Ryan Francis Ginstrom

Ryan GINSTROM
Japanese to English Technical Translator

Native Language: English
Translate From: Japanese
Translate Into: English

Areas of Specialization

• Computer software Skilled computer programmer
• Telecommunications Research experience at NTT

Education

• Honors graduate of Stanford University
• BA in Linguistics (specialization in Computational Linguistics), June 1997

Work Experience

1988 to 1993 Cryptologic linguist, US Air Force
1993 to 1997 Student
1997 Research intern at NTT Yokosuka Laboratory
1997 to present Freelance technical Japanese-to-English translator

Selected Translations

• Localization of Microsoft IME 2000 and 2002
• DoCoMo i-Mode Java Content Developer’s Guide
• Press releases and other PR material for major Japanese tech firms
• Canon printer API specification
• DoCoMo FOMA and other DoCoMo user’s guides

Other Relevant Experience/Qualifications

• Level 1, Japanese Language Proficiency Test
• Developer of Felix CAT Software
• Member and former director, Japan Association of Translators (JAT)
• Published academically in the field of information processing
• Studied in Japan at Nanzan University as an exchange student
• Have lived in Japan permanently since 1999
• Consulting editor, "最初の数ワードで相手の言っていることが分かる英会話リスニング," Nagaoka Shoten.
• Editor of the Computer Aided Translation category at the Open Directory.