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Edmonton, AB, CA

[Problem Solving - Report Writing - Time Management]Conducting bilingual linguistic quality evaluations (JA-KO), including categorization, labeling, annotation, translation, and transcreation, to improve machine translation quality.

[Problem Solving - Report Writing - Teamwork]Testing and resolving linguistic and functional issues (1.9K+ to date) and improving user experience for software, apps, and websites. Working with multinational localization teams for multiple top 50 global brands (EN-KO).

Tokyo, Japan

Adjunct Researcher for the Institute for Advanced Social Sciences. Conducting research projects and publishing results focused on the theme “Language Policies and Usage of Sinitic Terms in East Asia - Cross-cultural Research into Discriminatory Terms”. Ongoing casual position.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

[Business Development - Web Development - Software Development]Developing and maintaining the company website while building various software applications in the field of pharmacogenetics. Collaborating closely with physicians and researchers at the University of Alberta to support the development of a university spin-off startup.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

[Leadership - Project Management - Web Development]Providing top-quality translation and editing services, with projects including organizational documents, websites and academic materials (30+ projects, EN-KO-JA). Development/maintenance of company website, publication of 1 academic paper and 20 insightful blog posts.

Editing and translating academic and educational materials, official documents, marketing materials and web content (EN-KO-JA).

Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

[Data Analysis - Report Writing - Communication] Contributed to research projects in the Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry by collecting, cleaning, analyzing, and visualizing patient data using R and SPSS, and presenting results.

Tokyo, Japan

[Curriculum Development - Project Management - Mentoring]Developed and executed educational programs for students looking to study abroad. Presented at seminars and workshops, and guided students by providing individual mentoring services. Resigned due to pregnancy.

Tokyo, Japan

[Data Analysis - Problem Solving - Project Management]Collected, cleaned, and analyzed multilingual text data and published findings. Planned and executed international research projects, and facilitated bi-annual conferences. Obtained research grants and managed external collaborations. Mentored students and junior researchers.

Tokyo, Japan

General Teaching Assistant in the Department of Social Sciences. Duties included class preparation, organization and supervision, facilitation of class discussion, interpretation and translation.

Tokyo, Japan

http://bookend.co.jpEditing, copy editing, proofreading, translating of manuscripts, articles, websites and books for the magazine “BIOCITY”.

Tokyo, Japan

Teaching Assistant in the Department of Social Sciences for the courses: Topics in the Kanji Cultural Sphere (Cultural Studies, Gender Theory, Cross-cultural Comparison), Theories in Language and Linguistic Expressions (Japanese Linguistics). Duties included class preparation, organization and supervision, facilitation of class discussion, interpretation.

Seoul, Korea

Developing e-learning programs and textbooks for TOEIC, TOEFL, and HSK.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Comparative Linguistics

Designed and built corpora in the fields of Medicine and Chemistry in English, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese. Cleaned and analyzed.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Japanese Linguistics

Thesis: Research on Medical Terms in the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages: A Focus on the Role of Chinese Characters (Advisor.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Chinese Language And Literature

Advertising and Public Relations Minor. Thesis: Research on the World View of Lu-Xun during his Stay in Japan (Advisor: Prof. Shim So-Hee).