Working languages: Japanese to English
English to Japanese |
|   Ben Jones
Fellow of the ITI
Birchington, England Local time: 00:08 GMT (GMT+0)
Native in: English  , Japanese | | |
| Freelancer and outsourcer | | Blue Board: Ben Jones | | Translation, Interpreting, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Software localization, Subtitling, Desktop publishing, Project management | | Specializes in: | | Business/Commerce (general) | Other | | Music | Law: Taxation & Customs | | Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright | Law: Contract(s) | | Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino | Engineering (general) | | Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs | Tourism & Travel |
| Also works in: | | Accounting | IT (Information Technology) | | Law (general) | Management | | Manufacturing | Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) | | Mechanics / Mech Engineering | Media / Multimedia | | Metrology | Names (personal, company) | | Poetry & Literature | Printing & Publishing | | Science (general) | Telecom(munications) | | Investment / Securities | Internet, e-Commerce | | Advertising / Public Relations | Aerospace / Aviation / Space | | Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting | Automotive / Cars & Trucks | | Cinema, Film, TV, Drama | Computers (general) | | Computers: Hardware | Computers: Software | | Construction / Civil Engineering | Cooking / Culinary | | Finance (general) | General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | | Insurance | Transport / Transportation / Shipping |
More Less | | Questions answered: 17, Questions asked: 0 Easy / 6 PRO, PRO-level points: 51 | | Euro (eur), U. S. dollars (usd) | Sample translations submitted: 2| | English to Japanese: 6th ProZ.com Translation Contest - Entry #4792 |
| Source text - English
Eroticism has this in common with an addictive drug: that there is a coercive element to its pleasure with which part of us is in complicity, and part not. Thus ever since time began men have been trying to enjoy eroticism without being destroyed by it. Societies, religions can be defined in the way they deal with this conundrum. Polygamy, monogamy with repression, monogamy with affairs, monogamy with prostitutes, serial monogamy. Not to mention individual solutions of great ingenuity, or desperation: Victor Hugo with the door knocked through the wall of his office, to let in a girl each afternoon. Auden's flair for finding call-boys in every town. Picasso who simply refused when wife and mistress demanded he choose between them. Then there is always the hair-shirt of course. But perhaps the thing to remember when you wake up with a life full of fresh paint and tortuous complications is that eroticism wasn't invented for you, nor merely for the survival of the species perhaps, but for a divinity's entertainment. Nothing generates so many opportunities for titillation and schadenfreude as eroticism. Which is why it lies at the centre of so much narrative. How the gods thronged the balconies of heaven to see the consequences of Helen's betrayal! And your friends are watching too. Your antics have put the shine on many a late-night conversation.
On the borders between mythology and history, that wily survivor Odysseus was the first who learnt to trick the gods. And perhaps his smartest trick of all was that of lashing himself to the mast before the Sirens came in earshot. There are those of course who are happy to stand at the railings, even scan the horizon. Otherwise, choose your mast, find the ropes that suit you: sport, workaholism, celibacy with prayerbook and bell... But the kindest and toughest ropes of all are probably to be found in some suburban semi-detached with rowdy children and a woman who never allows the dust to settle for too long.
