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Residence: Denver, Colorado

• Nationality: United Kingdom

• Language Pair: Japanese ⇔ English

 

Education

• BSE in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan – Dearborn

 

Japanese Language Skills

• Passed Business Japanese Language Proficiency Exam (JETRO) L3

• Passed Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) L2

• 15+ years of Japanese-related experience

• Worked in Japan for 6 years, mainly in automobile companies

 

Software Skills

• Proficient in Windows MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, and Word)

• Expertise in translation, editing and quality control tools: Trados, Wordfast, Xbench, Adobe, Phrase

• Experienced in managing and preparing translation memories, terminologies and glossaries

• Attended a 2-day training on the SDL Trados course

 

Experience

With over 15 years of experience in translation, I specialize as a consultant for the Japanese language. I have managed high-volume translation projects and provided consultancy for Japan-related initiatives. Throughout my career, I have successfully executed over 1600 projects.

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Japanese to English Proofreading Projects

• Act Concerning the Measures for Protection of the People in Armed Attack Situations, Etc. (Act No. 112 of 2004) (J-E)

• Former Japanese Military Structure and Function of Ammunition (J-E)

• Allied Forces Structure and Function of Ammunition (J-E)

• Next-Generation Fighter Aircraft: Creation of an International Organization (J-E)

• Acceptance of the Japanese-made Warning and Control Radar (Voice from the Commander, 580th Aircraft Control and Warning Wing, Philippine Air Force) (J-E)

• Responses from Foreign Countries, Companies, and Others Regarding the Revision of the Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment (J-E)

• Voices from an SDF Ready Reserve Personnel and his Employer (J-E)

• Initiative to Enhance Combat Casualty Care Capabilities: The Blood Transfusion Strategy of the Ministry of Defense for Treatment of Combat Injuries (J-E)

• 2023 Self-Defense Forces Joint Exercise “05JX” (J-E)

• Post-editing of software-related translation (E-J)

• Translation of the service manual (J-E)

• Translation of user guide (J-E)

• Defense Technology Guideline 2023

• Cabinet Cybersecurity Center - Cybersecurity 2024 Overview

• Military History of the Solomon Islands

• The 3rd Five-Year Program for Facilities of National Universities

• 11th Sino-Japan Seminar on Science and Technology Policy

• Large-Scale Disaster Prevention Measures in the Communications Sector Based on the 2024 Noto Peninsula

• Earthquake

• The Field Trends in IEEE Periodicals

• Asia-Pacific Industrial Science &Technology and International Standardization Cooperation Program

• Act on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity through Regulations on the Use of Living Modified Organisms

• Guidelines for Gene Therapy Clinical Research

• Basic Plan For Space Development and Utilization 

• Program for the Promotion of International Policy Dialogues Contributing to the Development of Science and Technology Diplomacy

• Acceleration Plan of Reactor Decommissioning R&D for Fukushima Daiichi NPS, TEPCO 

• Global Nuclear-HRD Initiative

• Independence Process of Researchers in Japan: Large-scale Survey of Job History and Authority for Research

• Basic Policy on Research and Development of FBR Cycle Technologies over the Next Decade

• Failure reports (J-E)

• Automotive-related drawings (J-E)

• Finance-related statement (J-E)

• Safety-related documents (J-E)

• Legal documents (J-E)

• Company reports (J-E)

• Nuclear plant-related document (J-E)

• Voice from JSDF personnel who participated in the field training exercise Resolute

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Professional Experience

ISUZU/SUBARU/NISSAN

• Translated automotive-related documents

• Onsite and offshore coordination for Engineering projects

• Worked for 6 years in Japan