Amanda Jun Katsurada

Amanda Jun Katsurada /桂田純

Monterey, California USA
 

日本語圏の方々へ：日本語による職務履歴書および学歴などは履歴書ファイルをＤＬしてご覧ください

BACKGROUND

Born and raised in Japan; educated in both Japan and US.

FELLOWSHIP

World Intellectual Property Organization (Geneva, Switzerland) 2009

PCT Translation Fellow

WORK EXPERIENCE - FULL TIME POSITION

Square Inc. (Now Square-Enix Inc.) 1998-2003

On permanent staff for its localization department; translated all on-screen text in assigned game software, checked for cultural content, de-bugged text errors. Main titles include Chocobo Racing, Legend of Mana, Vagrant Story, Unlimited SaGa, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy Origins.

WORK EXPERIENCE - FREELANCE

TRANSLATION

- Book ('Petter Solberg 110 Per Cent' Mythos Inc. 2007, E-J)

- Game localization, packaged software and online (E-J, J-E)

- Magazine articles (E-J)

- Website (J-E)

- Bios of musicians and dancers (J-E, E-J)

INTERPRETATION

- Government and embassy-related meetings, on-site visits

- International corporation's in-house interpreter

- Motorsports (WRC, F1) 

- Summer music festivals (Fuji Rock Festival, Summer Sonic) 

- Musician interviews by Japanese magazines and radio stations 

 - Radio interviews

- Studio work for video games and TV commercials, twice at George Lucas's Skywalker Sound studio (USA)

- Interpreting staff for various conventions

- Interpreter/local liaison for a Norwegian tour company and a UK broadcasting company for World Rally Championship

EDITING/RESEARCH

- Translation/content checker for the English translation of the Japanese mystery novelThe Summer of Ubume (京極夏彦著「姑獲鳥の夏」) to be published in August 2009 from Vertical Inc.
 

WRITING

- Articles with photos for Rally Express, a Japanese rally magazine (J, now defunct) and Subiesport, an American car magazine (E) 

- Motorsport PR event report for the webpage of Petter Solberg, a world rally champion (E)

VOICE WORK

- Jingles and narration for J-Wave (81.3 FM), Japan's most popular pop station (E, J)

- Voice actor for English conversation learning kit, 'Talkles' (E)

- Sample recording of office system voices for Moshimosh Inc. (E, J)

EDUCATION

Monterey Institute of International Studies, 2010

M.A., Conference Interpreting (Japanese)

Pennsylvania State University, 1998

B.A., Anthropology and Comparative Literature

Minors in History and Classics 
 

PROFICIENCY

Japanese: native

English: native

MEMBERSHIP

American Translators Association 

INTERESTS

Traveled extensively on business and private: Japan, US, Canada, India, Greece, Turkey, Spain, France, Mexico, Belize, New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Monaco, UK, Jordan, Switzerland

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