Michael Lambe is a professional Japanese-to-English translator with 6 years of experience working in diverse fields such as literature, history, philosophy, architecture, culture, tourism, marketing, finance, popular science, and IT. Michael is a fellow of the translation training fellowship at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva. There he translated patent abstracts and patentability reports in fields such as biotechnology, medicine, electronics, mechanics, and telecommunications. He is also one of six contributors to Kyoto: A Literary Guide, a book of original translations, published by Camphor Press in July 2020.
Qualifications
Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) N1
Google IT Support Certificate
Masters in English Literature – Cambridge University, UK
Masters in Translation Studies – Dublin City University, Ireland
Inquiries: michael@deepkyoto.com
Portfolio
Below are some of the abstracts Michael translated during the WIPO fellowship. Click on each image to view the original Japanese text and his translation into English as published on the Patentscope database.
 (EN) CUTTING TOOL(JA) 切削工具
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 (EN) PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, PHOTOGRAPHING UNIT, IMAGE ANALYSIS APPARATUS, AND THREE–DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASURING SYSTEM(JA) 撮影装置、撮影ユニット、画像分析装置および三次元形状計測システム
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(EN) ARTIFICIAL PROTEIN, Ras INHIBITOR, AND ANTICANCER AGENT
(JA) 人工タンパク質、Ｒａｓ阻害剤及び抗がん剤
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 (EN) AMUSEMENT APPARATUS(JA) 遊戯装置
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 (EN) COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM(JA) 疎通制御装置、通信システム、疎通制御方法、及びプログラム
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 (EN) CYCLONE BURNER, NOZZLE UNIT, AND CYCLONE BURNER ALTERATION METHOD(JA) サイクロンバーナ、ノズルユニット、およびサイクロンバーナの改造方法
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 (EN) LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE(JA) 発光装置
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 (EN) WORKPIECE SUPPORT DEVICE(JA) ワーク支持装置
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 (EN) NOVEL NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULE INHIBITING EXPRESSION OF TARGET GENE(JA) 標的遺伝子の発現を抑制する新規な核酸分子
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 (EN) MULTIPLE MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM (JA) 複数モータ駆動システム
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