Looking for Japanese speakers with professional background in mental health

The NLSC is closely monitoring the current situation in Japan after the recent earthquake and tsunami disaster, and is ready to provide assistance at the request of a federal agency.

The NLSC has received an inquiry from a federal agency for a Japanese speaker with a background in mental health. If you are a mental health professional with Japanese language skills, we would like to hear from you as soon as possible. Please email us, specifying your availability and related mental health experience. Alternatively, if you know someone who meets these language and professional criteria and would like to recommend him or her to the NLSC, please let us know immediately.

Membership in the NLSC is required; there are no fees to join.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. As always, we appreciate your interest.

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Urgent need for Japanese speakers

The NLSC is working with federal agencies to support humanitarian assistance efforts for the Japan earthquake/tsunami disaster. We currently have an immediate request to do Japanese to English translation work. Please find a brief overview of the assignment below:

Requirements:

• Membership in the National Language Service Corps (apply here)
• Japanese > English translation of up to 30 pages of documentation on a daily basis.
• Technical subject matter relative to the current situation in Japan.
• Work may be performed remotely or on-site in Hawaii.
• Duration of the assignment is 30 days.
• Hawaiian resident is preferred or member must be willing to travel.

If you speak Japanese and are interested in finding out more about the assignment, we want to hear from you. Also, if you know of someone with Japanese language skills who might be interested, we welcome your referrals. Due to the time sensitivity of this request, we ask that you contact us as soon as possible, so we can provide you with more details regarding this exciting NLSC opportunity.

We look forward to hearing from you.

The NLSC and Japan

We are standing by to assist in the aftermath of the earthquake off the coast of Japan. We have expressed our availability to Federal agencies.