EDUCATION: Westminster
College,
Salt Lake City, Utah
Bachelor of Science: Phys. Ed., secondary education,
1963
Scarritt
College,
Nashville
Tennessee
Master of Arts: Christian Education,
1974
International
Christian University,
Tokyo
Intensive
training in Japanese language, 1977-78
Tokyo
School of the Japanese Language,
Tokyo
Intensive
training in Japanese language, 1968-9, 1977
Work
Experience:
1992-Present:
Freelance Japanese-to-English translator, editor
Major
and ongoing projects: ¨
Dictionary
of Asian
Christianity
(Christian Conference of Asia publication) - translated
all Japan-related entries
for this publication ¨
Women
Moving Mountains: Feminist Theology in Japan
. did all translation, editing, DTP for book (published
8/2000) ¨
YWCA
of Japan English newsletter
. have translated, edited, and done DTP for this quarterly publication
since 1986
Smaller
projects: ¨
Advertising
& marketing . PowerPoint presentations, surveys, brochures,
etc. ¨
Entertainment
. news releases, letters, etc. ¨
Personal
documents . family registration, birth, marriage certificates,
diplomas ¨
General
business correspondence . letters, reports, faxes, questionnaires,
minutes ¨
Semi-technical
. environmental reports, etc.
1986-1992: International staff person on YWCA of Japan staff
doing translation, interpretation, etc. in order to make the
work of the YWCA of Japan known
to the English-speaking world
1978-1984:District lay missionary serving in 8 different
United Church of Christ in Japan (Kyodan) churches in Kagoshima
Prefecture, Japan. As such, I worked with youth groups, trained teachers,
helped to organize educational
ministry programs, and was involved in church
music.
1968-1973:Taught
English as a second language at Iai Girls. High School in Hakodate,
Japan
1963-1967:Taught
in public schools in Jefferson County and Moffat County,
Colorado
Memberships: American
Translators Association, Japanese Language Division Colorado
Translators Association Society
of Writers, Editors, and Translators (SWET) YWCA
of Japan
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