Masaru Yamada

Chief Evangelist

Profile

Current position:
　Professor, Rikkyo University College/Graduate School of Intercultural Communication

Degrees:

• Ph.D. (Graduate School of Intercultural Communication, Rikkyo University / March 2012)
• Master’s degree (TESOL/Linguistics, West Virginia University / May 1999)

Career history:

• In-house interpreter and translator at Ford Motor Company
• IT localization project manager
• Worked independently as a technical translator and consultant
• Professor, Faculty of Foreign Language Studies, Kansai University (2017–2021)
• Professor, Rikkyo University (April 2021–present)

Research areas:

• Empirical Translation Process Research (Empirical TPR)
• Translation technology: computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools, MTPE, large language models (LLMs), and generative AI
• Applications of machine translation in foreign language education (TILT/MTILT)

Professional roles and contributions:

• Representative, Translation Lab Inc.
• Chief Evangelist, Yaraku, Inc.
• Organizer of the Translation Cafe online community
• Former board member, Japan Association for Interpreting and Translation Studies (JAITS)
• Former board member, Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation (AAMT)

Selected publications:

• “ChatGPT英語学習術：新AI時代の超独学スキルブック” (ChatGPT English Learning Techniques: A Self-Study Skills Book for the New AI Era)
  (sole author / ALC Press)
• “ChatGPT翻訳術：新AI時代の超英語スキルブック” (ChatGPT Translation Techniques: An English Skills Book for the New AI Era)
  (sole author / ALC Press)
• “英語教育と機械翻訳” (English Language Education and Machine Translation)
  (supervising editor / Kinseido)
• Jidou Honyaku Taizen (ENGLISH HACKER’S HANDBOOK) (co-author / Sansaibooks)
• “Metalanguages for Dissecting Translation Processes”
  (co-editor / Routledge)