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TRANSLATION

EDITORIALS
Jul 18, 2015
Honda makes English official
Honda is just the latest in a growing number of Japanese firms embracing English as its official language; now the nation's education system needs to respond with more effective ways of teaching the language.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 31, 2015
Translation tech gets Olympic push
Japan may not be the best in the world when it comes to speaking English, but it remains a pioneer in developing cutting-edge translation technology.
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2015
Tokyo to set up free call center for Olympic interpretation services
Tokyo plans to set up a 24-hour call center this year so tourism-related businesses can obtain free interpretation in three languages ahead of the 2020 Olympics.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 29, 2014
Crafting words with Osamu Dazai's translator
Two of the most successful Japanese novels of the past few years that have been translated into English are Hiromi Kawakami's "The Briefcase" and Fuminori Nakamura's "Last Winter, We Parted." Both were translated by Allison Markin Powell, a literary translator and editor based in New York.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2014
¥80 million earmarked to translate Japanese books into English to aid PR drive
The government will allocate u00a580 million to translate Japanese books into English as part of a campaign to boost the country's image abroad, officials say.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Nov 1, 2013
Writer, translator, yoga instructor finds inspiration in 'the voices that history silences'
Leza Lowitz has shared the worlds of kamikaze pilots and their last letters to their families, published lesbian writings by contemporary Japanese poets, specifically sought out Ainu writers, and journeyed into the mind of Japan's foremost modernist poet, Nobuo Ayukawa.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Nov 23, 2009
Japanese now a little less lost in translation
Yeah, some things still get lost in machine translation, but language barriers did grow a lot smaller in 2009.

Longform

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