Reiko Bendtsen
Søbakken 1
9541 Suldrup
Denmark
Tel: +45 88837623
Mobile: +45 20 40 74 10
E-mail: reiko@suzaku-translations.com
http://www.suzaku-translations.com/
JAPANESE  ENGLISH & DANISH TRANSLATOR
Trilingual Japanese with more than 21 years of professional experience in translation
between Japanese and English within a broad range of business and industry-related
subjects, in particular IT, mobile technology, electronic/electrical and general engineering,
automobile, and medical-related matters, as well as marketing, website localization, patents
(information only), annual business reports, technical/trend surveys, academic papers etc.
Gained experience by working in two translation companies in Japan, living in the U.S. for
a total of 7 years (studying at university and teaching Japanese in addition to translating),
obtaining a Master's degree in TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language) and
managing a successful translation business in Denmark for 15 years, thereby dealing
with three languages on a daily basis making my work accurate, fast and of high quality.
Cooperation with an English checker. Translation volume of at least 3000 words a day on
average facilitated by an up-to-date hardware/software translation environment, including
Microsoft Office 2010 and SDL TRADOS Studio 2014. Will work as interpreter, software
localizer, bridge between Japanese/Danish branches for Danish companies as consultant as
well. Recently started offering translation among Japanese, English and Danish.
EDUCATION:
August 1990 - June 1992: Oklahoma City University, Master of Education in TESOL
(GPA 4.0/4.0, courses taken include linguistics, American literature, history of
novels/dramas, liberal art, educational psychology/philosophy, etc.)
April 1980 - March 1984: The University of Tsukuba, BA in Fine Art
April 1977 - March 1980: Fukuyama High School Associated with the University of
Hiroshima
Highlight of my activities in 2013:
Stayed in San Diego, California, from September 2012 to April 2013. I collaborated
with local translators and visited several other locations to keep myself updated on
American ways of doing translation businesses as well as their language usage, culture,
etc. Main project included Website localization for a British casino provider into
Japanese.
Danish: I have lived in Denmark for 15 years now and speak Danish as a daily
language. My number of Danish clients is steadily increasing; I am dealing with
translations of patents, business documents, family registries, etc. for a wide variety of
clients, including both direct clients, such as an internationally renowned medical
equipment company, and other translation companies. Although the translation
requests are mostly Japanese to English, Danish to Japanese translation requests are
also increasing.
Japanese: My enthusiasm and love of my country will never die. I keep up with major
movements in Japan, i.e., politics, industry, culture, etc., on daily basis. Therefore, I
am confident that I am familiar with actual Japanese conditions and my Japanese will
Reiko Bendtsen
JAPANESE  ENGLISH TRANSLATOR
Reiko Bendtsen
Søbakken 1
9541 Suldrup
Denmark
Tel: +45 88837623
Mobile: +45 20 40 74 10
E-mail: reiko@suzaku-translations.com
http://www.suzaku-translations.com/
never become out of date; I consider myself a very good writer, reader and speaker of
Japanese.
NEW SOFTWARE:
Windows 7 Ultimate, Office 2010
Ubuntu Linux (continually upgraded)
SDL Trados Studio 2014
InDesign CS3J
HARDWARE ENVIRONMENT:
Three notebook PCs and a desktop PC, all updated regularly, two printers (color and
mono) equipped with scanning, copying and other functionalities, 1TB storage
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Prominent clients in recent years:
Simulingual (www.slingual.com, formerly Transbureau, headquarters in Tokyo,
Japan): I have been working for this ever growing company for 10 years or more. I
handle a variety of fields for this company as one of their main translators (Japanese,
English, and Danish): engineering, telecommunication, software /hardware, hotel
management, government projects and much more. With my experience in translation
and speaking/reading/writing English, together with help from my checker, I can
provide translation works that live up to the Simuligual's high standard. They
constantly ask my help, and half of my schedule is filled by them. I visit them at least
once in 2 years and talk about technical requirements, trends in the Japanese translation
market and so on.
