Basics
I’m a freelance Japanese-English translator living in Austin Texas, in the soon-to-be-too-hip-for-it’s own good Cherrywood neighborhood. I used to live on the world-famous Street of Lights.
Translating
I translate in a number of fields: semiconductor fabrication, computing, marketing, and general business writing (kaisha annai, annual reports, etc). I also like taking on jobs in obscure fields. I’ve been in the business since 1989.
For a long time, I maintained the Honyaku Home Page as a companion to the Honyaku mailing list, an amazing community of Japanese translators.
I have served as a director of the Japan Association of Translators.
Cycling
I am a cycling enthusiast. In 2010, I rode the Southern Tier. My enthusiasm for cycling earned me a broken hip a while back, and amazingly enough, I broke my hip again, much worse than the first time, almost precisely four years after the first.
I’ve got a little cycling-related side-hustle: Wildcard Bicycle Novelties.
Firedancing
I had a side business making firedancing equipment: fire-gear See my tips on making firedancing apparatus.
Burner culture
Through my connection to firedancing, I got involved with Burner culture. I participated in Burning Flipside for the first time in 2003. I joined its advisory body in 2010, and joined its board of directors in 2012. I’ve been to Burning Man a couple of times, as well as a couple of other regional burns.
Misc
I participate on a bunch of other websites. If you do too, look me up.