Portuguese ↔ English : Humanities & Social Sciences Translator

Consumer education, Educational psychology, Environmental policy, History, Language and linguistics, Civil law, General law, Journalism, Web content development, Applied psychology, Cognitive psychology, Developmental psychology, Anthropology, Cognitive science, Conservation

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Canada

PostDoc, Simon Fraser University, Canada
PhD Anthropological Linguistics, University of British Columbia, Canada
MA Sociolinguistics, University of British Columbia, Canada
BA Linguistics, University of Toronto, Canada

Certificate in Teaching English as a second language, University of Toronto, Canada
Graduate certificate program in behavior Intervention for autism, University of Massachusetts, USA
Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Behavior Analyst Certification Board, USA

Taught interpretation and translation study at Canadian International College and Arbutus college. Translated several government projects including some contracted by National Research Council of Canada on forestry technology Collaborated with a licensed Japanese language teacher to employ ABA method along with Communicative Teaching method known to be highly effective for second language teaching.

Received Canada Japan Literary Award for a book published by Fraser Publishing

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

Association for Behavior Analysis International

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.

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

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

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.

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

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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