Portuguese ↔ English : Humanities & Social Sciences Translator

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

Alternative Medicine, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Obstetrics and Gynecology

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japan

MEd, Educational Leadership, University of Oregon, USA
BA Individual Studies Teaching and Learning A Second Language, Central Washington University, USA
AB, English Language and Literature, Shimane Women's Junior College, Japan

Initial Certification for the Oregon Second Language Benchmark IV Oral Assessment (Japanese), COLFT, USA
Middle/Secondary Initial Teaching License in Japanese, University of Oregon, USAM
United Nations Association's Test of English (UNATE): class A

Translator for the Presidents of Central Washington University
Translator for groups of Japanese exchange students on safety issues, cultural adjustment, and medical assistance for University of English as Second Language

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

Translation, Web Content Development, Travel and Tourism, Advertising, Media/Communication (Others), Social Media, Journalism, Mass Media, Education/Career Documents/Letters, Nonverbal Communication, Brochures, Letters, Magazines, Speech Communication, Business Documents, Public Relations, Technical Writing

20

United States

Kent State University

Master of Arts in Japanese Translation

University of California, Irvine

Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Language and Culture

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Social Behavior

Translation experience includes the following.
Sentai Studios, LTD

In-house Translator

- Translated and localized original Japanese scripts & songs for television programs and OVAs.
- Also provided translations for staff & cast listings and credits. Corrected translations. Provided translators' notes. Collaborated with translators and maintained terminologies.
- Notable projects: School--Live!, Uta no Prince--sama Seasons 3 & 4, Girls beyond the wasteland (simulcasted on Hulu), Bakuon!!, Momokuri, and more
Kent State University

Translator Trainer in Translation Program

- Translator training at the top translation school in the United States. In-depth training and weekly translations of documents in the diplomatic, commercial, medical, and technical fields, as well as fiction.
- Classes in translation theory, project management, software localization, and HTML/CSS. Feedback from expert translators on how to improve work.
- Completed thesis. - Thesis: Two speakers, one audience: contrasting speeches on surrogacy presented at a sociology symposium.

Research project translation

- Assisted in Academic research project by translating into English 25 Japanese transcriptions of interviews with Japanese people who had experienced the Second World War as children, while maintaining the speakers’ speech styles.
- Translated 131 diary entries from a picture diary made by a class of elementary school students at a school in Seta during the Second World War, maintaining the writing styles of the children
- She was commended for her speed and skill in translation

MANGA Translation battle finalist

- Finalist in the Manga Translation Battle held by the Digital Comic Association with her translation of the first two chapters of ‘CHO-NO-MICHIYUKI’

Interpreter for kids media station

- Assisted as an interpreter when a group of children from Ishinomaki Children’s Newspaper came to Manchester as guests of Manchester United Football Club

Tokyo designer’s week

- Translated the caption for a project by the Japanese NPO ‘Social Artist Village’ for ‘TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK’

Workshops at Ishinomaki

- Planned and organized two English language workshops at Ishinomaki in ‘Ishinomaki NEWSée’ for Kids Media Station, where I taught the children English

Translator for Ishinomaki children’s newspaper

- Ishinomaki Children’s Newspaper is a newspaper that started a year after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and is written by the children of Ishinomaki, a town in Miyagi Prefecture that was badly hit by the disaster
- Translated articles from the newspaper while retaining the children’s voice in the texts.
- Proofread English translations, making changes in grammar and word choices to make the text run more smoothly.
- Also helped proofread and translate for other areas, such as proofreading English captions for the exhibition of photographs by a member of Ishinomaki Children’s Newspaper called"Ivy-from the affected area to Kasumigaseki-"
- She is still in contact with the people behind the newspaper and continue to provide voluntary services in proofreading and translating.

