Japanese Translator

There are estimated to be122 million Japanese speakers living in twenty-five countries around the world. The 2000 Census recorded 477,997 Japanese speakers living in the U.S., making Japanese the thirteenth most spoken foreign language in the United States. Consequently, Japanese translation services have become incredibly important to business commerce. Even though the majority of Japanese speakers live in their native Japan, there are significant Japanese speaking populations living in Brazil as well.

The written Japanese language is greatly different from the Indo-European languages. The primary differences lie within grammar, which is mandatory for Japanese translators to understand. Japanese utilizes a different word-order and can even drop an object, which can make word-for-word English-to-Japanese translation unintelligible. When handling Japanese translation, it must be kept in mind that the verb often comes at the end, which can result in longer sentences.

The Japanese language is comprised of thousands of Japanese characters known as kanji as well as two syllabaries with forty-eight characters each. Japanese is likely not related to any other language in the world, with the exception of a Japanese dialect known as Ryukyuan. There are some similarities in grammar to that of Korean as well as Chinese. This makes it one of the most complex written languages in the world. When handling Japanese translation services, a translator must fully understand the difference between the two forms of Japanese, standard and common, as well as the two different writing systems. An educated Japanese translator must know approximately 2,000 Japanese characters.

Akorbi recognizes the importance of accurate and reliable Japanese translation services. Japan has the second highest GDP in the world, and is the fourth largest U.S. export market and the fourth largest U.S. trading partner with $269.1 billion in two-way services and goods in 2007. In 2008 the top U.S. exports to Japan were optical and medical instruments, cereals, machinery, electrical machinery and aircraft. As a result of such a significant amount of trade, it is imperative for Japanese translation services to be completely reliable. Not only do we require each Japanese translator on our teams to have several years of experience in the target market, but we also require our Japanese translators and editors to have relevant experience in your field. This ensures the highest level of accuracy possible. No matter what type of product or translation service you require, we can assist you with fully professional and accurate English-to-Japanese or Japanese-to-English translation services. Contact us today for your free quote!