Alexander Kent

Translator, interpreter, bilingual consultant

83 North Prospect St.

Amherst, Massachusetts 01002 USA

Tel. (413) 259-1288

Fax. (212) 412-9056

Mobile (413) 896-7641 e-mail:

Work Experience

1995-present / Owner, Context Communications, Inc.
·  US coordination, research, reporting, translation and other services for NHK/Japan Broadcasting Corp. television science documentary production.
·  Translation of documents from Japanese to English and from English to Japanese for law firms, technology companies, banks, government institutions, technology companies, and other clients.
Representative clients include: Asahi Bank; Daiwa Bank; Nippon Credit Bank; Michael Solomon Associates (public relations); Lucent Technologies (cell phone signal protocol), Grotta, Glassman & Hoffman (employment law); Day, Berry and Howard (reinsurance litigation); Fukui Prefectural Government US representative office; American Federation of Teachers.
·  Japanese-English consecutive interpretation for corporate meetings, depositions and other legal proceedings, tours, etc.
Fall 1998 / New York University, School of Continuing and Professional Studies
·  Instructor in Japanese > English commercial translation studies. First such course offered at New York University.
1989-1995 / Kawasaki Steel America, New York City.
·  Coordination of parent company’s business activities in North America.
·  Research and reporting in Japanese on conditions in the US steel and other industries.
·  On-site coordination, interpretation, and translation at Kawasaki Steel joint ventures in the US.
1986-1989 / Fukui University, Fukui, Japan
·  Lecturer in English language and literature at national university in Fukui Prefecture.
·  Enhanced academic exchange between Fukui University and Rutgers University, Fukui’s sister institution in the US.
1986-1989 / Fukui Medical College, Fukui, Japan
·  Lecturer in English and English composition.
1985-1989 / Nagoya YMCA English School
·  Lecturer in English and English composition.
1983-1985 / Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
·  Teaching assistant and lecturer in English composition program.

Education

1982-1983 / Rutgers University, Graduate Program in English, MA, 1983
American literature, rhetoric.
1980-1981 / University of Chicago, Committee on International Relations, Graduate Program. Intern at Bureau of Intelligence & Research, US Department of State/Washington, D.C., summer 1981.
Summer, 1978 / Middlebury College, Vermont. Intensive program in Japanese.
1975-1978 / Rutgers University, Rutgers College, BA in history with East Asian Studies area concentration.

Professional Associations and Qualifications

·  American Translators Association (ATA) accredited in Japanese to English translation (1992)

·  Member, Japanese Language Division, ATA

·  Member, New York Circle of Translators

Personal

Date of Birth: October 22, 1958

Marital Status: Married (1985) with two children

November 2, 2001