Eriko Matsuda Gardner

**** ** **** **.

Seattle, Washington 98117

206-***-****

abh5vs@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE A part-time position in translation/localization

(English to Japanese)

PROFESSIONAL Linguistic professional with 10 years of experience in

SUMMARY the localization industry. Worked with US and

Japanese resellers to localize 3D software for the

Japanese market. Translated technical documents,

video tutorials, and daily industry news.

EXPERIENCE Cadalog, Inc. (Formerly EMT Software), Bellingham,

Washington 1999-2010

. Translated and Localized various CAD/CAM, 3D

modeling software and plug-ins for the Japanese market

. Translated daily industry news for the Japanese

professionals in the mechanical design

. Translated the online help files, tutorials and

manuals (text and images) for the CAD/CAM, 3D modeling

programs (including Rhinoceros, SketchUp, Alibre

Design) using translation memory (DejaVu)

. Translated video tutorials and recorded the Japanese

versions (including the voiceovers)

. Translated daily news for Japanese 3D modeling

industry.

. Designed and maintained various localized web sites

for the software

. Corresponded with software developers in the U.S.

and resellers in Japan to create highly localized

software

. Worked with Japanese reseller, Data Design to

localize various CAD/CAM, 3D modeling programs

Seattle Language Academy, Seattle, Washington 1999

. Interpreted multi-day business meetings between

representatives from ALC (Tokyo, Japan) and Microsoft

. Interpreted multi-day business meetings for the

Starbucks and the Japanese representative

EDUCATION PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY, Portland, Oregon

Masters of Arts, December 1998

Applied Linguistics (TESOL)

CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Ellensburg, Washington

Bachelor of Arts, June 1995

English Literature, Fine Arts

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