I tackle Japanese-English and English-Japanese translations in almost all areas except medicine / pharmaceuticals. Subjects I handle regularly include patents and technical manuals (automotive, engineering, chemical, etc.), legal materials (contracts, certified translation of birth/marriage/death certificates and 'Koseki' family registers, etc.), shipping disputes (arbitration, mediation, etc.), finance (accounts, tax, transfer pricing), advertising (websites, brochures, catalogues, posters, press releases, etc. including typesetting/DTP), business cards, and the like. I am qualified by the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI) for both Japanese-English and English-Japanese translation, and in March 2009 became the first Japanese linguist to be elected a Fellow of the institute.

I also do interpreting (consecutive only), most often in London or South-East England, but sometimes also at other locations throughout Europe, and occasionally over the phone.

Thanks to over 25 years' experience, including a period as Coordinator of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting's Japanese Network, I have a wide range of contacts for most oriental languages, and can arrange e.g. French-Japanese or German-Japanese translations, or form a team of translators to take on large multilingual assignments.

I tend not to respond to offers of e.g. 50,000 characters in a week using TM at a rate of US$0.10 per source word; I am more interested in work that requires expertise and is paid accordingly.

More details can be found on my website.