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aspiring 日英 translator | English OK | 日本語 OK | yes, talk manga to me. Learning Japanese? Send me a DM
(im onigiriforears/onigiristudies etc)
(im onigiriforears/onigiristudies etc)
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Annual post about Japanese to English translation competitions!
Sadly I couldn't find any new competitions, but at least the JLPP and JAT are running again this year.
j-entranslations.com/japanese-to-...
Sadly I couldn't find any new competitions, but at least the JLPP and JAT are running again this year.
j-entranslations.com/japanese-to-...
Japanese to English Translation Competitions 2026 - J-En Translations
A list of Japanese to English translation competitions 2026 for aspiring and professional translators who want to improve their skills.
j-entranslations.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Annual post about Japanese to English translation competitions!
Sadly I couldn't find any new competitions, but at least the JLPP and JAT are running again this year.
j-entranslations.com/japanese-to-...
Sadly I couldn't find any new competitions, but at least the JLPP and JAT are running again this year.
j-entranslations.com/japanese-to-...
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Seven Seas is hiring! We're currently looking for a new COPY EDITOR to join our team.
Info at the link:
sevenseasentertainment.com/about/jobs/
Info at the link:
sevenseasentertainment.com/about/jobs/
September 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Seven Seas is hiring! We're currently looking for a new COPY EDITOR to join our team.
Info at the link:
sevenseasentertainment.com/about/jobs/
Info at the link:
sevenseasentertainment.com/about/jobs/
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Yen Press is hiring Editorial Assistant (Manga - Minimum JLPT N3 Required)
New York • Hybrid • Full-Time • $45k - $47k
New York • Hybrid • Full-Time • $45k - $47k
Editorial Assistant (Manga - Minimum JLPT N3 Required) - New York, NY 10001 - Indeed.com
Yen Press, LLC
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September 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Yen Press is hiring Editorial Assistant (Manga - Minimum JLPT N3 Required)
New York • Hybrid • Full-Time • $45k - $47k
New York • Hybrid • Full-Time • $45k - $47k
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Do I have Japanese grammar study recommendations for N5 to N2 levels? Do I ever?!
Do you happen to have recommendations for studying grammar from N5 all the way to N3/N2? I was hoping to find some websites that offer structured lessons and provide certificates upon completion, but I’m not sure where to look. 🥹
July 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Do I have Japanese grammar study recommendations for N5 to N2 levels? Do I ever?!
this is how your email is finding me. the opposite of well. just bid me good tidings instead 😭 I beg of you 😭😭😭
July 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
this is how your email is finding me. the opposite of well. just bid me good tidings instead 😭 I beg of you 😭😭😭
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RJL's list of Akutagawa Prize Winners in English Translation is updated through 2025, now featuring translators' names.
(I believe it is the most comprehensive list available on the internet. It intentionally omits translations only accessible in academic journals, though.)
(I believe it is the most comprehensive list available on the internet. It intentionally omits translations only accessible in academic journals, though.)
Akutagawa Prize Winners in English Translation
Learn more about the Akutagawa Prize with the RJL podcast. (updated December 5, 2024) 2023下: Rie Qudan Schoolgirl (translated by Hadyn Trowell; new for 2025) Sympathy Tower Tokyo (prize winner) (tr…
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July 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
RJL's list of Akutagawa Prize Winners in English Translation is updated through 2025, now featuring translators' names.
(I believe it is the most comprehensive list available on the internet. It intentionally omits translations only accessible in academic journals, though.)
(I believe it is the most comprehensive list available on the internet. It intentionally omits translations only accessible in academic journals, though.)
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If you love the English translations of authors working in other languages, I recommend you keep track of the translator. Chances are they work across several authors - and they are mostly always linguistic chameleons whose work you will always enjoy.
July 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
If you love the English translations of authors working in other languages, I recommend you keep track of the translator. Chances are they work across several authors - and they are mostly always linguistic chameleons whose work you will always enjoy.
nothing like opening up the TikTok comments on a video of black ppl speaking about racial issues that they face in Japan (or anywhere) and getting exposed to racism in Japanese instead. Almost makes me wish that couldn’t comprehend the comments 😭
July 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
nothing like opening up the TikTok comments on a video of black ppl speaking about racial issues that they face in Japan (or anywhere) and getting exposed to racism in Japanese instead. Almost makes me wish that couldn’t comprehend the comments 😭
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When streets are safe for walking & cycling, people spend more time outdoors, supporting local businesses & keeping city centres alive.
