Interpreter Profile

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Samurai Interpreters
Head Interpreter  -  John Boley
My 18 years of experience in Japan = Interpretation you can trust!

Profile
Born and raised in the United States.  I have spent nearly half of my life living and working in Japan, beginning with
two years of volunteer service in Japan during 1988-1989. I returned once to the US, only to come back to Japan
in early 1993.  Since then I have worked in several positions in city offices, corporations, English schools, etc.
In 2005 I decided to put my experience in Japan and my Japanese ablity to more appropriate use so I moved to Fukuoka
and began working on my own as an interpreter. Shortly thereafter, in 2006 I joined Samurai Interpreters where
I currently work as a translator and the Head of the Interpreting Section.

I learned Japanese much the same as a child learns, by living and working in Japan. Therefore it is not "textbook"
Japanese, but rather living Japanese. On the telephone, I am mistaken for a Japanese nine times out of ten!

As my mother tongue is English, and I have 18 years experience in Japan, I am able to perform
interpretation both to and from Japanese, that not only conveys the words being spoken, but also the subtle nuances that
are essential in conveying meaning cross-culturally. I work mainly with consecutive interpretation, but have also worked with
whispering interpretation and have done some voice-over work.

Fields
I have experience as an interpreter in a wide range of fields including:

• Finance
• International Investing
• Economics
• Production / Manufacturing
• Power Industry
• Sister City Agreements
• Psychology and Philosophy

Venues
Venues in which I have visited or worked as an interpreter

• Japan
• Australia
• Phillipines
• Hong Kong
• Shanghai
• India (Bangalore)
• Viet Nam
• Singapore
  

Past Clients

• Tanagura Sister City Association
  Acted as liaison for the sister city negotiations as well as interpreted at meetings and the official ceremony which was televised on local television in Australia.
• Johnson & Johnson
  Interpreted for a video conference with an affiliated company in the Phillipines.
• FLP Japan
  Interpreted for tours and meetings on several visits to America.
• Human and Management Institute
  Interpreted on multiple occasions for negotiations and meetings related to investments in Southeast Asia and India.
  
• Marubeni
  Interpreted at meetings with major clients.
  
• Chicago Tribune
  Interpreted for the sports reporter interviewing several members of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks baseball team as well as team manager Sadaharu Oh in July 2007.