Japanese PR & Website Translator

- Translating their official website and other texts to Japanese.
- Translating the articles in their quarterly magazine to be published in Japan.
- Translation of research papers.
- Suggesting and adding ideas and alternations to their website.
- Sourcing links to the research in aromatherapy and essential oil companies in Japan for their website, Facebook and Twitter.
- Finding complementary health events and exhibitions in Japan for the members of the organization to attend.
Japan Patent Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Translator

- I was Japanese to English translator at a Japanese Government agency providing translation and editing of highly technical documentation under tight deadlines.
- Responsible for Japanese to English translation of official international diplomatic correspondence regarding intellectual property law, JPO website content, presentation materials and anti-counterfeiting public awareness marketing materials
- Acquired an advanced level of expertise on Japanese intellectual property law and application filing procedures to ensure accuracy of translated content
- Balanced heavy workloads and conflicting priorities to meet tight deadlines and exacting quality assurance standards, often working heavy overtime hours to get the job done
- Proofread and edited English-language material translated by third-party vendors

Freelance Translator and Interpreter for following companies –

- Clients include: Toyota Motors Company Australia, Calsonic Kansei, Bosch Australia, Tech Crunch SF, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Clayton Utz (a leading Australian commercial law firm), Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fukushima University, WOWOW (a Japanese Satellite TV Channel) and RMIT University Gallery.
AGORA Hospitality Group Co., Ltd.,

Translator

- Translated and revised real estate and construction contracts, quotations, project proposals and project applicant guidelines.
- Delivered high quality translations for, and provided flexibility to accommodate, last minute requests and to complete within short deadlines.
- Capable of translating complex legal Japanese contracts into plain-spoken English translations.
- For little known terms, researched the appropriate corresponding technical terms to achieve greatest clarity of translation(Language: English, Japanese)

Some of his translated research papers/manuscripts are as follow

- Social media, network heterogeneity, and opinion polariz

Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Psychology, Educational Reform/Education Policy, Translation, Educational Technology, Educational Leadership, Educational Philosophy, Educational Psychology, Sustainable Education, Vocational Education, Language Education

9

United States

- Advanced Japanese Language Certificate from Inter-University Center for Japanese language Studies, Yokohama, Japan.
- Bachelor of Arts, Asian and Middle East Languages and Civilizations from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
- “Teaching Critical Thinking Skills” 3-credit graduate course from University of Phoenix, AZ.
- “Teaching Methods: Elementary Language Arts” 3-credit graduate course from University of Phoenix, AZ.
- “Multicultural Children’s Literature” 3-credit graduate course from University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
- “Laying the Foundation: Building a Deep Understanding of Number” 3-credit graduate course from Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, VT.
- Master of Education, TESL with K-12 ESL certification from The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ.
- Grammar 1: Phrasal Structures course from TESOL.
- Grammar 2: Multiclause Structures course from TESOL.
- “Teaching Critical Thinking Skills” 3-credit graduate course from University of Phoenix, AZ.
- “Teaching Methods: Elementary Language Arts” 3-credit graduate course from University of Phoenix, AZ.
- “Multicultural Children’s Literature” 3-credit graduate course from University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
- “Laying the Foundation: Building a Deep Understanding of Number” 3-credit graduate course from Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, VT.

Her 9 years of translation experience includes the following.

Translated more than 150,000 characters till date for Ulatus alone.

She has translated papers on the given below topics -

- A study on learning motivations and academic achievements of junior high school students through the implementation of cooperative learning.
- Policy and important points regarding the core curriculum for students.

Translated academic and scientific manuscripts, mainly in the fields of curriculum and instruction, education, student psychology. Performed English editing of translated manuscripts,

according to requested style guidelines. Translate and respond to queries from editors and clients.

Translated research paper on academic ability surveys implemented by Japanese Municipal Boards of Education: Current state and structure of ability survey-based assessment systems.

Translated a manuscript - Advances and challenges in research for resource room instruction: From the viewpoint of Iiritsu katsudo

Published Translations

Takemoto, Novala, Emily, Shueisha English editions.

Miyazawa Kenji, "The Dragon and the Poet,” in Tomo Anthology, ed. Holly Thompson (Stone Bridge Press,).

