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Naoki Kusakari
Verified Expert in Engineering
Translator and Developer
Tokyo, Japan
Toptal member since January 16, 2024
Bio
Naoki is a technical writer and translator with extensive experience in the telecommunications and IT industries. He has successfully managed to create and translate the most complex technical documents. Naoki can also provide localization and consecutive interpretation services for demanding clients.
Portfolio
NehaN Technologies
Technical Writing, Translation, AI Translation
JMA Wireless
Technical Writing, Translation, Interpretation, Localization
Mavenir
Localization, Translation
Experience
- Translation - 16 years
- English - 16 years
- memoQ - 9 years
- SDL Trados Studio - 6 years
- Localization - 6 years
- Technical Writing - 6 years
- Proofreading - 4 years
- Interpretation - 3 years
Preferred Environment
Windows, memoQ, SDL Trados Studio
The most amazing...
...documents I've improved the translation quality of are training courses for the latest products within the LTE mobile phone network.
Work Experience
Technical Translator
2024 - 2025
NehaN Technologies
- Translated technical documents as deliverables for Japanese clients.
- Proofread machine-translated documents to assess translation quality.
- Updated the glossary for the machine translation for ASAP translation requests.
Technologies: Technical Writing, Translation, AI Translation
Senior Technical Writer
2022 - 2024
JMA Wireless
- Created and translated technical documents related to 5G mobile phone networks.
- Provided consecutive interpretation services to clients and colleagues.
- Delivered consulting services in localization processes.
- Localized a technical support platform in Japanese, presenting the 1st Japanese version of UI.
Technologies: Technical Writing, Translation, Interpretation, Localization
Technical Writer
2019 - 2022
Mavenir
- Localized a rich communication service app for iPhone, Android, and PC, providing a core app for clients' mobile phone networks.
- Translated technical documents, including 5G and open RAN specifications, requirements, designs, and requests for information.
- Provided consulting services for localization process management.
- Tested the rich communication service app described above.
- Built a translation outsourcing structure, including a selection system for translation agencies.
Technologies: Localization, Translation
Language Specialist
2016 - 2019
MathWorks
- Localized MATLAB tools, the "MATLAB Answers" community website, and a web-based IoT platform.
- Proofread various technical documents related to MATLAB and Simulink.
- Managed and improved the localization style guide and regular linguistic workflows.
- Analyzed translation records to optimize the translation process, including vendor management operations.
Technologies: Localization, Proofreading, Process Improvement, Simulink, MATLAB, Vendor Management
Translation and Interpretation Coordinator
2012 - 2016
Ericsson
- Translated various technical documents, including requests for proposals and quotations, specifications, recommendations, incident reports, designs, press releases, and meeting minutes.
- Evaluated and improved the translation quality of technical training material for telecommunication carriers.
- Managed two translators and seven interpreters by assigning translation and interpretation tasks to them and balancing workloads, etc.
- Analyzed translation and interpretation records to estimate future demand.
Technologies: Translation, Interpretation
Technical Writer
2011 - 2012
Wipro
- Wrote technical documents related to LTE network optimization.
- Provided consecutive interpretation services during technical meetings.
- Tested to measure radio wave propagation conditions.
Technologies: Technical Writing, Interpretation, Testing
Translation Coordinator
2009 - 2011
Trend Micro
- Translated various technical documents related to anti-virus software.
- Managed delivery schedules and priorities for patches and service packs for various anti-virus software systems.
- Maintained writing style guides and translation memories.
Technologies: Translation, Coordination
Experience
Disaster Rescue Support System
This project involved putting together a proposal for a system to support rescue activities in the event of a large-scale earthquake or tsunami. The system consists of drone functionalities and monitoring applications to identify the location of disaster victims.
User Manuals and Installation Guide for Rakuten Link, a Smart Phone App
The 1st version of user manuals and installation guide for internal users/developers. Rakuten Link is a Rich Communication Services (RCS) app for 5G mobile networks. The app includes multiple features such as SMS, voice/video calls, account management, etc.
Education
2024 - 2024
Technical Translation (IT and Telecommunications) in Translation
SunFlare Academy - Tokyo, Japan
1998 - 2003
Bachelor's Degree in Sociology
Ibaraki University - Ibaraki, Japan
Certifications
NOVEMBER 2007 - PRESENT
Proficiency in English
McGill University
Skills
Tools
memoQ, MATLAB
Platforms
Windows
Languages
C, Simulink
Paradigms
Testing
Other
Localization, English, Translation, SDL Trados Studio, Proofreading, Process Improvement, Sociology, Technical Writing, Coordination, Interpretation, Vendor Management, Technical Translation, AI Translation
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