1983-1988
1986-1987
School of Oriental & African Studies , University of London
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BA First Class Hons., Japanese & Economics
Hiroshima University, Japan (Japanese Government Scholarship)
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Japanese, Economics, Literature
1977-1982
Nov 1988 - Jun 1989
Winchester College, Hampshire
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A grades in French, German and Maths A-Levels
July 1995 - ongoing Professional Japanese-English translator
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Specialising in localisation and business/financial translations (documentation, software, Help files, company reports, contracts, confidentiality agreements, registration statements, TSE/NASDAQ trading system specifications, training manuals, instruction manuals, family registers, soccer articles etc).
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Quality assessment of the work of other translators.
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Managing large translation projects for localisation companies (glossary creation, coordination of team of translators, query management, QA, client liaison etc).
Clients
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Lionbridge Technologies, Japan Bytes, Alaya, Elanex, International Translation
Resources (ITR), ALS International, Sun Global, Praetorius, Anglo-Japan Services,
Datalex, Keywords International, Kawasho, HSBC
July 1994 - June 1995 Nikkei News Bulletin Inc., London
In-house Financial Translator
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Translated articles for the Nikkei Weekly and Nikkei’s online English language news service.
Sept 1993 - May 1994
Sept 1991 - Aug 1993
Career break in Paris to improve French language skills
Jun 1989 – Aug 1991
Jardine Fleming Securities, Tokyo
Securities Analyst
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Analysed stocks in Japanese automobile sector.
Marketed research conclusions in written reports and presentations.
Kawasho Corporation, London
Operations Manager, Interpreter for Japanese import/export company
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Supervised purchase, processing and quality control of fish in Scotland and Finland.
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Interpreted for Japanese clients of the company (inspectors and processors).
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Organised loading and shipment of goods to Japan, Poland and London.
BBC, London
Translator / Researcher
 Translated interviews and researched material for the “Nippon” documentary series.
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Japanese
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Fluent
French Fluent
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German Proficient

Windows XP, Office 2003, Adobe Acrobat 4, SDL Trados 2006 Freelance, Dreamweaver
MX, Fireworks MX
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Level 1 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test ( Japanese Ministry of Education )
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Diploma in Online & Digital Marketing ( Digital Marketing Institute, Dublin )
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Digital Marketing Institute
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Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Chamber of Commerce
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Irish Translators' and Interpreters' Association (ITIA)
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Japan Association of Translators (JAT)
9 Mellifont Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland
Tel: 01 214 7053
Mobile: 087 290 4328
Email: bennett@eircom.net
Website: www.nick-bennett.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/transl8japanese
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Full name
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Date of birth
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Nationality
Nicholas James Bennett
4 September, 1964
British
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Kaoru Sasaki Resource Development Manager
Lionbridge Technologies, Tokyo kaoru.sasaki@lionbridge.com
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Asako Terui Japanese Language Consultant
Language Quality Services - LQS
Lionbridge Technologies, Dublin
Asako.terui@lionbridge.com
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Cathal Convery Programme Manager - International Delivery
Datalex, Dublin cathal.convery@datalex.ie