Experience

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  GREE, Inc.

  • Tokyo, Japan

  • Videogame Translator

    • Jul 2022 - Present
    • Tokyo, Japan

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  Self-Employed

  • New Taipei City, Taiwan

  • Translator

    • Dec 2011 - Present
    • New Taipei City, Taiwan

    On a freelance basis, this job, over the years, has involved translating and proofreading Traditional Mandarin (and sometimes Japanese) to English documents across a variety of fields, such as academic, medical, and entertainment. It has also included work for several heavy metal bands in Taiwan, involving such tasks as translating magazine interviews, translating song lyrics from Traditional Mandarin to English, as well as writing English song lyrics. This also includes English proofreading. I sometimes also aid in simple Japanese to Mandarin interpretation.

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  MediBang

  • Tokyo, Japan

  • Manga Translator

    • Nov 2021 - Jun 2022
    • Tokyo, Japan

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  DIGITAL Hearts Co., Ltd.

  • Tokyo, Japan

  • Localisation Quality Assurance Tester

    • Sep 2019 - Jun 2022
    • Tokyo, Japan

    English website and in-game UI, voice, text, translation, and localisation checking, proofreading, and re-translation suggestions (American and British English).Also involves the use of spoken and written Japanese in the workplace, for example, reading instructions, communicating with team leaders and other co-workers, and interpreting instructions for non-Japanese-speaking teammates. Further, the job involves training English localisation quality assurance staff new to the project.This job entails working with high-profile intellectual properties from numerous well-known game developers and publishers.

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  Self Employed

  • Online English Teacher

    • Jul 2010 - Apr 2018

    This job involved teaching English online to students from around the world, 1-on-1 via Skype. Negotiating fees was also a part of the job, as were time management, and planning and organising (schedules as well as lesson content). This job also included helping students to prepare for such English proficiency exams as IELTS, TOEFL, and TOEIC.I also taught students face-to-face in Taiwan and Japan.

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  Kanda Gaigo Kids' Club

  • Kanto, Japan

  • Assistant Language Teacher

    • Oct 2016 - Jul 2017
    • Kanto, Japan

    This post involved assisting native Japanese teachers with teaching English to children ranging from 3 to 13 years old in classrooms around the Kanto region, as well as participating in regular PR activities on a part-time basis.

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  Anthelion

  • New Taipei City, Taiwan

  • Translator/Interpreter/English Proofreader (Part-Time)

    • Jan 2012 - Feb 2017
    • New Taipei City, Taiwan

    Translating Traditional Mandarin into English for websites, magazine interviews, other miscellaneous documents, and the band's most recent album, Obsidian Plume, for the Indonesian market. Also, some English-Japanese-Mandarin interpreting in Taiwan and abroad.

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  The Development Centre

  • Carlisle, United Kingdom

  • Manager

    • Dec 2012 - Sep 2013
    • Carlisle, United Kingdom

    This post in this counselling charity involved general administrative and PR duties, counsellor scheduling, website and web presence maintenance, securing funds, and organising events such as an East-Asian tea party, a weekly coffee morning, a weekly language café, and a day course on transgender awareness.

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  EF Englishtown

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Online English Teacher

    • Apr 2010 - Jun 2011
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    This job involved teaching English to hundreds of students from all around the world via online classroom software, as well as Skype. Conducting language proficiency tests was also a constituent part of the job. Classes ranged from private 1-on-1 classes to group classes of more than 20 students.

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  University of Chester Student Union

  • University of Chester

  • Karate Instructor/Sensei

    • Sep 2008 - May 2009
    • University of Chester

    I established and ran the University of Chester Freestyle Karate club, and taught karate to other university students.

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  Robinson Computers

  • Carlisle, United Kingdom

  • Part-Time Manager

    • May 2008 - Sep 2008
    • Carlisle, United Kingdom

    As a manager at a small family business, this post involved all the day-to-day tasks associated with the running of the business, including dealing with customers, taking orders, stock taking, maintaining the company website, fixing laptops and computers, and building custom computers, among others.

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  Self-Employed

  • Maryport, Cumbria, UK.

  • Guitar Tutor

    • Sep 2003 - Aug 2006
    • Maryport, Cumbria, UK.

    This job involved teaching guitar to children between the ages of 4 and 16, in private 1-to-1 lessons, private group lessons, group lessons in schools (primary and secondary), and music clubs (secondary school). This included exam preparation for Rockschool guitar exams, in which my students excelled, with two instances of students improving by two levels in half the time it is expected to improve by one level.