| Translation - Japanese
中毒となるような麻薬とエロティシズムとの間には、次のような共通点があげられる：快楽には強制的な要素があり、自分のある部分はそれに共感しているが他の部分は共感していない。したがって、古来より人間はエロティシズムに破壊されることなく、それを楽しもうとしてきている。この矛盾にどのように対応するかにより、社会または宗教を定義づけることもできる。一夫多妻、抑制が効いた一夫一妻、浮気を認めた一夫一妻、売春婦の介入を認めた一夫一妻、線形単婚…
非常に才に富んだ、または絶望的な個別ソリューションもあった。ビクター・ユーゴは事務所の壁をぶち抜いてドアを作り、午後になると毎日そこから女の子を招き入れていた。オーデンはどの町でもコールボーイを見つける才があった。妻と愛人から「どちらかを選べ」と責められたピカソは、単純に拒否した。そしてもちろん、禁欲に基づく「懺悔と苦行」という自虐的なアプローチもある。しかし、鮮やかさと紆余曲折に満ちた人生の中で目を覚ますとき、これを覚えておくといい：エロティシズムはあなたのために発明されたものではなく、また、種の保存のために発明されただけのものでもない。それは神々のエンタテイメントのために発明されたものである。
密かな昂奮を味わったり他人の不幸を喜んだりする機会を次々と生み出すものはエロティシズムをおいて他にはない。エロティシズムが数々の物語の軸となっているのはこのためではないだろうか。トロイのヘレンの浮気が招いた結末を見ようと、神々でさえ天国のバルコニーで押し合っていたではないか。あなたの友達だって見ている。あなたの無謀な行為は夜の深みに漂うたくさんの言葉に輝きを与えたに違いない。
神話と歴史の境界線上でしたたかな旅人オデュッセウスが最初に神々を騙す方法を覚えた。セイレーンの声が聞こえてくる前に自分をマストに縛り付けることは、たぶん彼のもっとも賢い術であった。誘惑を求めて喜んで手すりの前に立つ者、地平線に目を凝らす者さえいる。誘惑に負けたくないのなら、自分のマストを見つけ、自分に合ったロープを探す…スポーツ、仕事、お経と数珠で身を清める独身修行僧生活など。しかし、もっとも親切でありながらもっとも苛酷なロープはたぶん郊外の一軒家に、うるさい子供達と埃が溜まることを絶対に許さない女のところにあるだろう。
| | Japanese to English: Patent claim | Source text - Japanese
第２発明の浸漬型膜分離装置は、槽内に浸漬配置された膜モジュールと、該膜モジュールの下方に配置された散気管と、該散気管に接続された気体供給管とを備えてなる浸漬型膜分離装置において、該散気管の両端が該気体供給管に連通され、該散気管の両端から散気ガスが供給されることを特徴とするものである。 | Translation - English
The immersed membrane separator of the second invention is characterized in that: in an immersed membrane separator equipped with a membrane module immersed in a tank, diffuser pipes installed below said membrane module and gas supply pipes connected to said diffuser pipes, both ends of said diffuser pipes are linked into said gas supply pipes, and diffusing gas is supplied from both ends of said diffuser pipes. |
More Less | | Years of translation experience: 22. Registered at ProZ.com: Jan 2001. | | N/A | Japanese to English (Institute of Translation & Interpreting, verified)
English to Japanese (Institute of Translation & Interpreting, verified)
Japanese to English (Society of Authors: Translators Assoc., verified)
Japanese to English (The Translators' Association, verified)
| | ITI, SoA:TA, TTA | | Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, AutoCAD, FrameMaker, IBM CAT tool, Indesign, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe PageMaker, AutoCAD clones, EPS files for Quark, HTML/XML, IntelliCAD, Macromedia Flash, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel), Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Visio, Robohelp, TurboCAD, Pagemaker, Powerpoint | | http://www.japanesetranslations.co.uk |  CV/Resume (PDF) | 6th ProZ.com Translation Contest: English to Japanese  [download] | | About me
I tackle Japanese-English and English-Japanese translations in almost all subject areas, although I'd normally pass any medical / pharmaceutical work on to someone more expert in this field. Subjects I handle quite regularly include technical manuals and patents (automotive, engineering, chemical, etc.), legal materials (contracts 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), preferably in London or South-East England, but at other locations too (or over the phone) if required.
Thanks to over 20 years' experience, including a 3-year stint as Coordinator of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting's Japanese Network, I have a wide range of contacts throughout the UK and the rest of Europe for most oriental languages, so I am increasingly being asked to arrange e.g. French-Japanese or German-Japanese translations, or to form a team of translators to take on large multilingual assignments.
More details can be found on my website. | This user has reported completing projects in the following job categories, language pairs, and fields.
| Project History Summary |
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| Total projects | 3 | | With client feedback | 0 | | Corroborated | 0 | | | 0 positive (0 entries) |  positive | 0 |  neutral | 0 |  negative | 0 |
| Job type | | Translation | 2 | | Interpreting | 1 | | | Language pairs | | English to Japanese | 2 | | Japanese to English | 1 | | | Specialty fields | | Law: Taxation & Customs | 1 | | Law: Contract(s) | 1 | | Accounting | 1 | | Advertising / Public Relations | 1 | | | Other fields | | Petroleum Eng/Sci | 1 | | Environment & Ecology | 1 | | Energy / Power Generation | 1 | | Government / Politics | 1 | | Electronics / Elect Eng | 1 |
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Profile last updated
Sep 28, 2009 |
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