Seeking an in-house translator and/or localizer position in which I can apply my research skills and background in both translation and creative writing to produce elegant, compelling Japanese-to-English translations.
職歴
Freelance Translator
Sanctuary Publishing / One Peace Books
(11ヶ月)
日本, 東京都
2018年11月から2019年10月まで
Translated from Japanese into English multiple book titles throughout 2018 and 2019, including:
ゼロ秒思考（赤羽 雄二 2013)
カタカムナ文明入門編（天野 成美 2019)
その「生きづらさ」卒業できます（岩田とよ 2018）
Personal Assistant to the Poet and Critic Tess Taylor
https://www.tess-taylor.com/
(2年
2ヶ月)
アメリカ合衆国, Berkeley
2016年07月から2018年09月まで
- Copyedited, fact-checked, and provided content edit suggestions on poetry, play, and nonfiction manuscripts
- Researched and tracked potential awards, grants, and residencies in Excel while continuously strategizing ways to streamline existing spreadsheet systems
- Performed archival research in UC Berkeley’s libraries
- Oversaw both the construction of class syllabi and the subsequent compilation of corresponding course readers
Intern
McSweeney's Publishing
(3ヶ月)
アメリカ合衆国, San Francisco
2016年01月から2016年04月まで
- Fact-checked articles for The Believer Magazine
- Copyedited book manuscripts (primarily fiction)
- Read, evaluated, and voted on short story submissions for Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern
学歴
Keio University
Certificate of Completion (1-year) 場所 Japanese Language Program
(1年)
日本, 東京都
2018年09月から2019年09月まで
- Completed Keio University's year-long Japanese Language Program
- All courses taken in Japanese through the Center for Japanese Studies
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts in English; Minor in Creative Writing 場所 Bachelor of Arts in English; Minor in Creative Writing
(3年
8ヶ月)
アメリカ合衆国, Berkeley
2014年08月から2018年05月まで
- GPA: 3.832
- Graduated with Distinction in General Scholarship
- Graduated with High Honors in English, which entailed participating in a year-long thesis seminar and producing a fifty-page research-driven thesis paper.
- Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society inductee
- Spent a semester abroad at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan, from March 2017 to August 2017
実績
2019年10月
- Winner of the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, and 2017-2018 Lili Fabilli and Eric Hoffer Essay Prize
- Winner of the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 Joan Lee Yang Memorial Poetry Prize
- My poetry and other writing has appeared in various American literary journals, including Catamaran Literary Reader, Cimarron Review, Glassworks Magazine, The Believer, the Berkeley Fiction Review blog, and Nashville Review.
