Japanese to English translator, researcher, and open culture activist. Recovering academic.I became a full-time freelance translator after gaining ten years of experience as a Japanese Studies research and communication expert. My PhD, a digital humanities project on the cultural economy of media in Japan, led me to specialize in academic and technical/IT translations. I combine a wealth of expert knowledge on media, technology, and society, especially free/open culture-related topics, with great practical skills in research and communication.Things I translate:Academic materials: papers, conference programs, website texts for universities, news articlesIT/tech materials: software manuals, FAQs, website texts, training and conference materials, news articlesSpecializations:I specialize in topics related to open culture that I’ve been immersed in for several decades through my work and hobbies:-remix culture/fan culture and related topics like freedom of expression, copyright (creative commons/public domain/licensing), popular culture, and internet culture and social media in general-open source software and related topics like the tech industry, the history of technology, sociology of technology-open science and related topics like citizen science and access to scholarly knowledge-open access and related topics like academic publishing, research communication, funding, and other academia-related issues-open education and related topics like MOOCs, educational technology, and access to education-maker culture and related topics like makerspaces, DIY culture, open source hardware, open design-the sharing economy and related topics like crowdfundingI have a lot of specific Japan-related knowledge about media, for example popular media such as manga and other comics, anime, and games. I’m also interested in how all of the above intersect with issues of accessibility, gender and sexuality, labor rights, sustainability, environmental rights, and so on.