Studies

Neurology, Family Nursing, Psychiatry, Geriatric Nursing, Palliative nursing, Psychiatry, Alternative Medicine, Pediatric Nursing, Medical Education, Perioperative Nursing, Geriatrics & Gerontology, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

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Japan

- Ph.D. in Psychology from Osaka City University - Osaka, Japan
- M.A. in Pedagogy from Osaka City University - Osaka, Japan
- B.A. in Pedagogy from Osaka City University - Osaka, Japan

Freelance translator with experience of translating various papers in the fields of neurology, psychiatry, and nursing.

She is an independent translator for multiple translation companies across the globe.

She is specialized in translating medical research papers, articles, website content, internal documents, alternative medicine health promotion book.

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

- Neuroanatomy: text and atlas
- Neuroanatomy of autism
- Neuroanatomy of memory
- Carigie's Neuroanatomy of the Rat
- A functional neuroanatomy of hallucinations in schizophrenia
- Correlative neuroanatomy
- The functional neuroanatomy of emotion and affective style
- Computational neuroanatomy of speech production
- Backwardness of human neuroanatomy.
- Clinical neuroanatomy and related neuroscience
- Tools for neuroanatomy and neurogenetics in Drosophila
- The functional neuroanatomy of episodic memory
- The functional neuroanatomy of autobiographical memory: a meta-analysis
- Neuroanatomy of the primate amygdala.
- The mammalian auditory pathway: neuroanatomy
- Functional neuroimaging and the neuroanatomy of obsessive-compulsive disorder
- The neuroanatomy of depression.
- Neurophysiology and functional neuroanatomy of pain perception
- The neuroanatomy of general intelligence: sex matters
- Functional neuroanatomy of hypnotic state
- Neuroanatomy E-book: an illustrated colour text
- Functional neuroanatomy of hypnotic state
- Neuroanatomy and pathology of sporadic Parkinson's disease
- Functional neuroanatomy of aversion and its anticipation
- On the functional neuroanatomy of intrinsic and phasic alertness

She has translated manuscripts, reports, internal communications and documents for medical equipment manufacturer websites, Pharmaceutical manufacturers, Biomedical industry market, International organization and International medical conference

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dalhousie University Halifax, Canada

Postdoctoral fellow (Neuroscience/Psychology Department)

Mitsubishi-Kasei Institute of life sciences

Postdoctoral fellow (Physiological Psychology Department)

Neopharma Japan Co., Ltd. Tokyo

Medical Writer

- Reviewed, revised and wrote the Investigator’s Brochure and clinical trial protocols in English.
SBI Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Project Manager

- Managed the investigator initiated clinical trials in mitochondrial disease in Japan.
- Monitored and reviewed non-clinical studies conducted by CRO in USA as a study monitor.
- Reviewed the non-clinical study reports.
Dainippon-Sumitomo Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Product Manager

- Promoted the new (just approved) medical products as a product manager.
- Managed non-clinical pharmacological studies of new drug compounds, including English study reports and Investigator’s Brochure.
- Contributed to the licensing-out the compounds to Mega Pharmaceutical companies as the pharmacologist.
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
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
- Management of project schedules

Social Psychology, Sociology, Social Philosophy, Political Science, Political Science, Public policy, Political philosophy, Sociology, Social philosophy, Library & Museum Studies, Social psychology, Theology/Religion, History, Comparative Law, Literature, General Law, Anthropology, Museology

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Canada

D.Phil. Social and Cultural Anthropology from University of Oxford, UK (Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology)

Visiting Research Student in Cultural Anthropology from University of Tokyo, Japan.

M.Sc. in Social Anthropology (awarded with Distinction) from University of Oxford, UK (Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology).

Honors Bachelor of Arts in Social Cultural Anthropology (awarded with High Distinction) from University of Toronto, Canada (University College).

Honors Thesis: Refugees from Democracy: East European Roma in Toronto.

Freelance Translator with immense knowledge and experience in the field of social sciences, more specific to the sociology.

He has worked as an Independent contractor translating documents in the fields of archival sciences, psychology, philosophy, and social sciences for multiple institutes into -

- Public relations
- Marketing and sales
- Consumer research
- Human resources (personnel management)
- Insurance
- Real estate
- Training
- Entrepreneurship
- Media

Translated Japanese to English and prepared educational materials for native English teachers, the local International Friendship Association and municipal Chamber of Commerce.

