Experience:
| 2001-2009 |
Independent translator for clients in North America, Japan and Europe. Patents, manuals, specifications, and reports in electronic and mechanical technology fields. Contracts, annual reports, sustainability reports, and press releases for a variety of businesses. Top quality and reasonable rates. |
| 1999-2001 |
Translator at NEC facility in Hillsboro, Oregon. Supported implementation of Japanese specifications for automotive electronics production of airbag control systems, antilock brake systems and occupant detection systems. Participated with American and Japanese managers in planning for new products and implementating production processes. Rapidly promoted to production engineer. |
| 1994-1999 |
Technical translation for firms in Japan. Began Japan residence in 1990 and started translating four years later. Major clients included auto parts makers and factory equipment producers. |
Education:
| 1995-2009 |
Continuous development of Japanese skills. Greater quality through genuine fluency. |
| 1990-1995 |
Independent language study in Japan. Rigorous book study and social interaction. |
| 1990 |
Intensive Japanese. University of Washington. A class standout. |
| 1985 |
B.A. English-Writing. Classical Greek minor. University of California—Davis. |
Associations:
| 1995-2009 |
Japan Association of Translators (JAT). Director in 2004. (JAT Profile) |
| 2001-2009 |
American Translators Association (ATA). (ATA Profile) |
Recent Translations:
Japanese Learning Materials Developer:
- KanjiFind® Advanced Character Dictionary
KanjiFind Advanced is a software dictionary for fast and effective character searches. It offers 2472 characters and their 8053 readings. The unique format enables quick and easy location of information and allows easy comparison of similar characters. Great for beginners and advanced kanji users. Online demonstration version available.
- Kanji Learning Today: Workbooks 1 and 2
These are textbooks for quickly learning Japanese characters through regular practice. Workbook 1 presents all 1006 "Education" characters, arranged by grade level to promote progressive reading ability. Workbook 2 offers the second half of the Joyo Kanji list, plus 200 additional important characters. The combination of Workbooks 1 and 2 provides ALL THE KANJI needed to read adult-level Japanese, and they do so with a process that produces results more quickly than any other method.
- Blue Sea Wordbooks
These books are vocabulary lists that assist with reading of authentic Japanese books. No other Japanese learning activity works more effectively than reading genuine Japanese books written for regular Japanese readers. These are not manga, with 20 words on each page; they are novels, biographies and other interesting books, with 200 words on each page! Learn Japanese the same way as any other language—parents and teachers encourage students to read books! Each wordbook is an "ordered glossary" that provides page-by-page support: this allows the reader to quickly glance to the wordbook for a needed definition—no time lost to dictionary checking.
Additional Skills:
| 1990-2009 |
Continuous Japanese development. Reading, writing, listening, speaking. Prefer coordination in Japanese when the client is capable. |
| 1993-2009 |
DTP with professional Japanese layout software since 1993. Currently using In-Design 6.5. |
| 1996-2009 |
Bilingual Web site development at the source code level. |
| 1997-2009 |
Database implementations using FileMaker Pro. Japanese language data storage and retrieval. Options for furigana (hiragana over kanji) and other language-specific information handling. |
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