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Walter Edwards, Ph.D.
Title
Managing Editor, PsyCh Journal
Affiliation
Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
E-mail
Specialties
Archaeology and history (Ancient) of Japan.
Comments
Regularly translate for the Japanese Archaeological Association, including all items listed on the web page “Trends in Japanese Archaeological Research: Academic summaries translated from the Association’s annual report, ARCHAEOLOGIA JAPONICA” (URL:http://archaeology.jp/publication/trends/). Other academic publications and translations are listed on my curriculum vitae (available: http://www.w-edwards.org/WalterEdwards-Vita.pdf). Currently live and work mostly in China, but maintain an affiliation with the Nara National Institute for Cultural Properties as an Adjunct Researcher.
Steven Evans, Mr.
Affiliation
Corporate translator based in Kyoto
E-mail
Specialties
Academic translation, both scientific and in the humanities, and corporate translations, especially financial reports, CSR reports, S&P/PR materials, etc.
Comments
Provides editorial assistance including translation and proofreading for UrbanScope in addition to other English-related support for UCRC.
Takako Kimura, Ms.
Affiliation
Freelance translator
Phone
+386-1-2511308
E-mail
Specialties
Japanese and western history, culture and archaeology. Translation from English, French and Slovene to Japanese or from Japanese to English.
Comments
Currently lives in Slovenia but spends every summer in Japan (Kyoto and Tokyo). Has translated multiple books in humanities field (architecture, art, history) that are published in Japan, as well as different museum-related articles and materials.
Robert Miller, Mr.
Affiliation
Kiwi Translations Company, Ltd.
Position
President
Company address
7A Junesu Musashino Bldg., 2-2-2 Nakacho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-0006
Translations in many academic fields, including science & technology, politics, economics and legal documents as well as business-related translations, such as company web sites, annual reports, financial reports, etc.
Comments
Won a prize in the Shizuoka International Translation Competition (for two works including an historical essay about Minamoto no Sanetomo).
Specialization is in the fields of architecture and urban planning. Translation experience, however, stretches across a wide range of fields, including image processing, politics, geography, culture and linguistics. Has over 10 years of experience in the field of academic translation, both from Japanese to English and vice versa.
Comments
Born in Japan but raised in the United States for 20 years from the age of three. With a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley and a master’s degree in socio-cultural environmental studies from The University of Tokyo, I have developed a solid understanding of both languages and cultures.
Graduate student at Department of History, University of California, Davis. Translation from Chinese/Japanese to English, and English to Chinese.
James B. Smith
Affiliation
Independent. I have worked as a freelance translator (Japanese to English); writer, and editor in San Francisco since 2003. I also worked as a translator, editor and re-writer in Tokyo for 15 years. I also worked in journalism in the past: for NHK’s Radio Japan as a news announcer and editor.
Address
1985 Grove Street No. 5 San Francisco, CA 94117
Phone
1-415-379-4832
Cellular phone
1-415-509-6546
E-mail
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Specialties
Sociology, economics, education, literature and cross-cultural studies.
Recent work
In addition to translating articles in the fields of sociology, political science, I translated a book written by Professor Sechiyama Kaku (Tokyo University Sociology professor). It was published in English as Patriarchy in East Asia–A Comparative Sociology of Gender (Brill, Leiden and Boston, 2013).
Comments
In this current era of social upheaval all over the world, I am interested in contributing to peace, international understanding and social reform. At this stage of my career, I am more interested in contributing to these goals than in simply making money. If any of your group members have the opportunity to visit California (especially the San Francisco Bay Area, feel free to contact me. Also, please feel free to contact me at my e-mail address, by mail or telephone as follows:
