Quality Assurance Control
Resume:
OBJECTIVE
To secure employment as a Japanese-to-English proofreader, editor, and
translator.
EXPERIENCE
Social Groupware Translator
(contract)
Translated a 35-page, 16,000 Japanese character B2B document into
English
ZnN Proofreader (contract)
05/2013 - present
. Quality control of into-English and into-foreign language translations
Glyph Language Services Linguist (contract)
03/2013 - present
Translation and linguistic quality assurance testing for airline
software and video games
EDUCATION
University of Victoria Victoria, BC B.A. in Pacific and Asian
Studies (Concentration: Japanese) 09/2005 - 06/2010
. Doshisha University Kyoto, Japan (Partner University
Immersion Exchange) 04/2008 - 04/2009
McMaster University Hamilton, ON Honors Japanese, Honors
German 09/2003 - 04/2005
University of Vermont Burlington, VT B.S. in Microbiology
09/1997 - 05/2002
CONTINUING JAPANESE STUDIES
Monterey Institute of International Studies Monterey, CA
06/2012 - 08/2012
Graduate-level intensive private instruction program
San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA
01/2012 - 04/2012
Composition, Reading Comprehension, Japanese Literature
Soko Gakuen Japanese Language School San Francisco, CA
09/2011 - 12/2011
Practical Communication, Kanji, JLPT preparation
Arc Academy, Human Academy Tokyo/Kyoto
09/2010 - 09/2011
A and B level language courses (intermediate to advanced)
CERTIFICATION
Japanese Language Proficiency Test - N 1 level (results pending)
Japanese Language Proficiency Test - N 2 level (passed)
TESOL 15-week Online Certificate program though Anaheim University
(passed)
Monterey Institute of International Studies Certificate of
Satisfactory Completion
SKILLS
Fluent Japanese, proficient German, introductory French; Windows OS;
MS Office Suite; Adobe Acrobat; Excellent Written Communication;
Internet Research
INTERESTS
Travel; video games (turn-based, role-playing, puzzle, adventure, etc.);
Manga and graphic novels
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