July 2020

USA Freelancing without a Parachute #1 – Unpredictable Beginnings

Overture It seems to me that big changes often happen in your life when you least expect it. For me, it was when I arrived at the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). I was ...

[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] Patent Translation: First Steps

Thomas Kaiser Born and raised in Australia, Tom studied computer science and Japanese at the Australian National University, and first worked as a software engineer in the Australian Public Se...

[JITF2020] The World of Poker English

Munehiko Matsuyama Probably Japan's one and only translator specializing in poker.  His main work is translation of poker textbooks, of which he has translated more than ten volumes.  Besides ...

[JITF2020] Introductory Voice and Articulation Training for Interpreters

Yuko Hirai She has been providing voice training courses for interpreters since three years ago.  Most of her students are interpreters in their twenties through seventies.  She gives lessons ...

[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] Learning about English Expressions and the World of Spirituality from the Bible – Live!

Tokuhiro Chinen Simultaneous conference interpreter and translator.  President of Logos Agency G.K., owner of Cafe Lighthouse, evangelist and pastor.  Graduated from Rutger's University in New...

[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] The Post-COVID-19 Investment Environment – What Are Investors Concerned about Now?

Katsura Nakayama Freelance financial translator.  Graduated from the Department of Economics, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University.  Joined Merrill Lynch Japan Secu...

[JITF2020] The New Coronavirus Crisis and Financial Translation

Tatsuya Suzuki Financial Translator.  After graduating from university, worked for Nomura Securities, etc., and became independent in 2002.  Currently, mainly deals with English to Japanese tr...

[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] Introduction to Yoga for Interpreters

Chiemi Nakai Translator and interpreter.  Graduated from the Department of Japanese Literature, Faculty of Letters, Waseda University.  After working at a manufacturer as a general worker and ...

[JITF2020] How to Make a Living as an Interpreter/Translator: Searching for Hints from Practical Examples in Multiple Languages

Maki Nakano German/English-Japanese translator.  After graduating from the German language department of the Foreign Language Faculty of Dokkyo University, worked as a company employee bef...

[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] Increasing Customers Globally! How to Prepare Your CV / Resume and Approach Overseas Customers for a High Rate of Success

Junko Bradley President, EJ EXPERT Inc., conference interpreter.  After graduating from art school in Japan, moved to the United States in her early twenties.  Studied business management for ...

[JITF2020] The Forum’s Official Drinking Party?! Let’s Talk about Sake and English while Drinking with All the Participants!

Ayumi Fujishiro International Kikizake-shi and Sake Lecturer Certified by the Sake Service Institute (SSI).  Having lived in Singapore for about 6 years, she is worried that she has become so ...

[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...