Some of his translated research papers/manuscript are as follows

- Anthropology and consumer research: qualitative insights into green consumer behavior
- Toward a medical anthropology of sensations: Definitions and research agenda
- Fielding climate change in cultural anthropology
- Photography in anthropology: A report on two experiments
- Raw histories: photographs, anthropology and museums
- Visual contexts: A photographic research method in anthropology
- Doing health anthropology: Research methods for community assessment and change
- Frameworks for comparative research: Structural anthropology and the theory of action
- Visual anthropology: Photography as a research method
- Decolonizing anthropology: Moving further toward an anthropology for liberation
- Anthropology and psychiatry: The role of culture in cross-cultural research on illness
- Optimal foraging strategies and hunter-gatherer research in anthropology: Theory and models
- At the crossroads of human rights and anthropology: Toward a critically engaged activist research
- Anthropology in health research: from qualitative methods to multidisciplinarity
- Moving past public anthropology and doing collaborative research
- Collaborative anthropology as twenty-first-century ethical anthropology
- Chronicling cultures: Long-term field research in anthropology
- A social anthropology of logistics research: exploring productivity and collaboration in an emerging science
- Culture history and African anthropology: A century of research in Germany and Austria
- The ethics of anthropology and Amerindian research: Reporting on environmental degradation and warfare
- Anthropology, public policy, and native peoples in Canada
- Global forensic anthropology in the 21st century
- Aboriginal skeletal collections and research in physical anthropology: An historical perspective
- Environments and environmentalisms in anthropological research: facing a new millennium
- Indians and anthropologists: Vine Deloria, Jr., and the critique of anthropology
- Participant observation, anthropology methodology and design anthropology research inquiry
- Anthropology and the angry earth: An overview

Sanko English School, Nagano, Japan English Instructor

- Instructed high school students, focusing variously on exam preparation for upper level English proficiency testing, preparation for international exchange programs and conversational English.
- Translated (J>E) and prepared educational materials for native English teachers, the local International Friendship Association and municipal Chamber of Commerce.
- Assisted Japanese teachers with activities for elementary and junior high school students
- Instructed adult English conversation classes both at the school and in connection with the local municipal cultural center.

- Dymaxium Interactive Tools, Inc., Toronto, Canada

- Responsible for departmental management including personnel scheduling, performance reviews and project load metrics at a multimedia software firm.
- Authored training documentation for the PM department on standard project process, as well as high-level templates for software design specifications.
- Interfaced on an ongoing basis with internationally-based clients in senior management positions at major pharmaceutical companies, communicating project design details and development status during the project cycle, managing change control processes to ensure that specification change requests from the client were adequately reflected in timeline and budget forecasts.
- Worked with both clients and development personnel to design software user interface solutions within the clients budgetary constraints, with a focus on product educational materials.

Library Service Bureau, Inc., Toronto Assistant Legal Librarian

- Served in a consulting role as a contract librarian for Toronto legal and banking institutions.
- Catalogued and shelved new books as purchased by the firms and performed general maintenance operations for firm libraries, including loose-leaf filing for subscription-based legal texts.

Publications-
Consociationalism in Northern Ireland: the contribution of ethnographic study. Garm Lu, a Canadian Celtic Arts Journal.
Conference and Seminar presentations
Anthropologists of Japan in Japan Spring Meeting, Osaka Gakuin University.
American Anthropological Association 2011 Conference, Montreal, Canada.
Association of Asian Studies 2011 Conference, Honlulu, Hawii.
American Anthropological Association 2010 Conference, New Orleans, USA.
ISCA Work in Progress Seminar, University of Oxford, UK.
Nissan Institute Graduate Seminar, University of Oxford, UK.
St. Cross College Colloquium, University of Oxford, UK.
Japanese Studies Association of Canada 2009 Meeting, Lethbridge, Alberta.

