Japanese

Translation

With globalization, our clients’ translation and proofreading (native-checking) needs are changing. The subject matter is more specialized, and clients are demanding prompter delivery, translation from and to a larger number of languages, and more attractive translation charges. In order to respond to such increasingly difficult client requirements, and in order to fulfill our mission of “bringing different cultures together by means of language,” we at Bilingual Group offer a diverse lineup of translation services.

Translation Services in Response to Varied Client Needs

For the past over 20 years, Bilingual Group has been committed to handling the translation of documents in every field of expertize, including highly specialized and difficult subject matter. We have dealt with highly advanced scientific and technological writing, white papers and other government publications, finance, law, and medicine to name only a few. Translation is much more than simply replacing words in one language with their equivalents in another language. A naïve technique that is quite likely to result in compromising the overall meaning. Our goal is to rewrite the message in words belonging to a different culture in a way that the reader of the target text can correctly ascertain the intended message.

Translations from Japanese into foreign languages, particularly, are handled exclusively by native speakers of that language, and our translations are always well appreciated for their “naturalness.”

Drawing Up An Estimate

The main points we consider in drawing up an estimate of the translation fees are:

1) The language and the subject matter

2) The volume of work (the number of characters)

3) The deadline

Our highly experienced coordinators will draw up an estimate for you based on the above.

 If you have ordered translations before, you may be familiar with phrases such as “source text-” or “translated text-” based methods of computing the translation fee. The source text based method computes the translation fee based on the number of characters in the original text received from the client. The translated text based method calculates the fee on the basis of the number of characters in the translated text delivered to the client.

In the former method, the estimate is taken as the final translation fee, as the number of source text characters is fixed. In the latter method, however, there is a chance of a difference arising between the preliminary estimate and the final fee.

Please also be aware that depending on the subject matter or the required tone of the translation, it is quite common for the number of characters in the translated text to turn out different even for source texts of the same length. For this reason, at Bilingual Group, we prefer a translated text based fee calculation method, where clients are charged per character of the final translated product. Of course, we do also respond to requests for source text based methods of payment.

Adding Value – Proofreading (Native-Checking) Services

At Bilingual Group, in addition to translation services, we have long supported our clients by offering proofreading (native checking) services.

Proofreading services can involve anything from minimal grammar checks to helping create documents that meet the strict stylistic requirements of official letters, protocol, or paper submission rules, or revising submitted papers in accordance with reviewer’s comments.

We respond to clients based on each client’s individual requirements. We have also put together an array of services based on specific feedback or demands from clients. Our aim is to add real value to our native-checking services.

Translation languages and subject matter handled