Abacus Japanese Translation Services

Japanese Translator in Los Angeles - Mari/Japanese Interpreter

Mari is our multilingual translator/interpreter currently residing in Los Angeles. Mari grew up in Taiwan and Japan in a trilingual family with Chinese Mandarin, Taiwanese and Japanese as her native languages. She pursued further graduate studies in France and in the U.S. in Linguistics and in International Business.

She is described as an "A Class Conference Interpreter & Translator proficient in Mandarin, Japanese, French and English” with more than 20 years of experience.

As a conference interpreter, she has extensive experience in both simultaneous and consecutive interpretation for international conferences, global conventions, seminars, government protocol meetings, overseas official missions, corporate meetings, technical visits, VIP escorts etc. The experienced fields include economy, linguistics, finance, fashion, textile, art, food & beverage, cosmetics, automobile, construction, patent, electronics, manufacture, pharmaceutics, medical, legal, criminal, courts, arbitration etc.

Mari has translated various documents in the same areas from English to Japanese, Japanese to English, English to Chinese, Chinese to English, Chinese to Japanese, Japanese to Chinese, French to Japanese, French to English, and French to Chinese.

Mari also worked as a conference interpreter instructor for 14 years and sent out numerous excellent professional interpreters to the world. She still remains as leader of the interpreter team at formal international conferences.

Aside from being a Japanese translator and interpreter in Los Angeles, she also has extensive experience in market research & analysis, planning domestic and international sales and marketing activities, coordination of targeted marketing campaigns, as well as promoting and maintaining prestigious brand images. She has worked for multinational corporations, major Japanese department stores and renowned European and American fashion brands in high fashion, food & beverage, consumer products and computer industries.

Below is her professional experience:
Official Interpreter of Japanese, Mandarin, French & English 1980-2010
(Simultaneous and Consecutive A class interpreter)
Worked for Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, French Embassy, Osaka Chamber of Commerce, Osaka City Government and Japanese & American Interpreter Agencies.
Translated for overly 1,500 international conferences and meetings over the years.
Conference Extracts: APEC, South East Asia Economic Exchange Conference,
African Presidential Conference, World Development Bank Conference, World Port Conference, UNESCO World Heritage Conference, Chinese/Japanese SME Conference, G-BOC Trade Convention, Matsushita International Board Meeting…..
High Rank Official Meetings: former French President, Japanese Prime Minister, U.S. Presidential mission , Chinese Officials: Current President of China, former Premier Minister of China, former mayors of Shanghai, former governors of Hunan, Jiangxi etc.

A Japanese Company / Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Japan
Chief Instructor for Conference Interpreter Training Courses

EDUCATION

· Master degree of International Business, CIU / Los Angeles
· Certificate of Professional Designation in International Trade & Commerce / UCLA
· Diploma of French Linguistics & Civilization, Sorbonne University / Paris
· Bachelor degree of French, Kwansei Gakuin University / Japan
· Taiwan Taipei First Girl’s High School / Taipei

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

· Fashion Marketing & Merchandising Program, FIT / New York
· Joint Venture Program, Shanghai International Exchange Foundation / Shanghai
· Inter Group / Simultaneous Interpreting Courses for English, French, Mandarin / Osaka,

SKILLS

· Certified Conference Interpreter of Japanese, Mandarin, French and English
( Japanese Interpreter Association / A class)