Japanese Translation Services

The complex rules governing the degree of formality with which Japanese people communicate, reflect the highly structured nature of traditional Japanese society. These range from the greeting for new acquaintances of yoroshiku onegai shimasu (please look after me) to the need to apologise individually to colleagues when taking a holiday. A good Japanese translation incorporates these conventions, allowing you to impress your audience with your cultural sensitivity.

As well as keeping abreast of the latest trends in informal Japanese, Asian Absolute's Japanese translators are skilled in turning English business communications into elegant formal Japanese, and in extracting the underlying meaning from extended Japanese formalities in business documents. By working with you to understand how your communications fit with your overall strategy for Japan, we are able to select the most appropriate tone and style for each translation, helping you to win the hearts and minds of your Japanese audience.

Japanese is written using a combination of Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana. Kanji are traditional Chinese characters, which were the first form of written Japanese. Hiragana and Katakana are both alphabets introduced later - Hiragana is used together with Kanji to write regular Japanese words, whereas Katakana is used for foreign and onomatopoeic words.

Japanese design preferences are unique, and we strongly recommend that clients who employ our Japanese translation services also consider using our Japanese graphic design team to produce marketing materials to suit Japanese tastes.

We offer Japanese translation services for all types of material, including:

Financial translations by our team of linguists familiar with corporate and investment banking, markets, financial research and insurance issues.

Legal translations by experts familiar with civil and criminal law, including corporate law and intellectual property rights practice.

Marketing copy from our team of experienced copywriters for corporate marketing, public relations, design and branding.

Medical translations by linguists with in-depth experience of pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, practice, research and also veterinary issues.

Technical texts produced by and for industry specialists in fields ranging from aerospace to zoology, defence to machine tools.

We are always happy to manage long-term or multi-language projects, and to discuss your translation requirements in person.

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