CURRICULUM VITAE (Resume)

Yoshifumi Urade
Freelance Translator, Columnist & Author of several books
English to Japanese and Japanese to English Translation
Honyaku-Kozo Translation Service
Tokyo, Japan

e-mail:

eigoyasan_urade@kaimalino.net Please be sure to identify yourself in your e-mail messages with contact details including your own name, your organization's name, address, telephone number, and website, if any. I will not respond to any anonymous e-mail and to free e-mail addresses.

As for such detailed information as operating hours, current availability, and payment method, please click here.

TRANSLATION FIELDS

• Electronics including communication products and audio-visual equipment
• Semiconductor and semiconductor manufacturing equipment
• Information technology (IT) including software, hardware, and the Internet
• Production machinery including measuring instruments and air cleaners
• Weather observation systems and marine navigation systems
• Quality control (ISO 9000) and environmental standard (ISO 14000)
• Financial results reports including consolidated financial statements
• Business documents including letters, reports, agreements, and in-house manuals
• Press releases for various industries and local governments
• Additional fields include shipping and trade, politics and economics

PUBLICATIONS

• Eigo-de Yume-wo Miru Houhou (an essay), June 2014, Zaikai, Co. Ltd.: Tokyo, JAPAN
• Eigo-de Yume-wo Miru Houhou , a column that has been running since 2001 on Zaikai, a Japanese business biweekly
• Fuwaku-no Rakuraku Eigo-jyutsu (Advice for the Middle-aged Japanese to Improve Their English), February 2006, Shueisha, Inc.: Tokyo, JAPAN
• Kokusai-gyomu-no ABC (Introduction to International Business), October 2003, Gakken: Tokyo, JAPAN
• Eigoya-san-no Tora-no-maki (A Professional Translator's Expertise in Communication Skills), November 2001, Shueisha, Inc.: Tokyo, JAPAN
• Eigoya-san - Sony sogyosha Ibuka Masaru ni tsukaeta yonen-han (As an Expert in English - Working for Masaru Ibuka, Co-founder of Sony Corporation), February 2000, Shueisha, Inc.: Tokyo, JAPAN

PUBLISHED TRANSLATIONS

• Professor Vardaman's American English Phrase Book , January 2004, Asuka Publishing, Co. Ltd.: Tokyo, JAPAN, by James M. Vardaman
• Jyoho sensu wo migaku toki , September 1997, Diamond Co.: Tokyo, JAPAN (out of print as of December 2001). Originally published as InfoRelief - Stay Afloat in the InfoFlood by Maureen Malanchuk

  (Many other translations including manuals, textbooks, and documented standards used exclusively by clients. These are therefore not listed.)

CAREER

1993-Present	Freelance Translator (E to J, J to E), Columnist & Author of several books
1984-1993	Shipping Operator (1984-1985), Overseas Advertising & Event Coordinator (1985-1986), Executive Assistant (or translator/interpreter) to the late Mr. Masaru Ibuka, Founder & Honorary Chairman of Sony Corp. (1986-1990), and Assistant Manager in charge of Overseas Marketing of Sony electronic components (1991-1993), Sony Corporation.

EDUCATION

1985-6	One-year Preparatory Program of the Interpreter Training Course, Simul Academy of International Communication, Tokyo, Japan
1984	B.A. in political science, Faculty of Political Science & Economics, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

CERTIFICATIONS

• Professional Translator Test (E to J) First Grade, the Japan Translation Federation, Inc., 1994
• Official Examination in Business English Class A, the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 1988
• Eiken (Test for English Proficiency) First Grade, the Society for Testing English Proficiency, Inc. (STEP), 1982

Home & Office	Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan (Details omitted for privacy)
Sex	Male
Nationality	Japanese
Year of Birth	1961
Marital status	Married