Legal Communications Japan | Japanese to English Legal Translation and Editing

Carol Lawson LLM, MA with Distinction

Services

Translation	Japanese to English translation Translation quality assurance (J-E, E-J)
Editing	Translation checking and correction (J-E)

Documents

Contracts, leases, licences, guarantees
Confidentiality agreements
Statements, reports
Rules, regulations
Legislation
Judgments, case reports
Legal correspondence in general

Profile

Qualified to practise as a barrister and solicitor in Australia
More than 25 years association with Japan
8 years of work and study in Japan
Excellent English writing skills
High level of attention to detail
Commitment to client satisfaction

Qualifications and Awards

1985	BA (Asian Studies), Australian National University
1987	LLB, Australian National University
1988	Admitted to practise as a barrister and solicitor
1998	Level 1, Japanese Language Proficiency Test
2001	MA with Distinction in Advanced Japanese, University of Sheffield
2002	NAATI Advanced Translator Accreditation, Japanese to English
2003	Australian Network for Japanese Law Prize for Best Performance in Japanese Law
2005	LLM in Japanese Law, University of New South Wales Akira Kawamura / ANJeL Prize for Best Performance in Japanese Law Blake Dawson Waldron Prize for Best Research Essay on Japanese Law
2007	Member of University of Queensland Masters in Japanese Interpreting and Translation remote medical and legal translation teaching project awarded Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award for the Enhancement of Student Learning
2009	Visiting Scholar, Australian National University College of Law (Jan-Feb)
2010	Visiting Research Fellow, Nagoya University Center for Asian Legal Exchange (Jan-Mar)

Professional Memberships

Japan Association of Translators
Roppongi Bar Association, Japan
Foreign Women Lawyers Association, Japan
Clarity – International Association for the Promotion of Plain Legal Language
American Translators Association, Japanese Language Division

Publications

2002	“‘Perceptions of the Current State of the Japanese Legal System’: Interview with Koji Sato, Chairman of Japan’s Judicial Reform Council” Australian Journal of Asian Law Vol. 4 No. 1: 76
2006	“Japan’s New Privacy Law” University of New South Wales Law Journal Vol. 29 No. 2
2007	“Found in Translation: The ‘Transparency of Japanese Law Project’ in Context” Journal of Japanese Law Vol. 12 No. 24
2008	“Nihonho no eiyaku wa Nihonho no tomeika ni tsunagaru ka” [Translating Japanese Law into English - The Path to Transparency?] Kokusai Shoji Homu Vol. 36 No. 3: 327

Presentations

Jun 2006	“Japanese to English Legal Translation for the Layperson” 17th International Japanese to English Translation Conference, Kobe
Nov 2007	“Nuts and Bolts of Japanese to English Legal Translation” 48th American Translators Association Conference, San Francisco
Oct 2008	“Translating Japanese Legislation into English: Tales from the Coal Face” Asia Legal Information Network International Academic Conference, Nagoya
Feb 2009	“Cutting Legal Translation Down to Size: The Japan Legal Information Institute and the Development of Translation Memory Tools for Japanese Legal Materials” 20th International Japanese to English Translation Conference, Sydney
Nov 2009	“The Transparency of Japanese Law Project: Reflections and Directions” MEXT Specified Field Research Project, The Transparency of Japanese Law, Symposium: Hanrei honyaku o toshite miru nihonho [Japanese Law through the Lens of Case Law Translation], Tokyo

Work Experience

Field	Employment	Role
Law	1987-88 Constitutional Referendum Section, General Counsel Division, Attorney-General’s Department, Commonwealth of Australia	Research in preparation for constitutional referendum Results compilation, analysis Report writing and presentation Research in preparation for matters in the High Court of Australia
	1988-90 Deputy Registrar of the High Court of Australia	High Court case administration Analysis of pending cases, preparation of precis for the use of judges
Translation	1990-97 Naspact Consulting	Partner in trade consultancy specialising in SMEs entering the Japanese market Trade related J-E translation
	2001~ Legal Communications Japan	Japanese to English translation Translation quality assurance Rewriting, proofreading
Academic	1994-95 Australian National University, Faculty of Law	Lecturer, Law of Business Entities (part-time)
	2002 Adelaide University Centre for Asian Studies	Lecturer, Advanced Japanese (sociological texts, part-time)
	2004~5, 2008 University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law	Teaching Assistant, Japanese & Chinese Law in the LLM Program (part-time)
	2004~ University of Queensland, School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies	Lecturer, Legal Translation, Masters in Japanese Interpreting and Translating (part-time)
	2008~ Australian Network for Japanese Law	Executive Coordinator responsible for managing governance obligations, communicating to stakeholders and preparing and managing budget

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