Kimberly-Marie Phang

CONTACT DETAILS

Address: 2742 Canim Avenue, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada V3C 4Y1 Telephone: +1.604.941.8067 Fax: +1.604.941.8067 Email: [email protected] Website: www.kimarie.vze.com Birthplace: London, UK Nationality: Canadian Native Language: English (US and British) Language pairs: Japanese  English

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

. Advertising copy and marketing material . Magazine articles, literary translation, manga . Subtitling - subsequent translation only (i.e., from master file) . Manuals and brochures for audio equipment, photography equipment, consumer electronics, video games, software, etc. . Travel writing and tourism . Website translation and localization . Business documents, press releases, presentations, web pages . Rewriting, copyediting, proofreading

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music, Japan 2007-present University of British Columbia, Canada . Research initiative: “Popular Culture & Globalization: Japanese Crossover to US Music Market” . MEXT Research Studies Scholarship recipient (2008-present)

SFU Writing and Publishing Program, Canada 2005-2006 . Courses in creative writing, editing and publishing

Simon Fraser University, Canada 2001-2006 . Bachelor of Arts in Communication & Computing Science

Kansai Gaidai University, Japan 2004-2005 . Certificate in Asian Studies

Central St Martins College of Art & Design, UK 2001 . Intensive Foundation Art

EXPERIENCE

Freelance Copyeditor & Translator 2005- present  Copyediting and proofreading of documents and manuscripts.

 Japanese-English translation.

Blackberry Gallery, Canada 2007 Gallery Assistant  Gallery administration, artist and client relations, event planning.

HSBC Bank, Canada 2005- 2006 Customer Service Representative  Financial services and client relations.

Finsbury Orthopaedics, UK 2003 Junior Designer  Product manual and website design, copywriting and photography for biomedical company specializing in surgical technology and advanced joint replacement products.

QUALIFICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

. Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) Level 1

. Japan Association of Translators (JAT)

. ProZ Translation Directory (translator profile: http://www.proz.com/profile/664352)

. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)

. MusicBC Industry Association

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS

. Windows XP/Vista, MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Frontpage), Wordfast, STAR Transit 3.0 PE, Subtitle Workshop, Adobe CS, Macromedia Flash . System #1: Intel Core2 Duo CPU 1.80GHz, 2GB RAM

. System #2: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz, 512MB RAM