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JAPANESE LINGUIST / TRANSLATOR / LOCALIZATION SPECIALIST
Summary

Seasoned Japanese Linguist offering translation, localization, and technical writing. Native speaker of Japanese with 15+ years of experience in the field. Armed with solid knowledge on Applied Linguistics, highly motivated to bridge different languages and cultures utilizing analytical approaches.

Highlights
  • Linguistic leadership
  • Agile development Eeperience
  • Cross-functional liaison
  • Excellent analytic ability
  • Superb attention to details
  • Tech-savvy
Experience
Japanese Linguist / Translator / Localization Specialist07/2005 to CurrentIndependentLivermore, CA
  • Craft and translate a wide range of documents including those in IT, software/hardware, telecommunication, electronics, marketing, and tourism.
  • Localize 30+ video game titles of various genres; from console/PC to tablets/mobile, from small Apps to big titles (covering UI, dialogue, and help guide.)
  • As a senior linguist, always ensure optimized process, cost, and quality based on linguistic analysis of source texts.
Japanese Linguistic Lead / Localization Coordinator (Contract)06/2014 to CurrentBrightEdgeSan Mateo, CA
  • Facilitate agile work flow for localization and linguistic QA testing with a team of technical writers, development engineers, and CTO.
  • Create and maintain glossary and style guide that are fully tailored for the Japanese market.
  • Translate UI and contents of an Web-based SEO platform in addition to reviewing and editing other translation.
  • Conduct linguistic QA of the localized platform.
Technical Writer / Translator (Contract)11/2013 to CurrentNTT Innovation InstituteEast Palo Alto, CA
  • Lead document contents development for a team of multi-cultural R&D engineers.
  • Compose and translate funding proposals, technical reports, white papers, market overview, and other related documents.
  • Conduct basic market research and business analysis to obtain information and data for writing.
Tourism Translator (Contract)12/2010 to CurrentBooking.comAmsterdam, Netherlands
  • Translate hotel and tourist information for the Booking.com website (40,000 words per month.)
In-house Technical Translator (Contract)08/2004 to 12/2004PFU SoftwareIshikawa, Japan
  • Translated and reviewed software UI, User Guide, Help, and other technical documents for different storage products.
Network Support Engineer, Enterprise Program02/2001 to 11/2003Cisco SystemsSydney, Australia
  • Responsible for diagnosing/troubleshooting and remedying customer issues in both English and Japanese (written/verbal).
  • Successfully established excellent customer relations through inter-disciplinary teamwork for Fortune 500 companies.
  • As a bi-lingual engineer, played a chief role at a in-house Machine Translation implementation project to assure its quality and success.
Network Support Engineer, ISPs04/1998 to 02/2001Cisco SystemsTokyo, Japan
  • Offered 2nd-level technical support and troubleshooting for major Japanese ISPs.
  • Bridged US-based development/manufacturing teams and Japanese customers to resolve prolonged software/hardware QA issues.
  • Contributed to increase internal/external accessibility with technical information by translating English documents (including software/hardware specifications and configuration manuals).
Education
Masters Coursework in Translation and Interpreting Studies (Applied Linguistics)Macquarie UniversitySydney, NSW, Australia

(2003 - 2005, currently on leave.)

Courses taken include Pragmatics and Intercultural Communication, Discourse and Text Analysis for Translators and Interpreters, and Research Methods in Language Study.

Bachelor of Arts: Philosophy1998International Christian UniversityMitaka, Tokyo, Japan
Certificate in Project ManagementUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeley, CA, USA

(2013 - 2016, expected)

Organizations
  • American Translators Association
  • Northern California Translators Association
  • Japan Association of Translators
  • Society for Technical Communication
  • ProZ.com (Certified PRO, En-Ja)
Languages
  • Japanese (Native proficiency)
  • English (Full professional proficiency)
OS and Tools

MacOS, iOS, Windows, Linux, Unix, SDL Trados, SDLX, Passolo, SDL Workbench/WorldServer, MemoQ, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe InDesign, Drupal, GitHub, etc.

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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Independent
  • BrightEdge
  • NTT Innovation Institute
  • Booking.com
  • PFU Software
  • Cisco Systems

School Attended

  • Macquarie University
  • International Christian University
  • University of California, Berkeley

Job Titles Held:

  • Japanese Linguist / Translator / Localization Specialist
  • Japanese Linguistic Lead / Localization Coordinator (Contract)
  • Technical Writer / Translator (Contract)
  • Tourism Translator (Contract)
  • In-house Technical Translator (Contract)
  • Network Support Engineer, Enterprise Program
  • Network Support Engineer, ISPs

Degrees

  • Masters Coursework in Translation and Interpreting Studies (Applied Linguistics)
    Bachelor of Arts : Philosophy 1998
    Certificate in Project Management

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