MasaCa Translations

Japanese/Korean <-> English translation/interpreting services. Highly educated, very successful freelance translators with many years of experience translating patents, legal, technical and general documents in a variety of fields. Tough translation warriors, working together to get your project done well/on-time! Excellent editing services. Superior verbal Japanese/English skills with considerable interpreting experience.

Perform high-level translations and interpreting duties for an extensive number of clients, including almost all top US translation agencies. Technical military translator at major corporations. Work on assignment as translator evaluators. Members of Japan Association of Translators; members and former Administrator (Carl), 830-member Japanese Language Division of the American Translators Association. Featured presenter (Carl) on Korean patent translation for ATA's Korean Division, and Medical Division members. 2,000,000+ word expanded volume past two years.

Academic experience includes BA (prestigious Fuji Womens College), MS (Hokkaido University of Education), MA/ Post Graduate Studies (Instructional Design/Technology; Brigham Young University), special interpreting/translating course (Universiade, Sapporo) (Masae); Korean Course (Commandant's Award [Valedictorian]; Defense Language Institute), BA (Asian Studies/Japanese with Korean Minor; University of Arizona), MA (Second Language Acquisition/Japanese; Brigham Young University) (Carl).

Masae's work experience includes having been a translation project manager, graduate researcher, college faculty member, and having owned her own language school. Carl has been tenured Associate Professor of Japanese/TESL, is currently an Intelligence/Information Warfare Officer (Commander/0-5) in the United States Navy Reserves, has directed a large language school in Japan, has been a NASAR-certified Wilderness Medicine Instructor/EMT, and has extensive military, research, cultural and language instructional experience.