I am a sworn translator and interpreter of Japanese, English, and Dutch with over ten years of professional experience in the broadest range of fields. Interpreting assignments I regularly do include technical/engineering, kaizen programs, international conferences, press conferences, medicine/clinical trials, various inspections and visits, international political meetings, general business meetings, sports events, art events and much more. Part of these assignments involves simultaneous interpreting.As for my educational background, I obtained my first M.A. from the Japanese Studies Department at Ghent University in Belgium, graduating with Great Distinction in 2003. Awarded with a Japanese government scholarship, I subsequently studied Japanese literature at the Japanese top-tier universities of Waseda and Sophia, obtaining a second M.A. with the maximum GPA at the latter. Having lived in Tokyo for nearly 5 years, I returned to Belgium in the fall of 2009 to establish Waran Translations. Since then, I also am a part-time lecturer at the Japanese Studies Department of Ghent University.Dutch is my mother tongue, but I dare say my command of English is near to native level as well. Attesting to this are my TOEIC (950) and TOEFL iBT (110) scores. Eighteen years of studying the Japanese language and more than a decade of daily conversations in Japanese in my private life have also helped me to steadily keep on improving my Japanese skills. In 2006, I attained a JLPT level 1 score of 362.Japanese qualifications Japanese-Language Proficiency Test, Level 1 (highest) (December 2006): 362/400English qualificationsTOEIC (September 2006): 950/990TOEFL iBT (October 2006): 110/120