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Poetry and translation are intertwined for Sawako Nakayasu

Books | The World of Translators Jan 23, 2021

Poetry and translation are intertwined for Sawako Nakayasu

by Kris Kosaka

For poet Sawako Nakayasu, 45, a multicultural upbringing is what forged her distinctive perspective of language and artistic expression. Nakayasu was born in Yokohama and moved to the United States with her family when she was six. Although she was raised mostly in the ...

'Tokyo Ueno Station' by Yu Miri wins U.S. book award

Entertainment News Nov 19, 2020

'Tokyo Ueno Station' by Yu Miri wins U.S. book award

The author said she wants to share the prize with the people of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, where she now resides.

First South Korean 'comfort women' novel released in English

Books Sep 22, 2020

First South Korean 'comfort women' novel released in English

Kim Soom's 'One Left' tells the story of one former captive who debates whether to go public with her story.

‘Astral Season, Beastly Season’: The ambiguity and conflicting extremes of being a teenager

Books Sep 5, 2020

‘Astral Season, Beastly Season’: The ambiguity and conflicting extremes of being a teenager

by Kris Kosaka

Poet Tahi Saihate’s novel centered on adolescence offers an authentic yet compassionate view of searching for meaning and human connections.

As pandemic hits conferences, Aichi firm launches remote interpretation services

Business / Corporate | Regional voices: Chubu Apr 10, 2020

As pandemic hits conferences, Aichi firm launches remote interpretation services

As the business environment continues to be affected by the spread of COVID-19, an industrial painting firm based in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, has begun offering Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation services remotely using teleconference systems. With more companies canceling international conferences and seminars due to the pandemic, ...

Japan must provide multilingual information on COVID-19

Commentary / Japan Mar 10, 2020

Japan must provide multilingual information on COVID-19

by Keizo Yamawaki

The government should create basic guidelines on how to disseminate information and give consultation services in foreign languages on COVID-19.

Health ministry struggles to provide COVID-19 updates in foreign languages

National Feb 18, 2020

Health ministry struggles to provide COVID-19 updates in foreign languages

by Tomohiro Osaki

The health ministry is struggling to keep non-Japanese updated on the rapidly escalating situation in a timely manner, hampered by a dearth of staff proficient in foreign languages.

Why English translation needs the native touch

How-tos Jan 16, 2020

Why English translation needs the native touch

by Rochelle Kopp

Japan is a country that prides itself on focusing on the smallest details, so why do incorrect English translations plague signage across the country?

One interpreter making a world of difference for Georgian rugby team in Japan

National Oct 4, 2019

One interpreter making a world of difference for Georgian rugby team in Japan

by Sakura Katsurada

Interpreters have been provided for almost every team competing at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, but in a country with a very limited number of Georgian speakers, a 28-year-old man is supporting the squad all by himself. Hayate Sotome, who is assisting the Georgian players ...

Pioneering Japanese interpreting team opened nation's eyes to disabled athletes at '64 Paralympics

National / History Aug 22, 2019

Pioneering Japanese interpreting team opened nation's eyes to disabled athletes at '64 Paralympics

by Ryusei Takahashi

Foreign residents and wheelchairs — much less Paralympic athletes — were a rare sight in Japan in 1964. Preparations to host the Summer Olympics and the second-ever Paralympics were well underway. Stadiums, highways and hotels were being built at breakneck speeds, cutting-edge photographic and timing ...

For Japan's medical interpretation industry, tourism boom presents growing challenge

National Aug 19, 2019

For Japan's medical interpretation industry, tourism boom presents growing challenge

by Magdalena Osumi

During one of her medical-interpreting lessons in July, teacher Yoshiko Ishizaka, 77, brought up the case of a former student who was dealing with schizophrenia. The principal of Tokyo-based International Medical Interpreter Academy used the example to engage her class in a discussion on the ...

Understanding the challenging world of the literary translator

Books Aug 17, 2019

Understanding the challenging world of the literary translator

by Louise George Kittaka

English translations of Japanese books have found an enthusiastic audience around the world, and while the author is undoubtedly the star of the show, the translator's role should not be underestimated.

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