History

Dwaine Palmer and Michael Fletcher both have extensive work experience in the Japanese automotive industry, Dwaine working with airbags and Michael working with on-board computer components. From there, they have compounded their knowledge and experience by taking on technical translation projects, and have now accumulated decades of experience in a vast array of technical translation areas.

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Dwaine Palmer is a senior translator with over 21 years of experience working full time as a freelance translator. He has a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering and a Master in Business Administration. He is also a registered patent agent. He worked in Japan for 15 years in the chemical and automotive industries, and has been involved in Japan as a supplier, purchaser, manager, and entrepreneur. Dwaine has translated thousands of patents, primarily in the fields of chemistry, pharmaceuticals, and automotive. In total, he has over 38 years of experience with Japanese in various fields.

Michael Fletcher is a full time professional technical Japanese to English translator with 17 years of experience, involved as a lead technical translator for a major litigation case involving a tunnel boring machine, experience as a president of a translation agency, and with expertise in translations of technical documents including patents, technical reports, and the like.

Joshua (Yoshi) Andersen has been a freelance translator for over 8 years. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Japanese and currently lives in Japan with his wife and 2 children. He specializes in technical translations in the fields of patents, chemistry, computers, and sports technology. He spent much of his childhood in both Japan and the US, was raised to be bilingual, and is very fluent in both languages.

Joshua Fletcher is a full time professional Japanese to English translator with 3 years in the field, with experience working on technical projects ranging from patent translation, translating materials used in litigation, and other technical materials such as manuals and specifications. He also has experience as a co-lead managing a project for litigation involving a tunnel boring machine.

On the non-technical side of translation, he has experience in projects localizing (medium-to-large) game IPs, translating social media content, marketing content for supermarkets, blog posts on technology, and NHK news materials.