Career / Experience

INTERPRETATION / TRANSLATION EXPERIENCE

Medical Interpreter / Translator Intern
Stanford Hospital and Clinics – Stanford, California (Summer 2006)
•Certificate – Completed over 200 hours of formal training
•Interpreted for Japanese and Chinese-speaking patients in all areas of hospital, including cardiology, cancer center, ER, gynecology, ICU, infertility center, neurology, pediatrics
•Interpreted for physicians and nurses at organ transplant seminars
•Translated patient discharge education documents for all departments and clinics
•Sight translated surgery consent forms

Translator Intern
Toyota Technical Development Corporation – Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan (Summer 2006)
•Certificate – Completed over 240 hours of formal training
•Assisted Toyota Motors Corporation in translating technical documents including patents, CATIA, engineering theses, and eco-marketing speeches from Japanese to English
•Made sales and marketing calls with outside prospective clients


BUSINESS / LOCALIZATION EXPERIENCE

Translator
Frontia Corporation – Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan (2000 - 2002)
•Designed and localized web pages for Aichi University from English to Chinese
•Translated web pages for the Yamasa Institute from English to Chinese


GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA-RELATED EXPERIENCE

Assistant Language Teacher / Interpreter / Translator
Board of Education, City of Toyota / Okazaki – Toyota / Okazaki, Japan (2002 - 2005)
•Translated school documents and principals’ speeches from Japanese to English
•Interpreted for Superintendent at international sister city events
•Assisted teachers in team-teaching English classes at public schools
•Developed English curriculum and materials for elementary and junior high schools

Radio Personality
FM Okazaki – Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan (2001 - 2002)
•Conducted weekly radio programs in both English and Japanese
•Interviewed local residents and entertainers in Japanese