Masaru Shimizu - Profile

PROFILE

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name: Date of Birth: Native tongue:	Masaru Shimizu 6th July 1964 Japanese
Address:	56 Westbourne Court, Orsett Terrace, London W2 6JU
Tel.: Mobile: E-mail: Website:	+44 (0) 20 7706 3761 +44 (0) 7931 587 616 s@masaru.co.uk www.masaru.co.uk

WORK HISTORY

2006 - present
Freelance Translator
Undertaking translation in the fields of medical & pharmaceutical,
IT & computer software, technical, business, website localization,
market research, video games, and music/entertainment.

2004 - 2006
Contract Translator for BBC Prime (“BBC Japan” in Japan)
Subtitling for dramas and entertainment programmes.
Translated some 90 programmes.

2002 - present
Freelance Subtitling Translator
Undertaking DVD and other subtitling of over 100 titles.

2002 - 2006
Contract Translator for BBC World, Japanese Unit
Translating, interpreting and voicing-over for news and documentaries.

1996 (Publication year)
Co-translated “Conversations with Losey”
by Michael Ciment & Joseph Losey
Biography of an American film director Joseph Losey
Nippon Television Network Co., Publishing Division, Tokyo

1992 - 2002
Freelance Translator
Including auction catalogues, business correspondence, business white papers,
marketing survey questionnaires, TV programme treatments,
and BBC documentaries (production and post-production).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2010 Spring term
Lecturer in Translation theory and practice, part-time,
at the MA in Audiovisual Translation, Roehampton University
Teaching of a course in Eng–Jap Dubbing & Voice-over.

2010 Spring term
Lecturer in Translation theory and practice, part-time,
at the MA in Screen Translation Studies, University of Leeds
Teaching of a course in Eng–Jap Subtitling.

2007 Autumn term – present
Lecturer in Translation theory and practice, part-time,
at the MA in Interpreting and Translating programme, University of Bath
Teaching of a course in Eng–Jap translation.

2007 May
Gave a workshop on Japanese subtitling
at Centre for Translation Studies, University of Leeds

2006 Autumn term – present
Lecturer in Translation theory and practice, part-time,
at Notting Hill Academy of Translation (www.nat-london.co.uk)
Teaching of courses in Eng–Jap translation and subtitling.

2006 Autumn term – present
Lecturer in Translation theory and practice, part-time,
at R.M. Europe Interpreting & Translation Training Institute (www.rmeurope.co.uk)
Teaching of courses in Eng–Jap translation.

2002
Teaching Practice as part of teaching Japanese course at IIEL
Wrote lesson plans, created all teaching materials and handouts for middle-sized,
direct method classes.

2001 – 2003
Gave Japanese lessons to four private students totalling 60 hours
Used various methods and teaching materials to accommodate different levels
and learning attitudes of the students.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

2004 - 2006
MA in Applied Translation Studies
London Metropolitan University, London

2001 - 2002
UCLES Certificate in Teaching Japanese as a foreign language
(University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate)
Institute of International Education in London, London

1997 - 2001
MA in Film and TV Studies
University of Westminster, London

1983 - 1987
BA in Visual Concept Planning
Osaka University of Arts, Japan
Film studies, film making, and liberal studies.

INTERESTS

I am an avid reader and cinephile. I love traveling and have visited numerous European cities.
I am also a passionate music lover (of all kinds) and compose, sing and play pop/rock music.