About me
My career has spanned over 40 years, interpreting and translating Japanese in business and diplomatic domains for diverse clients around the Asia-Pacific. I manage Japanese interpreting teams and the production of high-quality Japanese translations incorporating multiple quality assurance steps. As a Japanese interpreter I have interpreted for Prime Ministers and other senior politicians, in conferences, courts and for bilateral negotiations, on oil rigs, in abattoirs and in shipyards.
As a former engineering student turned Japanese translator and Japanese interpreter, technical writer and instructional designer, I’m able to put technical concepts into plain, easy to understand language for all audiences. I write well-structured, plain English procedures, reports and submissions, and am an entertaining public speaker and presenter.
I am also a trainer and assessor in Australia’s regulated vocational education and training (VET) system and a sessional tutor and lecturer in Japanese interpreter skills. My students in Japan and Australia come from commercial, migrant and Aboriginal language backgrounds. I also teach language service users, in particular health clinicians, lawyers, police and judicial officers.
I was instrumental in development of competency-based nationally endorsed qualifications for translators and interpreters. I serve on the Standards Australia ISO translating, interpreting and plain language mirror committee and on international working groups developing standards for language services and interpreter education. I am also pursuing PhD research into interpreter training.
Why you should work with me
- I have a reputation for excellence in production of Japanese translation print and audio-visual material for detail-focused clients.
- I’m a strong networker and influential communicator across languages and cultures.
- I’m adept at identifying and facilitating strategic and commercial objectives and building productive cross-sector relationships and synergies to achieve outside-the-square solutions.
- I have been closely involved and maintain an expert interest in development and delivery of nationally endorsed qualifications for translators and interpreters in Australia.
- My passion is learning and communication, and my interests are food, friends and travel, in no particular order, but preferably taken together.