Masaru Harada and Shizuyo Saito, "Introducing Foreign Children's Literature to Japan: An Interview with Akiko Mieda," Carp Tales (publication of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators),

Blog Editor, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators-Japan Chapter –

-Solicit articles, review and edit submissions for the Japan chapter’s regional newsletter blog. Translate blog posts from Japanese to English as necessary.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Little Fox Inc., Princeton, NJ

-       Freelance Writer
Develop and write leveled fiction and non-fiction series to promote learning of English as a second language. Early readers introduce sight words and high-frequency words, as well as promote phonological awareness and vocabulary expansion. Higher-level readers are engaging, authentic, comprehensible texts to be used for leisure reading or guided reading instruction.
-       Associate Editor
Develop, copyedit, content edit, proofread, fact check English language learning materials, including fiction, nonfiction, adaptations, classroom activities, assessments, and teacher guides. Manage work of freelance copyeditors and writers. Maintain LF style guide. Prepare manuscripts for publication. Conceptualize and author three original series (one early reading and two middle grades).
Freelance Editor/Writer, Compass Media, South Korea
Write, copyedit, content edit, proofread English language learning materials, including intermediate to advanced grammar and speaking texts, as well as TOEFL preparation books and sample tests.

Blog Editor, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators-Japan Chapter Solicit articles, review and edit submissions for the Japan chapter’s regional newsletter blog. Translate blog posts from Japanese to English as necessary.

Teaching Experience

English Language Learner Consultant, Fayston Elementary School, Washington West Supervisory District, VT Instruct English language learner in a combined first/second-grade classroom during literacy and math. Work as a content specialist, observing lessons and providing feedback for the teacher on strategies and modifications to help ELL student access classroom content. Help guide instruction that is aligned with WIDA ELD standards and Common Core state standards. Assess ELL student using WIDA MODEL, W-APT, and ACCESS test as necessary.

English Language Learner Teacher, Edmunds Elementary School, Burlington School District, VT

Teach English language learners in grades K-5, coordinate and administer WIDA ACCESS tests, analyze ACCESS data to inform next year’s instruction, facilitate communication between homes and school, serve on Family-School Partnership committee and hiring committee, work with district ELL teachers to write ELL K-5 curriculum that aligns with Common Core State Standards.

Pre-kindergarten Teacher, C’ena School, Rolling Meadows, IL

Team-taught bilingual Japanese/English pre-kindergarten (ages 3-5).

English as a Second Language Instructor, Ivy College and Educational & Environmental Institute, Wheeling, IL

Instructed an intermediate-advanced adult ESL class.

English as a Second Language Seminar Instructor, BIR Training Institute, Chicago, IL

Instructed an intermediate adult ESL seminar on how to boost English language skills by listening to podcasts.

Volunteer ESL Tutor, Howard Area Community Center, Chicago, IL

Tutored newcomer adults in ESL.

Volunteer ESL Tutor, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Tutored spouses of international graduate students in conversational ESL.

- Her writing has been published in "Awa Naoko in Translation," Society of Writers, Editors, and Translators Newsletter.
- Her writing has been published in “Young Adult Fantasy in Translation,” Society of Writers, Editors, and Translators Newsletter.
- Her writing has been published in “Publishing Children’s Books From and About Japan: An Interview with Kira Lynn,” Carp Tales (publication of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators).
- Her writing has been published in “The Buddhist Monk Who Can’t Resist A Good WWF Smackdown,” Glimpse Quarterly Magazine.
- She has translated Emily, by Takemoto, Novala.
- She has also translated "The Dragon and the Poet," by Kenji Miyazawa,
- Masaru Harada and Shizuyo Saito, "Introducing Foreign Children's Literature to Japan: An Interview with Akiko Mieda,"

- Japanese Language Outstanding Achievement Award from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
- Shoyu Club Scholarship Recipient in Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, Yokohama, Japan.
- Sato Foundation Fellowship Recipient in Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, Yokohama, Japan.

