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Getting started as a Japanese to English translator

Establish a successful career as a location-independent Japanese to English translator
Rating: 4.5 out of 54.5 (11 ratings)
41 students
Created by John Fry
Last updated 10/2020
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

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

Course content

5 sections • 20 lectures • 4h 0m total length

  • Preview08:02
  • About freelance translation
    28:38
  • Marketing yourself to clients
    19:41
  • Marketing yourself to Japanese clients
    07:06
  • Setting your rates
    17:17
  • Japanese words that beginners often mistranslate
    17:54
  • Getting better at translating Japanese
    07:06
  • Keeping your project manager happy
    08:34

  • Computer-Aided Translation (CAT) tools
    09:58
  • Demo of the Memsource CAT tool
    08:18
  • Demo of the Trados Studio CAT tool
    19:51

  • Patent translation I
    08:09
  • Patent translation II
    07:11

  • Using ProZ.com
    17:28
  • Essential reference books
    05:08
  • Preview13:12
  • Free online language resources
    06:38
  • Essential online Japanese dictionaries
    10:27
  • OCR and alignment tools
    11:16

  • Final words of advice
    08:44

Instructor

John Fry
Freelance Japanese to English Technical Translator
John Fry
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 44 Reviews
  • 2,344 Students
  • 3 Courses

I've been working full-time as a professional Japanese-English translator since 2009, specializing in technical translations. I am a member of the American Translators Association (ATA) and the Japan Association of Translators (JAT). I earned a BA in Linguistics and Computer Science from UCLA, followed by a Ph.D. in Linguistics, with a minor in Computer Science, from Stanford University.

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