Radiometer A/S (headquarters in Copenhagen in Denmark and Japanese branch in
Tokyo): I have been working for the Japanese branch as its dedicated translator and
consultant, forming a bridge between Japan and Denmark, for 10 years. I handle
translation of all their brochures, inserts, operator’s manuals, reference manuals,
bulletins, sales materials etc., from English to Japanese. I visit them at least once every
2 years and exchange information and meet the employees. I sometimes visit the
headquarters on their behalf for meetings, software tests and so on. Radiometer
implemented Trados in 2007 and I handle all their projects involving Trados,
FrameMaker, Sitecore, and any other new technologies they may need.
London Translations: A very valuable and important client for me situated in
London. I work for them as one of the main Japanese-English translators in various
fields, including movies, business, patents, technical/industrial materials.
SOFTCOM CO.: I have been translating for their quarterly reports on mobile phones,
cameras, mobile technologies, sensor technologies and so on for several years now.
Reiko Bendtsen
JAPANESE  ENGLISH TRANSLATOR
Reiko Bendtsen
Søbakken 1
9541 Suldrup
Denmark
Tel: +45 88837623
Mobile: +45 20 40 74 10
E-mail: reiko@suzaku-translations.com
http://www.suzaku-translations.com/
1999 - (In Denmark)
* Freelance translator
Fields of translation: Computer software manuals, help files, training document etc.,
electrical and control engineering, automobile, business, finance, finance, and general.
Major clients include London Translations, Transbureau, Ability Center,
Intercontinental, Radiometer A/S, BJ Japanese translations, Sophia Enterprises,
Softcom, Global Media, Nissan Technical Centre Europe Limited., Waccom
Translations, and other direct clients
July 1994 - 1998 (from here, in the U.S.)
* Freelance translator (major clients include Inlingua Princeton, TPR Learning Corp.,
Insituform Japan, and Universal News Japan.) Fields: General, Anime subtitling, Art,
Business, Computer, etc.
* Assistant for a Japanese instructor at the University of Memphis
* Japanese tutor
* Illustrator
September 1993 - May 1994
* Translator for Language Associates in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
* Japanese instructor at OSSM (Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics)
March 1993 - July 1993 (from here, in Japan)
* Translator at Borgnan Corporation, Tokyo. Borgnan corporation manages English
institutions, a translation company, etc. My duties included proofreading, translation,
and teaching English.
* Freelance translator
July 1992 - November 1992
* Assistant coordinator at Universal News Japan, Tokyo. Universal News Japan is a
publishing company that publishes magazines both in English and Japanese. Clients
included Lufthansa Cargo, Keio Plaza Hotel, Yokohama Grand Inter-Continental
Hotel. My duties included general office work, translation, interpretation, and
coordination.
* Freelance translator (as an industrial and art translator) Fields: Computer, Business,
Engineering, Science, Fine Arts, etc.
ABILITIES:
* Fluent in English (business level), Japanese (mother tongue) and Danish (daily
conversation)
* Computer skills: TRADOS, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Windows, Adobe InDesign,
Acrobat, and FrameMaker, and many other industry standard packages
* Proofreading Japanese
* Teaching English and Japanese
Reiko Bendtsen
JAPANESE  ENGLISH TRANSLATOR
Reiko Bendtsen
Søbakken 1
9541 Suldrup
Denmark
Tel: +45 88837623
Mobile: +45 20 40 74 10
E-mail: reiko@suzaku-translations.com
http://www.suzaku-translations.com/
Current standard translation rates:
English to Japanese
Japanese yen
17 yen/word
GBP
100/1000 words
Dollar
$0.16/word
Danish Kroner
0.13 Dkr/ord
Japanese to English
15 yen/character
65/1000 characters
$0.14/character
0.11 Dkr/ord
I discount for large volume translations as well as regular translations.