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Japan Translate is a London-based
partnership providing high quality in-house translation and interpreting services
between the Japanese and English languages.
We also offer a translation and interpreting service for Russian/Belarusian,
and a translation service for Polish.
Our experience encompasses translation in a number of key subject
areas, which reflect the background and expertise of our Partners,
and we have worked together with a variety of companies both across Europe and
in Japan.
About Us
Matthew P Edwards 
Elena M Edwards
Japan Translate was established in April 2001 by Matthew Edwards, the Senior
Partner.
Matthew has been closely involved with Japan for over 15 years. After graduating
with a First Class Honours degree in Japanese from Cambridge University in 1994,
Matthew worked for a number of years in the reinsurance industry, specialising
in the Japanese market. This involved frequent trips to Tokyo and first-hand
familiarisation with the world of Japanese business. Matthew subsequently worked
for the Investor Relations division of a major Japanese consumer electronics
firm.
Matthew is a qualified Member of the Institute
of Translation & Interpreting (for Japanese to English translation)
and a Member of the Institute
of Linguists, as well as an Associate of the Chartered
Insurance Institute.
Full CV available on request.
Matthew
P Edwards
Elena M Edwards
Elena joined Matthew as a Partner of Japan Translate in 2002. Born in Minsk,
Belarus, Elena obtained a Diploma in Russian Philology and Classics at the Belarusian
State University, following which she gained an MPhil (First Class) in European
Literature from Cambridge University in 1994.
Elena began her professional career in the financial sector, working in London,
Boston and Dallas in the fields of reinsurance and investment banking. Elena’s
language of habitual use is English, her active translation and interpreting
languages are Russian and Belarusian (her mother tongues), in addition to which
she is fluent in Polish and has a good command of other Slavonic languages,
as well as German.
In addition to finance, Elena has a thorough knowledge of medicine and is a
student Homeopath.
Full CV available on request.
Services and Languages
We offer translation and
interpreting services in the language combinations listed below, which reflect
the mother tongue languages (English and Russian/Belarusian) and linguistic
expertise of our Partners. We can also handle other
language combinations, including English into Japanese and (occasionally) French/German
into English/Russian.
Translation
Japanese
English
Japanese
Russian/Belarusian
Russian/Belarusian
English
Polish
English/Russian/Belarusian
Consecutive and Liaison Interpreting
Japanese
English
Russian/Belarusian
English
Expertise
The subject areas listed below represent our main areas of expertise, but we are also happy to consider texts from other fields.
Accountancy & Finance
Arts
& Culture
Banking/Securities
Business
Documentation (e.g. press releases, internal memos)
Computers
& Internet
Consumer
Electronics
Insurance/Reinsurance
Law
& Contracts
Medical
& Pharmaceutical
Music
Patents
& Trademarks
Pricing
As is standard practice
in the UK, our fee for translation is usually based on a rate per 1,000 characters
or words in the source text (the text to be translated), but where this is impractical
another method may be agreed upon, such as a rate per 1,000 words produced in
the target text.
Interpreting fees are charged per day or half day, with any overtime calculated
per hour. Travelling and other applicable expenses are normally payable by the
client.
For an estimate please use the Enquiry Form, or for more information please
e-mail us at:
info@japan-translate.co.uk
Alternatively, call us on:
+44
(0)20 7384 2992
IT Issues and Quality Control
The vast majority of our work is carried out electronically, with files for translation received and returned by e-mail. An electronic file is always to be preferred if available.Files can be accepted in all the major formats, including Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat (PDF)/Illustrator. All of our translations are carefully proofread before being returned to the client. We can supply files by e-mail, on a floppy or Zip disk, on CD, or as a hard copy.
Translation - Not so simple
Many people might be forgiven
for thinking that anyone fluent in a foreign language can translate, as long
as they have a reasonably good dictionary to hand.
However, being fluent in another language in itself doesn’t make someone
a good translator. Translation, at least of a professional quality, takes a
high level of familiarity with the culture of both the source and target languages,
a knowledge of the subject matter concerned, an eye for detail, a good written
style in the target language (it seems obvious, but all too often this is not
the case) and excellent research resources. Translation errors can have dire,
and sometimes comical consequences.
In this age of information, faithful and effective cross-cultural communication
is more important than ever before, and at Japan Translate we pride ourselves
on serving our clients’ needs accurately and efficiently. For more information
on what a good translation requires we would direct you to the ITI’s guide
for businesses Translation
- getting it right (which can be downloaded as a PDF file).
Links
ITI -Translation - getting it right - http://www.iti.org.uk/documents/advice_for_businesses.html
Institute of Linguists - http://www.iol.org.uk/
Institute of Translation & Interpreting - http://www.iti.org.uk
Chartered Insurance Institute - http://www.cii.co.uk/
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