Masatoshi Shoji

Professional Information

Specialties

Medical Translation, technical translation, Tea Sommelier certified by the Tea Association of Canada, acupuncture, lymphedema, general business document, company profile, university administrative document, linguistics, corpus linguistics, grief support, death doula, classic rock, American roots music, etc. 医療翻訳、技術翻訳、ティーソムリエ、鍼灸、リンパ浮腫、設計仕様書、標準、規定集、品質マニュアル等、大学事務文書、大学通則、大学ICT関連部署ホームページ、言語学、コーパス言語学、グリーフサポート、看取り士、音楽(洋楽クラシックロック、ジャズ、ブルース、ソウル、アメリカンルーツミュージックなど)

Background

・Have national licenses in Anma-Massage-Acupressure,
Acupuncture and Moxibustion・Have 140-hour TESOL certification・Have passed the Japanese Language Teaching Competency Test・TOEIC945・Have worked as a translator for more than 20 years incl. 9-year in-house translator at an automotive electronic precision parts company・Have worked at IT help desk and at Student Exchange Division as a translator or interpreter at a Japanese National University for 5 years ・Have taught Japanese Language at college level in the US for 4 years and taught English at a junior high school for 2 years ・Earned MA in Applied Linguistics (Merit) at the University of Birmingham ・Earned MA in Education at Carthage College ・Earned a certification of lymphoedema therapist at Foeldi Klinik in Germany