Design, Disaster Studies, Education, Language & Linguistics, Media/Communication, Social Sciences

5

France

PhD, Education, University of London, UK
MA, International Communication, Aoyama Gakuin Uni-versity, Japan
BA, Linguistics, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan

Japanese Language Teacher Certificate, SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London, UK
English Teacher Certificate, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports Science and Technology, Japan

Translator and Reviewer, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Japan
Associate Professor in Linguistics, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Japan
Researcher, University of London, UK
Lecturer, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
Japanese Language Teacher, Tomlinscote School, UK
Japanese Language Teacher, Eltham College Junior School, UK
English Language Teacher, Komazawa Senior High School, Japan
Translation Reviewer, Short film on Japan Service Dog Association
Translation Reviewer, Documentary on East-Japan Earthquake
Translation Reviewer, Documentary on Japanese Buddhist Statues and Temples

Media, English and Communication, Higashi Asia no Kotoba to Shakai, Sugiyama Jogakuen Research Journals, Sugiyama Jogakuen Research Journals, Journal on International Communication Studies, Intercultural Communication Studies (ICS), Asian Englishes

Japanese to English Translation
Japanese to English Reviewing

Japan Association for Media English Studies
Human Linguistics Circle
Japan Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences
Japanese Association for Asian Englishes

Translation, Ethno linguistics, Language Education, Asian Studies, Language & Linguistics, Japanology (Japanese Studies), Cultural Anthropology, Ethno linguistics, Classical Languages, Cultural Anthropology, Modern Languages, Cultural and Ethnic Studies

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Italy

- Master's Degree in Languages and Civilizations of Asia and Mediterranean Africa Ca' Foscari University, Venice (Italy)
- Bachelor’s Degree in languages, cultures and societies of Asia and Mediterranean Africa, Ca' Foscari University, Venice (It

Ashinaga, Tokyo (Japan)

Translation
- Translation at Ashinaga, an NPO that supports the education of disadvantaged students in Japan and Subsaharan Africa. Her duties included:
- Japanese-English, English-Japanese translation of various documents, such as articles, book chapters, workbooks, survey results, blog posts, letters, and emails;
- Japanese-English interpretation during meetings;
- Writing and reviewing English-language documents.

Translation Intern, Ashinaga, Japan

- Translated various documents related to articles, book chapters, workbooks, survey results, blog posts, letters and emails
- Japanese – English interpretation during meetings
- Proofreading English-language documents

Communication & Marketing Intern, Atom Plastic, Italy

- Responsible for assisting the company to contact prospective distributors in Japan
- Translated the product database from Japanese to English to improve their international reach.

Japanese Language Tutor, Ca' Foscari University, Italy

- Assisted university students in translation of texts from classical and modern Japanese.

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

- Handbook of methods in cultural anthropology
- Social and cultural anthropology: The key concepts
- Reshaping Anthropology
- Directions in the anthropology of contemporary Japan
- Dreamwork: Cell phone novelists, labor, and politics in contemporary Japan
- Directions in the anthropology of contemporary Japan
- The imperial past of anthropology in Japan
- A companion to cognitive anthropology
- Japan and national anthropology: a critique
- Why Japanese anthropology is ignored beyond Japan
- Waiting for wolves in Japan: an anthropological study of people-wildlife relations
- A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan
- The 'World System'of Anthropology: Japan and Asia in the Global Community of Anthropologists
- Becoming Brazilian to be Japanese: Emigrant assimilation, cultural anthropology, and national identity
- The ambivalent self of the contemporary Japanese
- Race and reflexivity: The black other in contemporary Japanese mass culture
- Anthropology in Japan: historical review and modern trends
- “Who am I?” The cultural psychology of the conceptual self
- The modern history of Japanese studies on the San hunter-gatherers
- Introduction: The contribution of social anthropology to Japanese studies
- Asian anthropology
- Visual anthropology and multivocal ethnography: A dialogical approach to Japanese preschool class size
- The contribution of social anthropology to Japanese studies
- Ecology and communication in egalitarian societies: Japanese studies of the cultural anthropology of southern Africa
- Description and comparison in cultural anthropology
- Encyclopedia of social and cultural anthropology
- Invitation to social and cultural anthropology
- Frontiers of cultural anthropology: social organization
- Cultural anthropology and social psychiatry
- Social anthropology and the method of controlled comparison

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Atom Plastic, Bassano del Grappa (Italy)

Communication & Marketing Intern
- Internship at a company that imports collectible art toys from East Asia to Italy. She assisted the company in contacting prospective distributors in Japan and translated their product database into English to improve their international reach.

Ca' Foscari University, Venice (Italy)

Japanese Language Tutor
- She assisted University students in the translation of texts from classical and modern Japanese to Italian.