* Instruction manuals and product specifications (pumps, generators, integrated circuits, telecommunications equipment, MRI scanners)
* Publications (municipal ordinances, art gallery brochures, academic papers, information for tourist sites)
* NGO-related activities (reports by environmental groups, conference proceedings, reports by relief agencies)
* Corporate materials (financial reports, in-house memos and guidelines, training overviews and manuals)



* Level I on the Japanese Language Proficiency Test
* B.Sc. (Psychology, University of Calgary)
* Ph.D. (Theatre Studies, University of Malta)
* Member JAT (Japan Association of Translators)
* Member SWET (Society of Writers, Editors, and Translators)
* Member NZSA (New Zealand Society of Authors)

My background includes a full-time, in-house position at a translation agency in Japan.