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Dave REESE
1. Member American Translators Association (ATA)
2. Member Japan Association of Translators (JAT)
Kamitsuruma 4811-622C
Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa, 228-0802
Country code : JP
Mobile : +81-80-5029-3249
Languages and specialist subject areas
Japanese > English
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Memberships, accreditations
ATA, JAT
1. Member American Translators Association (ATA)
2. Member Japan Association of Translators (JAT)
CV
Presentation :
With over 21 years of experience living in working in Japan, I have been working in a professional capacity as a Japanese-to-English translator for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army since 1991. I am currently employed full-time by the U.S. Army Asian Studies Detachment in Japan, performing translations and translation QCs of reports covering a wide variety of military, political, scientific/technical, medical and infrastructure topics. I have also translated annual reports and various other PR documents published by commercial firms. My freelance work specialized in chemical research papers and patents, as well as general science and general business documents. Additionally, I am also very interested in translating post-WW2 Japanese novels, short stories, essays, etc.
Qualifications :
1. Bachelor of Arts in Business and Management (secondary concentration in Japanese Studies), University of Maryland
2. Associate of Applied Science in Interpreting and Translating, Community College of the Air Force
3. Achieved highest possible score of 3 "Proficient" on the Defense Language Proficiency Test in Japanese every year since 1991.
Professional experience :
1. Translator and Translation Supervisor, U.S. Army Asian Studies Detachment, Japan, 2003 to present
2. Translator and Senior Editor, U.S. Army Asian Studies Detachment, Japan, 2000 to 2003
3. Translator and Linguist, Aerospace Research Liaison Office, Defense Intelligence Agency, Japan, 1995-1998
4. Translator and Linguist, U.S. Air Force, Japan, 1991-1995
Prices :
General rates are USD $0.11 or JPY Y12 per Japanese character in the source document. Rates are negotiable.
Working method :
Hardware: Compaq Presario desktop PC.
HP color printer.
Fax machine.
Software: Windows XP operating system
TRADOS 6.5 with Multiterm
MS Office 2000 (Japanese)
MS Word
MS Excel
MS PowerPoint
Adobe Acrobat Reader
56K Dial-up connection to Internet
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