Translation

[JIF2023] Between Composition and Translation

Photo: Tadayuki Minamoto Gregory Khezrnejat Author, literary researcher. Ph.D., Japanese literature (Doshisha University, 2017). Currently serving as associate professor at the Hosei University...

[JITF2020] Finding Your Place in the Premium Market

Chris Durban Chris Durban is a US-born freelance translator based in Paris, where she translates business texts from French into English for demanding clients. She translates every day and enj...

[JITF2020] Art Translation: A Field of Creation That Starts with Asking “Is Interpreting Necessary?”

©︎Hajime Kato Kanoko Tamura Art translator (translator/interpreter). She presides over the "Art Translators Collective," an activity group of translators and interpreters specializing in art, ...

[JITF2020] The Significance of Translation Agencies from the Perspective of Translators

Sagiri Yamakawa An English to Japanese and Japanese to English translator with 15 years of experience. After leaving her studies in the Faculty of Law, Kyoto University, she became a freelanc...

[JITF2020] On Translation of Korean Literature

Ayako Furukawa Korean-Japanese translator. Part-time lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies. After working as an in-house interpreter/translator at a Japanese branch of a Kore...

[JITF2020] American Comic Translation Class

Shiori Miyo One of the few translators of American comics in Japan. She has been translating American comics since college days, having been involved in translating more than 100 volumes by t...

[JITF2020] Interpretation/Translation/Language — Using “Word Order” as a Clue

Sakino Takahashi Patent translator, academic translator, critic, etc. Track record of 36 years as a J to E and E to J translator. Often gives talks on "Japanese reading and writing skill...

[JITF2020] The Attractiveness of Translating Young Adult Novels

Sato Inoue Literary translator since 2009. She has been translating books for young adults, children's books, and books for the general public. “Picnic at Hanging Rock” (Joan Lindsay, Tokyo ...

[JITF2020] How Do Translators/Interpreters/Guide Interpreter Think about How to “Survive the Age of COVID-19”?

Hidesada Shimazaki National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter (English). After graduating from the Faculty of Economics of Keio University, he experienced working at a management consulti...

[JITF2020] Getting the most out of dictionaries 2020

Akira Takahashi Akira “hatter” Takahashi. Business translator who loves SFX from before the era of CG, hats and dictionaries more than anything. Translation school lecturer. Director and Vi...