Naoki Inumaru

Narita-Higashi, 4-16-13, Suginami-ku,

Tokyo, 166-0015 JAPAN

Home Phone: +81-3-3311-1605

E-mail:

Mechanical Engineering / Patent Translator

English to Japanese /Japanese to English

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

-Full time translator of English to Japanese and Japanese to English, focused on Engineering and Patent for more than 7 years.

-Possess solid knowledge based on INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCES onMECHANICAL and SYSTEM ENGINEERING.

-INVENTOR of dozens of PATENTS. Wrote patent descriptions and processed from application through approval, then translated and applied them to USPatent and PCT.

-Experienced area as an engineer: automobile, production system and operation, quality control and assurance, products validation, plastic molding, micro electronics, design engineering, structure design, aviation, airplane interior design, vacuum system, sewer system, field test, plant engineering, process engineering, environmental engineering, emission control, air quality, waste treatment, power generation, boiler, research and development, prototyping, chemical engineering, pulp and paper, material handling, business development, technical proposal, 2D and 3D design

-Worked forTECHNICAL WRITING and TRANSLATION of TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS including technical proposals, specifications, and manuals.Experienced technical coordination between Japanese and American culture.

TRANSLATION EXPERIENCE EXAMPLES

[PATENT and INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY]

-About 800English to Japanesepatent projects for translation and reviewing.

-More than 20Japanese to Englishpatent projects.

Examples of the topics are:

  • Mechanical engineering patents
  • IT related patents
  • Medical device and pharmaceutical patents
  • Control system patents

-Worked for several IP related technical documents

[TECHNICAL MANUALS]

-More than 10 English to Japanese technical manual translation projects

-3 Japanese to English technical manual translation projects

Including:

  • Valve, pumps, and industrial production machines,
  • Air flight manual
  • Ship system manuals
  • Medical imaging system

[OTHER PROJECTS]

-Machine industry

-Environmental Engineering

-Health and medical

-Entire airplane operation manual

INVENTIONS

-USP 5,138,982Internal circulating fluidized bed type boiler and method of controlling the same

-USP 5,052,344Incineration control apparatus for a fluidized bed boiler

-USP 4,938,170Thermal reactor

-USP 4,823,740Thermal reactor

-More than 20 Japanese patents

EDUCATION

Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering (March 1983)

TokyoMetropolitanUniversity, GraduateSchool (Tokyo, Japan)

Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering (March 1980)

TokyoMetropolitanUniversity (Tokyo, Japan)

WORK EXPERIENCE

2006– 2007 Jamco America Corporation (Everett, WA)

Project Engineer, Design Engineering (Airplane interior integration)

2000 – 2006 Delphi Corporation, Delphi Electronics and Safety (Kokomo, IN)

Product Engineer, Mechanical, Sensor Engineering (Automobile Electronics)

1996 – 2000 AIRVAC, Inc. (Rochester, IN)

Assistant Manager, R&D, Products Development (Vacuum sewer and toilet system)

1993 – 1996 E&M Energy Inc. (Erie, PA)

Manager, Engineering, Sales engineering (Boiler and heat recovery technology)

1991 – 1993 Ebara Corporation (Tokyo, Japan)

Assistant Manager, Boiler Engineering (Industrial boiler and environmental plant design)

1989 – 1991 University of British Columbia (Vancouver B. C. Canada)

Researcher, Chemical engineering (Combustion engineering)

1983 – 1989 Ebara Corporation (Tokyo, Japan)

Design Engineer, R&D Engineer (Environmental plant engineering, R&D, machine industry)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION: American Translators Association

SPECIAL SKILLS

-Experienced entire foreign patent issuing process as an inventor (Japanese to English)

-Fluent in English and Japanese

-Skilled on Translating tools (TRADOS, SDLX), CAD (AutoCAD, CADKey, Unigraphics, ProE), Programming language (BASIC, FORTRAN, C++), Adobe Acrobat and MS Office Software.

-Founder and former president of a Toastmasters club in Seattle area, Advanced Toastmaster Silver, and Competent Leader.

-Wrote music article for Japanese music magazine.

-First prize winner of American Post (Japanese Newspaper) Japanese essay contest, 2007.

-Technical publications in English and Japanese.