I have long experience working as freelance translator, from English, French or Slovenian languages into Japanese. After living in many different countries and graduating from a French university, I currently live in Slovenia.
Below are the books I have so far translated into Japanese.
From English to Japanese
· The Islamic Gardens and Landscapes, D. Fairchild Ruggles, 2012
· Gaudi Pop-ups, Matt Windsor, 2012
· From Mud Huts to Skyscrapers, Christine Paxmann
· This is Pollock, Catherine Ingram, 2014
· The Accidental Superpower, Peter Zeihan, 2016
· (joint translation) Connectography, Parag Khanna, 2017
· (joint translation) Taste of Conquest, Michael Krondl, 2018
· (joint translation) The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, John Bolton, 2020
· The Dangerous Game of Kim Jong Un, Chung Min Lee, 2021
· Ask a Historian, Greg Jenner, 2023
· The Secret Lives of Colour, Kassia St Clair, 2023
From French to Japanese
· (joint translation) Couleurs: Pigments et Teintures dans les Mains des People, Anne Varichon, 2009
· (joint translation) Comment le Peuple Juif fut Inventé (The invention of the Jewish people), Shlomo Sand, 2010
· (joint translation) Le sens des choses, Jacques Attali, 2010
· Parfums de Collection, Bernard Gangler, 2014
· Pollock, Turner, Van Gogh, Vermeer et la Science…, Loïc Mangin, 2019
· (joint translation) Dictionnaire de Mythologie germanique, Claude Lecouteux, 2019
· (joint translation) Manuel de Culture générale de l’Antiquité au XXI siècle, Jean-François Braunstein, Bernard Phan, 2022
· Les Droites Extrêmes en Europe, Jean-Yves Camus, Nicolas Lebourg, 2023
· Altitudes, Florian Riu, 2025
From Slovene to Japanese
· Skrat zguba in kameleon (Little dwarf and chameleon), Jelka Godec-Šmit, 2009
· To Noč sem jo videl (I saw her that night), Drago Jančar, 2026
I also translate texts for different museums and historical sites around the world (floor guide, press release, audio guide etc.).
Member since Feb '13
Takako Kimura-Ude 
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