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							Michio Kashakuma (Male)
Technical Translator                                       Nakameguro 5-8-2, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
English to Japanese and vice versa                         Tel&Fax: 81-3-3714-9679
                                                           Email: kumasan@s07.itscom.net


                                        CURRICULUM VITAE


                                              SUMMARY


Highly experienced English to Japanese translator specialized in mechanical engineering documents,
particularly in assembly, operation and maintenance manuals for construction machinery such as
bulldozers, hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, etc.


                                        CAREER HISTORY


    1978 -       Freelance Translator
   Present
                     Translating manuals for various construction machinery and vehicles of Komatsu, Hitachi,
                      Kobelco, Toshiba, Nissan and other Japanese companies at a rate of about 5,000 words a
                      day. Covering translations of documents related to machine tools, automobiles, gasoline
                      and diesel engines, electric motor cars, as well.
 1977 - 1978     Employed by a Japanese engine generator manufacturing company


                     Worked as a translator of drawings, specifications and various manuals of engine generator
                      sets.
                 Employed by a Japanese machinery trading company
 1974 - 1976
                     Graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Course of Nihon University and worked as a
                      translator of trading documents of machinery, especially coil winding machines and other
                      electric motor manufacturing machines.


                                                 SKILL


        Expert knowledge of mechanical engineering obtained by actually assembling and disassembling
         various machines as well as by reading books in school
        High translation ability increased through long experience


                                        SOFTWARE TOOLS


        TRADOS versions 6.5, 2006 (7.0)
        MS Office XP