<p> Kimberly-Marie Phang</p><p>CONTACT DETAILS</p><p>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</p><p>AREAS OF EXPERTISE</p><p>. 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</p><p>EDUCATION & TRAINING</p><p>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)</p><p>SFU Writing and Publishing Program, Canada 2005-2006 . Courses in creative writing, editing and publishing</p><p>Simon Fraser University, Canada 2001-2006 . Bachelor of Arts in Communication & Computing Science</p><p>Kansai Gaidai University, Japan 2004-2005 . Certificate in Asian Studies</p><p>Central St Martins College of Art & Design, UK 2001 . Intensive Foundation Art</p><p>EXPERIENCE</p><p>Freelance Copyeditor & Translator 2005- present  Copyediting and proofreading of documents and manuscripts.</p><p> Japanese-English translation.</p><p>Blackberry Gallery, Canada 2007 Gallery Assistant  Gallery administration, artist and client relations, event planning.</p><p>HSBC Bank, Canada 2005- 2006 Customer Service Representative  Financial services and client relations.</p><p>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.</p><p>QUALIFICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS</p><p>. Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) Level 1</p><p>. Japan Association of Translators (JAT) </p><p>. ProZ Translation Directory (translator profile: http://www.proz.com/profile/664352)</p><p>. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)</p><p>. MusicBC Industry Association</p><p>HARDWARE/SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS</p><p>. 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</p><p>. System #2: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz, 512MB RAM</p>