●        Excellent track record at corporations in Japan and as an independent Japanese-English translator, editor, and consultant.

Experience

●        Extensive experience in translation, editing and consulting for corporations and agencies.
Work in a wide range of fields, including business, marketing, financial, healthcare (including drug leaflets, medical device information, clinical trial documents and adverse event reporting), IT software and hardware, technical manuals, video game content, media, and PR.

Freelance Translator; 2009- Present

●        Translation, editing and consulting for corporations and agencies.

Translator, Toshiba Solutions, Financial Solutions Division; Tokyo, 2008-2009 

●        Translation of product information, financial software, sales material, financial reports, contracts.

●        Liaison between Tokyo and the US, Europe, and Asia. Support for executives and engineers.

Translator/Project Manager, Renesas Technology, Global Strategic Communications Department; Tokyo, 2003-2008

●        Corporate communications department at HQ of one of the largest semiconductor companies globally.

●        Translation of copy for corporate website and company magazine.

●        Translation of PR for campaigns and exhibitions, product information, sales material, financial reports, and contracts. Headed major revisions of corporate documentation, leading to increased productivity and time-saving at global production facilities and sales offices.

●        Workshops at HQ to improve quality management.

●        Liaison between Tokyo and the US, Europe, and Asia, as well as distributors, third-party contractors, and design houses.

Translator/Project Manager, Kinshi Laser Eye Clinics; Tokyo, 2002-2003

●        Managed a team to produce an English-language company website.

●        Translation of a wide range of material, from promotional and marketing information to medical documents and guides, leading to a direct increase in patients from the foreign community.

JET Programme; Saitama City, 1999-2002

●        Based at education department of Saitama City Hall, Saitama City, a commuter town on the outskirts of Tokyo.

●        Worked on projects as diverse as public event planning, adult education, curriculum planning and teaching at Saitama City schools.

Education