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Getting started as a Japanese to English translator
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Getting started as a Japanese to English translator

Establish a successful career as a location-independent Japanese to English translator
Highest Rated
Created byJohn Fry
Last updated 6/2023
English
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What you'll learn

  • How to get good clients and keep them happy
  • The top web sites and translator directories to submit your profile to
  • The 7 essential online dictionaries (paid and free) you need access to
  • The 20 Japanese words that beginners frequently mistranslate
  • Where to get Japanese glossaries and terminology databases for your Computer-Aided Translation (CAT) tool
  • How to set and raise the rates you charge clients
  • How to get started in the lucrative specialization of Japanese patent translation

Course content

5 sections • 20 lectures • 3h 56m total length

  • Getting started as a Japanese to English translator8:02

    Launch a location independent freelance career translating from Japanese to English by mastering Japanese grammar and culture, staying disciplined and patient, using cat tools, and volunteering as a subtitler.

  • About freelance translation28:38

    Explore freelance translation realities, including services such as translation, editing, localization, and post-editing of machine translation, while understanding rates, specialization, and agency versus direct client models.

  • Marketing yourself to clients19:41

    Market yourself to direct clients and agencies via Prose dot com, using passive and active approaches, and present as a serious full-time translator while navigating trials, rates, onboarding, and marketing.

  • Marketing yourself to Japanese clients7:06

    Market yourself to Japanese translation agencies by using passive profiles on prose.com and actively applying to agency websites, emphasizing reliability, ethics, and loyalty.

  • Setting your rates17:17

    Learn how to set translation rates using source word, target word, or per character pricing, including minimums, discounts for large or repetitive work, and translation memory considerations.

  • Japanese words that beginners often mistranslate16:16
  • Getting better at translating Japanese7:06

    Improve your Japanese to English translation through deliberate practice, feedback, and online example translations, while joining the Japan Association of Translators and reading the Rutledge Course in Japanese translation.

  • Keeping your project manager happy8:34

    Learn how to keep your project manager happy as a freelance translator by delivering on time, being responsive, and ensuring quality, so you build trust and repeat work.

Requirements

  • Excellent writing skills in English along with an excellent command of written Japanese

Description

Japanese to English is the most lucrative language pair for translators, and demand for skilled Japanese to English translators continues to grow. In this course I teach you how to get started as a Japanese to English translator. I focus on freelance translation, but the information is also relevant to in-house translation jobs. The course covers the basics of the freelance translation industry, including getting clients, keeping project managers happy, lucrative specializations, and the future of translation as a career. In the "Resources" section, I cover the essential dictionary subscriptions, books, Computer-Aided Translation (CAT) tools, and other resources that every Japanese translator needs. I also go over specific Japanese terms and abbreviations you need to watch out for because they are frequently mistranslated by beginners.

Who this course is for:

  • People with excellent writing skills in English along with an excellent command of written Japanese who want to establish a successful career as a translator from Japanese into English

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