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● Japanese to English translations, with a focus on academic translations and technical/IT translations
● Research and writing about media and technology
● Editing of translated English texts.
Employment history/主な経歴
May 2005-May 2006: Academic librarian at the East Asian Library, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Responsibilities: building a Japanese research collection, providing research support
Oct. 2006-Sept. 2010: Research assistant at the Japanese Studies Department, KU Leuven. Responsibilities: researching popular culture and education, writing on research in academic and popularizing formats, teaching
Sept. 2015-Aug. 2016: Research coach at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Maastricht, Netherlands. Responsibilities: coaching student researchers, teaching
March 2007-present: Freelance translator (part-time between 2006 and 2016, full-time since September 2016; approx. 3 years of full-time experience in total). Responsibilities: Translations (see below for details)
Education and qualifications/学歴と資格
2005: Master of Japanese Studies, Japanese Studies Department of the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium (specialization: Japanese)
2014: Ph.D in Japanese Studies, Japanese Studies Department of the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium (specialization: cultural economics and digital humanities)
Study abroad/留学
2002-2003: Japanese language, culture, and language education program at Nara University of Education, Japan (1 year)
2011-2013: Visiting researcher at Doshisha University, Japan, focus on cultural economics (2 years)
2015 : Mediated Worlds Summer Program, University of Tokyo, Japan (3 weeks)
Other qualifications/その他の資格
JTF-certified translator (Japanese to English, 3rd level, information technology)
Technical expertise/IT
I have extensive experience using a broad array of ICT tools and applications, and am always happy to learn new technical skills.
● Translation software: extensive experience using CAT tools such as SDL Trados
● Studio, OmegaT, and Memsource; can quickly pick up new CAT tools
● Translation quality management: extensive experience using QA tools such as Xbench, Grammarly, and a variety of spellcheckers
● Dictionary management: extensive experience using dictionary and dictionary management software packages and services such as GoldenDict
● Operating systems: extensive experience using a wide variety of operating systems, including Windows, OSX, Linux, Android, and iOS
● Communication: extensive experience using and researching social media, social media management, chat, and blogging platforms
● Publishing: experience administering content management systems such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, and MediaWiki
● Office applications: extensive experience using text editing and presentation software such as Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, and Prezi
● Image editing: experience using image editing software such as Photoshop and Procreate
● Markup and programming languages: basic experience with HTML, CSS, Python, and others
Academic expertise/学術
● PhD-level experience with an array of research tools and research methods
● Extensive knowledge of a wide variety of disciplines from the humanities and social sciences
● Additional knowledge of some disciplines related to computer science
Achievements/実績
Translation work/翻訳実績
● Academic papers: research work, mainly in the fields of economics, sociology, and literature (Japanese to English, Japanese to Dutch)
● News: articles on current affairs for Japanese newspapers and other media, on a wide variety of topics ranging from economics, IT and technology, society, and marketing to business (Japanese to English)
● Software: software manuals and FAQs, website texts and presentations about software (Japanese to English)
● Business materials: emails and other general business documents, catalogs, pamphlets (Japanese to English)
● Marketing materials: presentations, leaflets, website texts (Japanese to English)
● Manga: more than 60 volumes of manga including Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind, One Piece, Neon Genesis Evangelion, 20th Century Boys, Battle Angel Alita, Fruits Basket, and non-fiction manga including Das Kapital, The Origin of Species, and others (Japanese to Dutch)
Other work and experience
● I have experience copywriting and editing materials such as website texts, dissertations, and marketing materials.
● IT has been my hobby for over 15 years, and I have extensive experience with and knowledge about a wide range of software and hardware.
● I have given many talks and workshops about manga and fan culture in particular, mainly at conferences, universities, and secondary schools. Materials for some of these talks are available online.
● I have worked as a teacher of Japanese and various Japanese culture-related topics at institutes of higher education.
● I have worked as a Japanese collection library assistant.
● I write fiction and draw art as a hobby.
Work environment/作業環境
I have a backup computer in case my main machine should experience technical difficulties. All my data are backed up to a cloud service and an external hard disk.
Computers: 1 desktop (wireless LAN or LAN), 1 laptop (wireless)
OS: Windows 8.1, OSX Sierra (each equipped with McAfee anti-virus)
