Alan Thwaits

Chinese and Japanese translator for history, classics, art

Advertising freelance translation services

Below are sites where I advertise my freelance translation services. Some sites are relevant for all translation pairs. Others are relevant only for Chinese-to-English translation or Japanese-to-English translation.

At proz.com
Chinese and Japanese translator, history, art
和英翻訳、歴史、美術、中国

At Translators Café
Translator for Chinese and Japanese history

At the Society of Writers, Editors, and Translators (SWET)
Japanese translator, knowledgeable about China
和文英訳、歴史、芸術

At aquarius.net
Chinese and Japanese translator for art, history

At Google Sites
Translator for Chinese, Japanese history and classics

At Google Profile
Chinese translator, Japanese translator, copyeditor

At Blogspot
Editor, translator, for history, art, China, Japan

At LinkedIn
Editor and translator, art, history, China, Japan

At AboutUs
Academic Chinese and Japanese translator

At Wikipedia
Chinese and Japanese translator for history, art
Traducteur de l’art chinois et japonais
歷史、藝術的中英翻譯
歴史、芸術の和英翻訳

At sina.com
美术、历史的中英翻译

At goo.com
美術、歴史の和英翻訳サービス

Directories of translators

Below are the best directories for finding a freelance translator. The links connect directly to search pages.

翻訳者ディレクトリ
This Japanese site contains a directory of translators working in many fields. Especially useful for finding Japanese <> English translators. Allows keyword searches.

Japan Association of Translators (JAT)
A directory mainly of Japanese <> English translators working in Japan. Allows search by specialty and location. Translators listed here are generally more professional.

American Translators Association (ATA)
Here one can search for translators working in any language pair and in a wide range of specializations. One can also search by keyword and by native language. Here too translators are more professional. “Translating Service(s)” allows one to search for translators, editors, proofreaders, localizers, etc. “Interpreting service(s)” allows one to search for simultaneous, consecutive, and telephone interpreters.

Proz.com
Again, one can search for translators working in any language pair and in a wide range of fields. One can search by keyword and by native language. Since proz.com is a translation website. For a fee, translators are listed more prominently.

Translators Café
The advanced search tab allows searches for translators working in any language pair, and one can limit the search to native speakers. One can also specify general or specific areas of specialization and can narrow the field even further with keywords. “Services” allows one to look for translators, editors, proofreaders, copywriters, technical writers, various types of interpreters, etc. Here too, paying translators are listed more prominently, but one can expand the list to include all translators listed points.

Society of Writers, Editors, and Translators (SWET)
This society is based in Japan. The member list can be searched to find English-language workers based mostly in Japan. The search tool, at the bottom, allows searching for areas of expertise. For multiple keywords, click “+” and select “Areas of Expertise.”

Links to helpful articles

On hiring Japanese for Japanese-to-English translation
From the Japan Association of Translators comes this excellent article on the hazards of hiring Japanese to do Japanese-to-English translation.

Outsourcing by translation companies
In a world of increasingly focused knowledge, translation companies cannot possibly maintain staff competent to handle the many specialized areas of knowledge. More and more, translation companies are resorting to outsourcing to freelancers. Here is a look at trends in the industry.