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Eric Larson

1008 Salem Road Apt. B, Conway AR 92034 ・Tel/Fax (501) 499-6790 ・ erikkuraason@

Summary

Japanese-English translator and editor with strong English writing skills and background in biology, chemistry and patents

Experience

2010-present

University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas

Japanese Instructor

2008-present

Freelance Translator and Editor (biology, chemistry, medical, patents and other fields)

2002-2008

Thomson Reuters, Tokyo, Japan

Translator / Linguistic Analyst

• Produced and edited machine-assisted English translations of Japanese patent applications

• Translated Japanese words into English and registered them in translation software dictionaries

• Performed quality control evaluations of outsourced translations

• Improved machine translation system by linguistic analysis

1999-2002

AEON Central Japan, Nagoya, Japan

English Teacher / Assistant Trainer

1995-1998

Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program, Iwate Prefectural Board of Education, Iwate, Japan

Assistant Language Teacher

• Taught English at public high schools

1990-1995

Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Juneau, Alaska

Intern

• Conducted research on chemically contaminated sites and wrote reports about them for the public

Environmental Laboratory Technician (non-permanent, intermittent)

• Performed gas chromatographic analysis of soil and water samples for organic contaminants

Education and Certificates

• Bachelor of Science, Biology, University of Alaska, Southeast, Juneau, Alaska, 1993

• Japanese Language Proficiency Test (Nihongo Nouryoku Shiken), Level 1 (highest level), 2005

• JTF Business & Technical Translation Examination (Patents), Japan Translation Federation, 2007

• Patent Translation Course, Chizai Academy, 2002

• Japanese-English Patent Translation Course, ILC Techlingua, 2003

Languages: English, Japanese, Norwegian, written Danish

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