nazma is an industrial translator, with the trade name “Goju-ON” (which means Japanese alphabet of 50 phonetic sounds), mainly specialized in information technology related documents.
A reliable and talented translator with skills and abilities to translate written documents from a source language to a target language with high fluency and readability.
Avid learner and researcher to provide quality.
Qualifications/Certifications
- TOEIC score 930
- English Technical Writing Test Level 2 (by Japan Society for Technical Communication)
- Class II Information Technology Engineer Examination
- 3rd grade Certified Skilled Worker of Financial Planning
Backgrounds
| 1991 | Graduated from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies, English language department. |
| 1991 – 1996 | Worked for a system integration services company, mainly engaged in planning and sales support at telecommunication/network-related departments. Also, occasionally conducted internal translation tasks regarding international contracting and trends in telecom businesses. |
| 1996 – 2004 | Worked as an internal translator for a foreign-affiliated ERP vendor. Engaged in localizing of the software interface, online help, manuals, technical documents, implementation project materials, training materials, etc. |
| 2004 | Became a freelance business translator. |
| Won first place in the Amelia Translation Triathlon 2004. | |
| 2011 | Join the JTF Style Guide Committee of Japan Translation Federation (JTF). Worked together with other members and advisors to produce “JTF Style Guide for Translators Working into Japanese”. |
| Had a session at 21st JTF Translation Festival Tokyo 2011, with other two members of the JTF Style Guide Committee, regarding style guides used in the translation industry. | |
| 2012 | Participated as a panelist on a panel that discussed quality control in translation, at IJET-23 in Hiroshima 2012, held by Japan Association of Translators (JAT). |
| 2017 | Appointed as the vice-chairman of the JTF Translation Quality Committee. |
| 2018 | Participated as a speaker at IJET-29 in Osaka 2018, held by JAT, conversing on the topic of Japanese styleguides for translation. |
| 2020 | In March, gave lectures on “Key Points in Quality Assessment that Translators Should Know” as part of a short course at the Fellow Academy, a school specializing in translation. Contributed to the 99th and 105th installments of the column “English that is difficult to translate into Japanese” in the Amelia Network information magazine “Amelia.” |
Key Experiences in Translating and Localizing:
| 1991- | Abridged translation of newsletters about trends in telecom/network services. |
| 1996- | User interface and online help of ERP software, and related technical/user documentation. Also translated implementation project materials, both EtoJ and JtoE. |
| 2004- | EtoJ translation of user interfaces and documentation of PC software, certification exams for software technical specialists. |
| 2005- | EtoJ translation of documentation regarding storage hardware/software. |
| 2007 | EtoJ translation of a guidebook for passengers of a luxury liner. |
| 2008- | EtoJ translation of documentation regarding storage technologies, UI/UA of PC software. |
| 2010- | EtoJ translation of the website of a sound effect technologies vendor. EtoJ translation of website and documentation regarding cloud services/platform. |
| 2011- | EtoJ translation of website and documentation regarding consumer-oriented computer hardware. |
| 2012- | EtoJ translation of website and documentation regarding computer security, cloud services/platform. |
| 2014- | EtoJ translation of online learning materials. |
| 2018- | EtoJ translation of marketing materials regarding servitazation, network security. EtoJ translation of marketing materials for cloud infrastructure services. |
| 2019- | EtoJ translation of marketing materials regarding robotix process automation. |
| 2020- | EtoJ translation of product descriptions for an overseas fashion brand’s e-commerce website. EtoJ translation of user interfaces of a major social networking service, in an agile method. Translation review for a project of a major cloud service company. |
| 2024- | EtoJ translation of learning materials for a major software services company. |
| 2025- | EtoJ translation of product descriptions for a major sportswear e-commerce site. EtoJ translation of marketing documents for consumer computing devices. |
Other Activities
- Joined “KESENNUMA – BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE“, the official Facebook page of Kesennuma City, Miyagi prefecture, as a volunteer translator, translating local news into English.
- Occasionally contributes activity reports and interview articles for websites of local civic groups, as a volunteer staff member.
- In 2020, took the writer training course at the local community center, and an article was published in the center’s newsletter (March 2021 issue).
- A modest trekker.