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Misa K.

Medical Translator - Native Japanese

Bilingual Japanese-English translator/interpreter with a decade of professional experience in delivering precise, culturally nuanced translations and interpretations. Expertise in medical/health, business, and philosophical domains, with an ability to capture subtle language nuances, ensure accuracy, and convey meaning within the appropriate cultural context. Proficient at bridging linguistic and cultural gaps to produce high‑quality, context‑accurate content. Recent 9-month experience as an AI annotator applying these skills to deliver accurately and culturally informed Japanese data for AI model development. Translations experience since 2012: (Example of projects) • Bilingual AI annotation (Since November 2024 to present) • Audio transcript and translation of pre-clinical trial/pharmaceutical marketing research (JPN to ENG, 2023 to April 2025) • DX projects on anatomy and physiology (ENG to JPN, 2024) • A book about awakening and self-realization (JPN to ENG, 60,000 words, 2024) • Psychological tests and website translation (ENG to JPN, 2023) • Several projects about medical, dentistry, and health-related documents (2023-2024) • A book about the law of attraction (JPN to ENG, 20,000 words, 2021) • Ayurveda medical course text, Yoga and Indian philosophy text translation (ENG to JPN, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) Interpreter Experience (English and Japanese, including some Hindi/Sanskrit words) Yoga Workshop Ayurveda consultation Agastya (palm reading) consultation on online Business board meetings, etc. Other business documents translation: Import/Export documents for cargo, custom clearance, General Insurance for corporations(Fire, Liability, Cyber Security, Medical), Food, agriculture industry, and automotive manufacturing. Education/ Certificate Health Science course at the University of the People (in the US) since 2022 Physiotherapy at Chiba collage of Allied Medical Science (in Japan), 2004 to 2007 Medical clerk certificate of Japanese National Medical Insurance Ayurveda Medical Basic Course (60HR) in India Several yoga and philosophy courses completed in India Agroecology 1 months course at Navdanya (instructed by Dr Vandana Siva) I have worked in India and learned Indian traditional philosophy(yoga, Ayurveda, Veda). Also, I'm studying health science at an online college in the US. Thank you.

🇯🇵Ichinomiya, Japan$25/hr100% JSS5.00 (8)Since Aug 2023

Earnings and projects

MRR
$1.3k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#36,133 / 412k
🇯🇵Country#64 / 1,269
Revenue, last 30 days
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Read daily since Oct 16, under 30 days

Total earnings
$41k
World#92,620 / 412k
🇯🇵Country#163 / 1,269
Per project
$3.7k

$4k in the last 6 months

World#48,296 / 412k
🇯🇵Country#86 / 1,269
Projects, last 6 months
2

Across 4 contracts

25% fixed75% hourly
World#88,917 / 412k
🇯🇵Country#273 / 1,269
Projects in all
11

Across 23 contracts

39% fixed61% hourly
World#192,421 / 412k
🇯🇵Country#515 / 1,269

Earnings, last 30 days

$40.7k+$578 earned since Oct 16Billed in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$40.0k$40.5k$41.0kOct 16Oct 28Nov 8

Tracked from Oct 16, 2026.

Skill rankings: 🇯🇵Top 3% in English in Japan

Ranked by MRR among everyone in Japan with the skill. 2 skills with fewer than 10 freelancers aren't counted.

  1. 2Medical Translation23 freelancersTop 9%
  2. #7English212 freelancersTop 3%
  3. #24Translation405 freelancersTop 6%
  4. #26Japanese485 freelancersTop 5%
  5. #1Medical Transcription5 freelancers#1 of 5
  6. #1Science & Medical Translation4 freelancers#1 of 4