Professional Information

Profession

Translator Interpreter

Source Language

Japanese

Target Language

English

Specialties

ATA Certified Japanese to English translator with over 15 years' experience. Based in Louisville KY, I provide Japanese translations for legal discovery, telecommunications and IoT development as well as cosmetics marketing. Expert proofreading and editing. Consecutive interpretation for Japanese meet-and-greet visits,factory audits and kaizen projects in Kentucky and the nearby cities of Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Nashville.

Background

Ph.D. in Japanese theatre from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Seven years' residence in Japan, in Kyoto and Osaka. Four years'teaching Japanese language at Morehouse College and Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. Five years' of experience as group lead of the translation department at Panasonic Mobile Communications Company, Panasonic's North American cell phone design center. Owner of Japan-America Communications, LLC, providing Japanese translation and interpreting since 2005.