Seikoh Hokama

RESUME

Personal Information

Name: Seikoh Hokama

Address:

              Otani Kopo 102

              Nishi 1-2-8 Kamishiba-cho

              Fukaya-shi, Saitama-ken

              366-0052, Japan

Telephone:

              +81(0)48-573-9827 (home/fax)

              +81(0)902-663-1090 (mobile)

E-mail address: seikohhokama@hotmail.com

Birth date: May 25th, 1974

Birth place: Lima, Peru

Nationality: Japanese

Sex: Male

Work Experience

Period: From May 2008

Status: Freelance translator/tester

Companies working for: (as translator) Intac, Fastrans, etc. (as tester) Keywords International.

Period: From December 2008 to June 2009

Charge: Programmer

Company: Global Software Co., Ltd.

Charge: Videogame localization coordinator/assistant coordinator

Company: Square Enix Co., Ltd. (former Square Co., Ltd)

Period: From June 1999 to November 1999

Company: Sega Co., Ltd.

Note: The list of projects I was involved is at the bottom of this document.

Education

Type: Programming (C++, Java)

Title: Bachelor of Arts in video game programming
Date: March 1st, 1999
Institute: Amusement Media Sogo Gakuin (Academy of Amusement Media)

Personal Skills

Mother tongue: Spanish and Japanese

Other languages: Fluid in English (TOEIC score: 890)

Computer skills:

- Basic knowledge in C, Visual Basic, VBA and Perl programming

- Basic knowledge in usage of graphic applications (Blender, GIMP, Adobe Photoshop) and video editing (Adobe Premiere, Screenblast Movie Studio).

Others: Translation of documents and interpreter for family and friends in Japan.

List of projects involved

* As a localization coordinator assistant in Square Enix

              Chrono Cross (US version, uncredited)

              The Bouncer (US and European versions)

              Final Fantasy IX (US versions)

              Final Fantasy X (US and European versions)

              Final Fantasy XI (US version)

              Final Fantasy VII Advent Children (Spanish subtitles check, dubbing voice

              Checking during post-production, etc.)

* As a localization coordinator in Square Enix.

              Kingdom Hearts II (US and European versions)

              Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (US and European versions)

              Final Fantasy IV for DS (European version)

* Other projects

              Shenmue (Japanese version, while working at Sega)

• SDLX Translation Suite
• TRADOS
• Adobe Photoshop Elements, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, OpenOffice.org, Meikai Hon'yaku