Makiko Nakajima

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EDUCATION University of California, Berkeley, CA

B.A. Linguistics, December 2001

EXPERIENCE

The Weather Channel: Japanese Translator (Aug 2016)

Translate various news clips from English to Japanese for subtitle

Turnitin, Japanese Translator/Localization, Oakland, CA (Aug 2010– June 2015)

Translate and review Turnitin UI strings, emails, marketing sites and various notifications/contents for users

Communicate with various teams (Engineering, Marketing, QA) to clarify the functions of the features and calibrate terminology appropriately

Identify and resolve linguistic and cultural issues before launch

Identify mistakes/discrepancies, and contribute to improve the quality of the software

Communicate with various teams with JIRA

QA entire Turnitin application collaborating with a QA team before launch

Google, Japanese website testing evaluator, Mountain View, CA (May – Aug 02, Sept 05 – Oct 06)

Write test queries and rate websites according to their relevance

Evaluate, compare and rate the search result pages

Test queries of web images comparing the old and the new index

Evaluate the quality of search results by finding span, errors and inappropriate results

Provide summary reports and make suggestions for improved searches

SKILLS Computer: Windows, Macintosh, MS Office

Typing: 70 WPM, Ability to type in English and Japanese

Language: Japanese native speaker, fluent in English

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