Professional Experience
Freelance Translator,
Salida, California United States
Freelance
Translator, Jun 2013 – present
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Discuss translation requirements with
clients and determine any fees to be charged for services provided.
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Check original texts or confer with
authors to ensure that translations retain the content, meaning, and feeling of
the original material.
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Listen to speakers' statements to
determine meanings and to prepare translations.
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Read written materials, such as legal
documents, scientific works, or news reports, and rewrite material into
Japanese or English.
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Refer to reference materials, such as
dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as
needed to ensure translation accuracy.
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Adapt web content, scripts, and
accompanying technical documents to another language and culture.
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Translate messages simultaneously or
consecutively into Japanese or English, orally, maintaining message content,
context, and style as much as possible.
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Check translations of technical terms
and terminology to ensure that they are accurate and remain consistent
throughout translation revisions.
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Proofread, edit, and revise translated
materials.
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Review and edit transcribed reports or
dictated material for spelling, grammar, clarity, consistency, and proper
terminology.
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Return dictated reports in printed or
electronic form for review, and corrections.
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Identify mistakes in reports and check
with customers to obtain the correct information.
M'n'G's English
Enterprise, Sapporo, Hokkaido Japan
Owner/instructor,
Jan 2010 – present
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Identify, develop, or evaluate marketing
strategy, based on knowledge of establishment objectives, market
characteristics, and cost and markup factors.
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Plan and prepare advertising and
promotional material to increase sales of products or services.
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Gather and organize information to plan
advertising campaigns.
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Prepare budgets and submit estimates for
program costs as part of campaign plan development.
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Track program budgets and expenses and
campaign response rates to evaluate each campaign based on program objectives.
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Prepare course materials such as
syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
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Evaluate and grade students' class work,
assignments, and papers.
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Initiate, facilitate, and moderate
classroom discussions.
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Maintain student attendance records,
grades, and other records.
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Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula,
course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
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Maintain regularly scheduled office
hours to advise and assist students.
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Select and obtain materials and supplies
such as textbooks.
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Perform various administrative duties.
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Use of electronic communications
software such as Skype to provide off-site instruction.
Buffalo Nihongo Club,
Buffalo, New York United States
Japanese
and Math Teacher, May 2008 – Dec 2009
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Instruct students individually and in
groups, using various teaching methods such as lectures, discussions, and
demonstrations.
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Adapt teaching methods and instructional
materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
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Establish clear objectives for all
lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
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Establish and enforce rules for behavior
and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom they are
responsible.
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Meet with parents and guardians to
discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their
children and their resource needs.
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Prepare students for later grades by encouraging
them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
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Prepare materials and classrooms for
class activities.
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Provide a variety of materials and
resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities
and in imaginative play.
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Prepare, administer, and grade tests and
assignments to evaluate students' progress.
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Assign and grade class work and
homework.
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Confer with parents or guardians,
teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and
academic problems.
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Plan and conduct activities for a
balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides
students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
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Use computers, audio-visual aids, and
other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
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Prepare objectives and outlines for
courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and
schools.
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Confer with other staff members to plan
and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.
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Prepare reports on students and
activities as required by administration.
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Attend professional meetings,
educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve
professional competence.
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Attend staff meetings and serve on
committees, as required.
Education
State University of
New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York United States
Psychology,
May 2010
Additional Skills
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Proficient in use of Microsoft Windows
and Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
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Proficient in electronic communications
software including email and Skype for working with clients remotely.
Portfolio