{"id":6,"date":"2024-05-30T15:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T13:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2024-05-30T15:44:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T13:44:02","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/?page_id=6","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"351\" src=\"http:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/who-we-are-1024x351.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9\" srcset=\"https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/who-we-are-1024x351.png 1024w, https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/who-we-are-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/who-we-are-768x263.png 768w, https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/who-we-are-1536x526.png 1536w, https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/who-we-are.png 1767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Susan.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12\" srcset=\"https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Susan.png 675w, https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Susan-297x300.png 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Firefly Solutions was founded in Kyoto, Japan in 2001 by Susan Schneider. Ever since its creation, it has sought to provide services in translation, editing, writing and mentoring to major houses and educational and cultural establishments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"867\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/St-Johns-College-867x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13\" srcset=\"https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/St-Johns-College-867x1024.png 867w, https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/St-Johns-College-254x300.png 254w, https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/St-Johns-College-768x907.png 768w, https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/St-Johns-College.png 1212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Susan obtained her first Master\u2019s Degree in Modern Languages Studies at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sjc.ox.ac.uk\/\">St. John\u2019s College<\/a>, Oxford, UK and her Master\u2019s Degree in Advanced Studies (with Distinction) from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffield.ac.uk\/languages-for-all\/choose-language\/japanese\">University of Sheffield<\/a>, UK. She also Translation Studies from<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inalco.fr\/\">Inalco<\/a>, Paris and the highest level (Level 1) of Japanese Language Proficiency Test<br>(JLPT) under the joint organization and Japan Educational Exchanges and Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a qualified teacher of English as a Foreign Language, with English for Business Purposes and English for Academic Purpose at the university level and is actively involved in translator training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"514\" src=\"http:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Chartered-Institute-of-Linguists-fellow-1024x514.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14\" srcset=\"https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Chartered-Institute-of-Linguists-fellow-1024x514.png 1024w, https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Chartered-Institute-of-Linguists-fellow-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Chartered-Institute-of-Linguists-fellow-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Chartered-Institute-of-Linguists-fellow.png 1425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Susan is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciol.org.uk\/member-check\/profile\/28040\/20307\">Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists<\/a>, UK , a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/atlf.org\/?lang=fr\">Association des Traducteurs Litt\u00e9raires de France (ATLF)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/jat.org\/\">Japan Association of Translators (JAT)<\/a> and of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesol-france.org\/en\/\">TESOL France<\/a> (Teachers of English to SLanguages). She is affiliated to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secu-artistes-auteurs.fr\/\">Agessa<\/a> and is the author of several textbooks bilingual conversation guides for young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"214\" src=\"http:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/firefly-solutions.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8\" style=\"width:650px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/firefly-solutions.png 640w, https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/firefly-solutions-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefly Solutions was founded in Kyoto, Japan in 2001 by Susan Schneider. Ever since its creation, it has sought to provide services in translation, editing, writing and mentoring to major houses and educational and cultural establishments. Susan obtained her first Master\u2019s Degree in Modern Languages Studies at St. John\u2019s College, Oxford, UK and her Master\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20,"href":"https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firefly-solutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}