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology Writing Up Bursary
Japan Association of Student Services, Ministry of Education Research Scholarship
Oxford University Sasakawa Scholarship
University of Oxford Overseas Student Award, British Government

Design, Visual Arts (Others), Fine Arts, Journalism, 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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Japan

- Sophia University, Tokyo, BA, major in Journalism,
- TOEIC

9 years translation experience includes the following.
International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research, Kyushu University

Technical Staff at Energy Analysis Division,

- Translate energy-related materials, articles, research papers (English-Japanese, Japanese-English.) International Center for Japanese Culture at Yokohama International School

Development manager

- Provided translations for all ICJC publications and printed matter.
Fukuoka City, International Economic Department, Economic Promotion Bureau

Coordinator, for International Regions Benchmarking Consortium (IRBC) Fukuoka Conference

- Translated the conference materials (Japanese-English.)
He has translated books such as -
- “Art Base Momoshima, Opening Exhibition”, an art exhibition catalogue, published by Art Base Momoshima, Japan.
- Kitazawa Jun Works, published by Jun Kitazawa Yakumo Office Interpreter/Translation
- Interpreter for researchers in Fukuoka, for food and restaurant market research.
- Artist Talk Events (5 artist talks) at Koganecho Art Management Center, Yokohama.
- Fixed-term translator at Nissan (Kitakyushu).
- Regular translation (English to Japanese) of energy-related articles and materials.

Some of his translated papers are as follows –

- Newspapers in Sierra Leone: a case study of conditions for print journalism in a post conflict society
- Prevalence and effects of rape myths in print journalism: The Kobe Bryant case
- Tabloidization'of news: A comparative analysis of Anglo-American and German press journalism
- The data journalism handbook: how journalists can use data to improve the news
- Situating peace journalism in journalism studies: A critical appraisal.
- Assessing the sustainability of Latin American investigative non-profit journalism
- Global teamwork: The rise of collaboration in investigative journalism
- Watchdog journalism in South America: News, accountability, and democracy
- Digital journalism: Emerging media and the changing horizons of journalism
- Tabloid journalism and the public sphere: A historical perspective on tabloid journalism
- Citizen journalism: Global perspectives
- Weblogs and journalism: A typology to explore the blurring boundaries
- Twittering the news: The emergence of ambient journalism
- The evolution of American investigative journalism
- Narrative form and moral force: The realization of innocence and guilt through investigative journalism
- The watchdog that didn't bark: The financial crisis and the disappearance of investigative journalism
- Investigative journalism in China: Eight cases in Chinese watchdog journalism
- Investigative journalism and political accountability in South American democracies
- Investigative journalism in Central and Eastern Europe: Autonomy, business models, and democratic roles
- Investigative journalism in the academy—possibilities for storytelling across time and space
- Journalists as peacekeeping force Peace journalism and mass communication theory
- Is peace journalism possible Three frameworks for assessing structure and agency in news media
- Peace journalism: A tightrope walk between advocacy journalism and constructive conflict coverage
- Peace Journalism through the Lense of Conflict Theory: Analysis and Practice.
- War or peace journalism in elite US newspapers: Exploring news framing in Pakistan-India conflict
- A compromised fourth estate UK news journalism, public relations and news sources
- Weblogs and the epistemology of the news: Some trends in online journalism
- Watchdog journalism in South America: News, accountability, and democracy
- The interaction between experts and journalists in news journalism
- Financial news journalism: A post-Enron analysis of approaches towards economic and financial news production in the UK
- Rethinking journalism: Trust and participation in a transformed news landscape
- Convergence journalism: Writing and reporting across the news media
- Blogs, Twitter, and breaking news: The prod usage of citizen journalism
- Mediating suicide: print journalism and the categorization of queer youth suicide discourses
- Print journalism and the creative process: traditional versus digital
- The Origins of the Illiberal Party Newspaper: Print Journalism in China's Nationalist Revolution
- New technologies and print journalism practice in Zimbabwe: An ethnographic study

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research, Kyushu University

Technical Staff at Energy Analysis Division,

- Assist professors and researcher at Energy Analysis Division by providing research support.
- Perform administrative duties including the division’s budget management, filing/editing of research documents, business trip arrangement and workshop logistics.
International Center for Japanese Culture at Yokohama International School

Development manager

- Performed research on grants, and wrote grant applications to fund ICJC’s various community and supportive service programs.
- Assisted ICJC’s signature programs such as Yokohama International School Curriculum Enhancement Programs, Friday Night Lecture Series and Evening Community School.
- Prepared all the necessary materials (including accounting) to maintain ICJC’s status as an NPO.
- Prepared all the necessary materials to obtain an NPO status from Yokohama city.
- Planned and organized ICJC’s fund-raising events.
- Also assisted the publication of ICJC brochures, pamphlets and PR materials.

Law, Social Sciences, Media/Communication, Humanities

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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

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