RESUME

Russell Goodall

Japanese Interpreter / Translator 

                                                                                                                                                             

-- DETAILS --

Name:Russell Alexander Edwin GOODALL

Birth date:7 Feb. 1966 

Office Address:

2201 Tokyo Midtown Residences

9-7-2 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052, JAPAN

Phone/Fax:+81-50-5514-7417   

Mobile:+81-90-5335-6482      

E-mail:russell@goodall.jp

-- EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS --

Education:

Secondary Education completed at Japanese public schools (1972-1984).

Graduated Auckland University (1988) with a Bachelors' Degree majoring in

Japanese and Chinese (Mandarin).

Qualifications / Memberships:

* Associate of New Zealand Society of Translators and Interpreters (NZSTI, a Member of International Federation of Translators) ~2001

* Level 1 (highest level) of Japanese Language Proficiency Test (administered by the Japan Foundation and the Association of International Education, Japan)

Languages:

Fluent in Japanese and English;

Able to read/write simple Chinese (Mandarin).

-- WORK EXPERIENCE --

May 2005 ~ (Tokyo, Japan)

Freelance Japanese interpreter / translator.

October 2001 ~ May 2005 (Tokyo, Japan)

Executive producer for Shibuya Television Co., Ltd. an outdoor TV station in Shibuya, Tokyo. 

March 2000 ~ September 2001 (Auckland, New Zealand)　

Employed by JPNZ International as Japanese interpreter & translator.

October 1994 ~ September 2001 (Auckland, New Zealand)　

Freelance Japanese interpreter / translator and video director based in Auckland, New Zealand.  

October 1988 ~ August 1994 (Tokyo, Japan)

Television director for Big Heart Co. Ltd. (video, commercial, television production company). I was involved in full time TV production on; magazine-type programs; travel guide programs; drama; music & talk shows.  Often on these programs I would be the interviewer/ interpreter and then the translator for any English dialogue.

May ~ September 1988 (Tokyo, Japan)

Private English tutoring in Tokyo. Approximately 11 classes / 70 students.

May 1987 ~ May 1988 (Auckland, New Zealand)

Freelance Japanese-speaking tour guide Thomas Cook (NZ) Ltd. mainly in the Auckland area.

-- WORK PROFILE --

Some parties I have translated or interpreted for;

Air New Zealand, Continental Micronesia Airlines, 60 Minutes (TVNZ),

News Station (TV Asahi), TV Tokyo, Tokyo Broadcast System, Communicado,

Royal NZ Foundation for the Blind, New Zealand Rugby Union, Zespri International, Levi Strauss (NZ), Honda Motor Corp, Toyota Motor Corp (NZ)

Gekkan NZ (Japanese/NZ magazine. Law article translator for 18 months)

Various local government and economic delegations from Japan to New Zealand

Auckland City Council,

Manukau City Council,

Ports of Auckland,

APEC Small & Medium Enterprises Meeting (Christchurch April 99),

New Zealand Customs Service,

New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade,

New Zealand Ministry of Research, Science & Technology,

Japanese Ministry of International Trade & Industry,

David Lange, former Prime Minister of New Zealand,

Jenny Shipley, former Prime Minister of New Zealand,

Yoshiro Mori, former Prime Minister of Japan

-- BACKGROUND AND INTERESTS --

Being brought up in Japan as a missionary's son has accounted for an interesting life. Going through schooling in a totally Japanese environment (I did not attend international schools) not only gave me a natural grasp of the Japanese language but also gave me an inside understanding of Japanese culture. I was a regular sermon interpreter at a Japanese speaking Christian church in Auckland, New Zealand (1994 ~ 2001), and am currently actively involved in a bilingual church in Tokyo where I often interpret sermons etc. into English and/or Japanese. This experience keeps emphasizing to me the importance of getting the message across accurately.