Misaki Kawasaki

Japanese Language Specialist with 5 years of experience in Japanese to English translation, localization, proofreading, bilingual revision, linguistic quality assurance, and machine translation post-editing (MTPE). Experienced in reviewing human-translated, machine-translated, and AI-assisted content for accuracy, naturalness, terminology, consistency, context, tone, and cultural appropriateness. Skilled in CAT-tool workflows, translation memory, terminology management, client style guides, and structured quality-control processes across digital, technical, business, and user-facing content.

Senior Japanese Language & Localization Specialist at Freelance / International Clients (2019-01 – Present)

• Deliver Japanese translation, localization, proofreading, revision, MTPE, and linguistic QA for digital, technical, business, and user-facing content.
• Review Japanese to English translations and machine-generated content for accuracy, fluency, terminology, tone, context, consistency, and cultural appropriateness.
• Apply client-specific glossaries, translation memories, terminology databases, style guides, and CAT-tool workflows to maintain consistent linguistic quality.
• Manage multiple language assignments independently while meeting project specifications, quality requirements, confidentiality expectations, and delivery deadlines.

Japanese AI Evaluator & Linguistic QA Specialist at Appen (2024-01 – Present)

• Evaluate Japanese AI-generated and machine-assisted content for accuracy, fluency, relevance, naturalness, contextual appropriateness, and instruction adherence.
• Review AI-assisted language output against detailed linguistic guidelines and project-specific evaluation criteria.
• Identify grammatical, terminology, contextual, cultural, and stylistic issues and provide structured corrections and linguistic feedback.
• Maintain consistent evaluation standards across high-volume language datasets while following project guidelines and quality-control procedures.

Japanese Translation & Localization Reviewer at Human Science Co., Ltd. (2019-01 – 2020-12)

• Review Japanese translations for accuracy, fluency, terminology, tone, contextual meaning, and natural Japanese expression.
• Proofread and revise localized digital and marketing content to correct linguistic, grammatical, stylistic, and contextual issues.
• Verify terminology, translation consistency, and style-guide compliance across localized content before client delivery.
• Perform final linguistic QA while maintaining project quality requirements, consistency, and delivery schedules.

Master of Arts in Translation Studies – University of Bath (2022-01)

Bachelor of Arts in Applied Linguistics – Keio University (2018-01)