Natalie Hamilton is a writer, teacher and translator. She turned her focus to Japanese study while living and working in Japan’s rural Oita Prefecture on the JET Programme from 2004-2007. This role involved teaching English to Japanese high school students in the picturesque rural Nakatsu and Yabakei regions. She holds a Bachelor of Communications from the University of Technology, Sydney, where she majored in film production and cultural studies. She was awarded a Master of Japanese Translation in 2014 from Macquarie University, which included a linguistics dissertation entitled Cracking the ON Yomi Code. She is NAATI-Certified in Australia for professional translation from Japanese to English and has translated academic papers in social science and technical and corporate content for companies including Fujitsu, MUJI and Sony. In 2022 Natalie completed a Master of Teaching at the University of New South Wales. She currently teaches Japanese and English as an Additional Language or Dialect in Sydney schools. Natalie formerly wrote online content and elearning materials for global corporations and has blogged about film and travel for many years. Her Japanese was largely self-taught over four years living in Japan. Her website can be viewed at https://thekanjicode.com/
