Odd Translation Job: What’s On The Menu?
It’s odd, isn’t it, the jobs you can find yourself doing. This was a restaurant menu that came from someone...
Common Japanese-English Translation Issues: 3. Counting
Quantification is of extreme importance in the field of technical translation. Numbers, in their many and varied guises, are responsible...
Common Japanese-English Translation Issues: 4. Future Continuation
All the following terms express future continuation, but their differences and degrees of appropriateness pose substantial challenges for technical translators:...
Common Japanese-English Translation Issues: 1. Introduction
Let’s open with an illustrative, if hackneyed phrase (my cynical self would call it a cliché): Shihoumi ni kakomareta shimaguni...
Common Japanese-English Translation Issues: 2. Transitions
Overused transitions represent a multifaceted, seldom effectively tackled problem. Japanese uses transitional words and phrases much more frequently than in...