Professional Information

Profession

Translator

Source Language

English

Target Language

Japanese

Specialties

🌼 IT: Service introductions, case studies, blogs, application GUI, manuals, video subtitling.

🌼 Marketing : Websites, brochures, packages, social media marketing, commercials, video subtitling.

🌼 Business and commercial translations: Emails, letters, documents, and other forms of correspondence and communication.

Background

🍀 Native Japanese-speaking freelance translator based in Osaka, Japan.

🍀 Became a freelance translator after 30 years of working at IT companies as an engineer and planner.

🍀 Excellent knowledge and experience in service planning, design, development, and project management.

🍀 My favorite programming languages are C, C++, Java, and Python.

✨ Prizewinner of the 20th annual Japan Association of Translators contest (https://jat.org/ja/news/twentieth_annual_jat_contest_translations_of_award_winners_and_finalists).

🥗 Passionate about food, with a broad knowledge of cuisines and drinks, including Japanese, Indian, Italian, and French. Especially interested in a plant-based diet and learned plant-based nutrition at T. Colin Campbell Center.

CERTIFICATES

  • Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination, IPA: Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan
  • ITIL 3 (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) Foundation
  • Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate, T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies and eCornell

OFFICE RESOURCES

  • Windows 11, Mac, Microsoft Office 365, Trados Studio 2022, Phrase, Smartling, Subtitle Editor

Records of Translations This Year (Excerpt) - as of June 18, 2024

  • Brochures for a multinational technology company: 42,000 words
  • Video subtitles for service instructions: 10,000 words
  • Website for a multinational technology company: 42,000 words
  • Website for an open-source software project: 3,000 words
  • Website for a website building and hosting company: 30,000 words
  • Application GUI for a visual collaboration suite: 3,000 words
  • Application GUI for an online video platform: 7,000 words
  • Articles about how to become a good pet owner for a pet food company: 6,000 words
  • Set of 7 picture books for young children for a coaching company: 12,000 words
  • Food packaging for a confectionery company: 5,400 words