Kiyotsu Tunnel, Niigata, Japan. August 2019.
I am a translator, proofreader, language instructor, and language learner who got the language and travel bug in college and has been working with language since. I let my interest in Japanese take me away to study abroad for a summer during college, and then I ended up working in Japan for four years after I graduated. Now, I have moved to Canada to explore a new language tradition: Scottish Gaelic. I’m still keeping up on the Japanese, though, and trying to include German and Norwegian in the language repertoire.
In the small town that I lived in while working in Japan, I had the opportunity to meet great teachers and practice skills in 生け花 (ikebana, flower arranging), 日本舞踊 (nihon-buyou, traditional dance), and 茶道 (sadou, tea ceremony). Of course, I also got to buy a lot of books in Japanese, and I don’t regret the cost and pain of shipping them all home when I moved.
I continue to use Japanese in my teaching and translation work, and I want to share my interests and skills in Japan, travel, and foreign languages. Contact me using the form below if you would like to work with me.
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