Career:

Takeshi Miyahara received his B.A. degree in Economics from Hiroshima University of Economics (HUE), Japan, and a certificate in International Management from Pforzheim University, Germany. After graduating, he had worked as an in-house translator-interpreter in the quality control department of optical devices at Sony EMCS, and in the aerospace division at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for about 3 years in total. Thereafter, he gained experience in International Education Exchange at HUE, and supported inbound and outbound international students between 2010 and 2019. He was assigned as Hiroshima Messenger in 2013 and 2014, and volunteered in supporting Hiroshima City for their long-lasting international cooperation with Hannover city, Germany. With his wide variety of international experiences at the companies, he offers professional translation services in English, German and Japanese, collaborating with his former peer translators. He also manages general affairs and finances of a facility maintenance company that his brother runs. He is a member of Japan Translation Federation, Japan Association of Translators and DVÜD e.V..

[Expertise]
Japanese cultures and traditions; General Business and Education; Manufacturing and Engineering; IT and E-Commerce; Medical services and cares; IFRS; Accounting and Financing; Marketing; Literature

Records of interpreting (Excerpt) – as of September 30, 2024

Records of Translations (Excerpt) – as of September 30, 2024

German to Japanese

- Website of distance selling products; ca. 13,000 wds
- Company website of precision braking torque; ca. 3,500 wds 
- Instructions and Manual of an iPhone App; ca. 100 wds 
- Adwords of Google website; ca. 50,000 wds 
- Business letters; ca. 800 wds 
- Ads of Facebook App; ca. 500 wds 
- Service Menu of a Hotel; ca. 1,500 wds
- Instruction Guide of Fueling Equipment; ca. 200 wds
- brief introduction leaflet of a city in Germany; ca. 1,000 wds
- a fantasy novel; ca. 50,000 wds
- Tourism Information of a city in Germany; ca. 4,000 wds seasonal
- Letter from a city in Germany to visitors; ca. 1,300 wds
- Certificate of product's reliability test result; ca. 500 wds 
- Brochure of museums in Germany; ca. 50,000 wds in total

- Corporate website of tungsten powder; ca. 15,000 wds 
- presentation/manual of automobiles; constantly ca. 10,000 wds (2017 - 2020)

- Communications/brochure of automobiles; ca. 1,000 wds/week (since 2021)

- Screwdriver tool catalogue; ca. 100,000 wds (2024)

- Web pages of machinery additive manufacturing; and

Software user-interface of 3D print; ca. 15000 wds/month (since 2022)

(both English/German into Japanese)

- Automation solutions of plant facilities; ca. 20,000 wds (2023)

- Corporate website of plasma coating solutions; ca. 40,000 wds (2023)

English to Japanese

- Manual of Furniture CAD software; ca. 7,000 wds 
- Business letters; over 100,000 wds 
- Failure report of products; over 100,000 wds 
- Ads of iPhone App; ca. 500 wds 
- Materials and documents of companies; over 30,000 wds 
- Quality assurance specifications; over 100,000 wds 
- E-mail correspondence; over 100,000 wds
- Educational Materials: over 100,000 wds
- Online Game Apps: over 100,000 wds
- letter from an educational institute; ca. 1,000 wds
- EC Declaration of Conformity; ca. 1500 wds
- IT Marketing/blogs; constantly ca. 20,000 wds (2018-2021)
- accounting software; ca. 2000 words
- Manual of energy related devices; ca. 5000 wds every month (2017 – to date)
- privacy policy/terms & conditions/other legal documents; 4,000 wds seasonal
- economic report; 3,000 wds every month (2020 – to date)
- business correspondences; 3,000 wds every month (2016 – to date)
- Risk management related blog articles; 3,000 wds every month (2020 - 2022)

- Transcreation copies on tourism; ca. 10 hrs every month (2021 to date) 

- Products marketing, transcreation; ca. 3,000 wds every month 

- Product brochures and presentation materials for lab tools; ca. 20,000 wds

Japanese to English 
(Sony, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hiroshima University of Economics)

- Corporate profile; ca. 5,000 letters 
- Presentation material of products; ca. 4,000 letters 
- Failure report of products; over 1,000,000 letters 
- Quality assurance specifications; over 30,000 letters 
- E-mail correspondence; over 1,000,000 letters

Study Abroad and Schools:

1. Goethe Institut Tokio, Japan (German, 2009/2-8)

2. Pforzheim University of Applied Science, Pforzheim, Germany (2006/9-2007/2)
　　
I have been to Germany for exchange. Since I was majoring in Accounting
　　
at the home university, I mainly studied International Accounting during my
　　
study abroad.
3. English Language Academy, Auckland, NZ (English, 2006/2-3)

Certificates:

1. TOEIC 975 (2016); and
2. Goethe Zertifikat C1(2009)