Melanie Yanagida Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Tx

My primary role is to process employee reimbursements for travel and other business-related expenses. I act as the liaison between the university and our engineers, ensuring we remain compliant with the university’s ever-evolving policies. I am routinely adjusting our processes for improved efficiency, for both the university side as well as our own internal operations. Other duties include supporting my small team to keep things running smoothly behind the scenes.

I reviewed the pages to check that the English translations were accurate, natural-sounding, and easy to read. I was given a deadline for each term, but was otherwise trusted to follow my own schedule to ensure everything got thoroughly checked and pushed out on time.

I was responsible for erasing the original Japanese text on pages and replacing the bubbles with the English translations. I also offered to tweak translations as I worked so that the end product would be more polished.

I received audio files and transcribed the discussions verbatim into Word documents. The typical turnaround time for an project was 24-48 hours, depending on the length of audio, which ranged from 15-60 minutes.

Fishers, In

I worked as office assistant to a Real Estate agent. My duties included maintaining the company's website; responding to e-mails; online marketing; photographing properties; organizing, writing, and processing documentation; and writing a monthly newsletter.

Fishers, In

I tutored a few Japanese businessmen in English. One-on-one lessons were held on a weekly basis, and the lessons were catered to each student's needs. Lessons involved conversation practice, tricky grammar, and a dash of culture discussion.I also tutored an American high school student in beginner Japanese. These lessons covered the basic alphabets (including first-level Kanji), basic grammar and vocabulary, and culture discussion.

Bachelor Of Arts And Science, East Asian Languages And Cultures

Study Abroad Program, Japanese Language