Freelance JP>EN translator, localizer, and adapter specializing in creative writing.

Kent State University, Japanese Translation M.A., 2016-2018

Ritsumeikan University, Study in Kyoto Program: Intensive Japanese Track, 2014-2015

University of Pittsburgh, Japanese Language and Literature B.A., 2011-2015

<b>Experience</b>

>studying Japanese since 2005

>freelancing since February 2018

<b>Specialty Fields</b>

>transcreation for advertising

>literature and entertainment/media, especially manga

>MTPE

<b>Skills & Tools</b>

>approximately JLPT N1~N2

>excelled at graduate level proofreading and editing coursework

>experienced with MLA formatting and citations

>regularly uses Chicago Manual of Style but can adapt to in-house style guides

>Trados 2017

<b>Notable Projects</b>

Manga to be released in 2022

Rose and Dandelion by Yorube Toasa, ch. 1-3

Can Someone Please Explain What’s Going On!? by Tsuredurebana, published by J-Novel vol. 1-2

Handwritten family letters spanning from the 1940s to 1990s, including those written by a person with limited literacy.

Advertising pamphlets for seasonal menus for a major hotel in the Tokyo area