👍Good for business
👍Great for communities
👍Essential for safer & healthier cities
🔗 bit.ly/4jPzXsa #RoadSafety #StreetsForLife
👍Good for business
👍Great for communities
👍Essential for safer & healthier cities
🔗 bit.ly/4jPzXsa #RoadSafety #StreetsForLife
May 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
When streets are safe for walking & cycling, people spend more time outdoors, supporting local businesses & keeping city centres alive.
👍Good for business
👍Great for communities
👍Essential for safer & healthier cities
🔗 bit.ly/4jPzXsa #RoadSafety #StreetsForLife
👍Good for business
👍Great for communities
👍Essential for safer & healthier cities
🔗 bit.ly/4jPzXsa #RoadSafety #StreetsForLife
Someone told me that if I want to up my Japanese slang, I need to start beef in Japanese comment sections 🤔🧐
May 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Someone told me that if I want to up my Japanese slang, I need to start beef in Japanese comment sections 🤔🧐
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My team is hiring a remote Platform Engineer! Let me know if you have questions!
www.viz.com/company-jobs...
www.viz.com/company-jobs...
VIZ | Jobs
The world’s most popular anime, manga and more!
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May 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My team is hiring a remote Platform Engineer! Let me know if you have questions!
www.viz.com/company-jobs...
www.viz.com/company-jobs...
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Doing research for Christianity in Japanese literature. Dazai, here, is intensely relatable:
“For the first time in my life, I experienced the desire to pray. ‘Please let there be something good to read. Please let there be something good to read.’
But there was nothing good to read.”
“For the first time in my life, I experienced the desire to pray. ‘Please let there be something good to read. Please let there be something good to read.’
But there was nothing good to read.”
May 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Doing research for Christianity in Japanese literature. Dazai, here, is intensely relatable:
“For the first time in my life, I experienced the desire to pray. ‘Please let there be something good to read. Please let there be something good to read.’
But there was nothing good to read.”
“For the first time in my life, I experienced the desire to pray. ‘Please let there be something good to read. Please let there be something good to read.’
But there was nothing good to read.”
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Today is Children’s Day #子供の日 in Japan! ✨ In this photograph children line up playing the game kotoro together. Item held by the Národní Museum: www.esbirky.cz/predmet/232061
May 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Today is Children’s Day #子供の日 in Japan! ✨ In this photograph children line up playing the game kotoro together. Item held by the Národní Museum: www.esbirky.cz/predmet/232061
there’s a man in my neighborhood who talked to my mom about what it felt like to be alive during integration. silencing the history is erasing it. refusing to acknowledge it and its nearness is refusing to recognize those that suffered.
May 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
there’s a man in my neighborhood who talked to my mom about what it felt like to be alive during integration. silencing the history is erasing it. refusing to acknowledge it and its nearness is refusing to recognize those that suffered.
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The word circle (サークル) in Japanese, while often translated to “club” differs from the actual word for club (部, bu) in that there’s no hierarchy. In clubs/bu, you’ll usually have a buchou (club leader, captain, etc). Sports teams are “bu”.
May 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The word circle (サークル) in Japanese, while often translated to “club” differs from the actual word for club (部, bu) in that there’s no hierarchy. In clubs/bu, you’ll usually have a buchou (club leader, captain, etc). Sports teams are “bu”.
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First Highlights Announced for the 25th Nippon Connection - The world’s largest Japanese film festival reveals its first 2025 offerings @NipponFilmfest
www.easternkicks.com/news/first-h...
www.easternkicks.com/news/first-h...
First Highlights Announced for the 25th Nippon Connection | easternkicks.com
First Highlights Announced for the 25th Nippon Connection - The world’s largest Japanese film festival reveals its first 2025 offerings
www.easternkicks.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
First Highlights Announced for the 25th Nippon Connection - The world’s largest Japanese film festival reveals its first 2025 offerings @NipponFilmfest
www.easternkicks.com/news/first-h...
www.easternkicks.com/news/first-h...
this one normally starts an interesting discussion (cough argument cough) w the kids in the anime club I co-run: Naruto and the HxH kid are basically doing the same thing. I just sit back and listen to their reasonings on why they do or don’t agree.
April 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
this one normally starts an interesting discussion (cough argument cough) w the kids in the anime club I co-run: Naruto and the HxH kid are basically doing the same thing. I just sit back and listen to their reasonings on why they do or don’t agree.
Artists are truly amazing ppl and it saddens me that so many places don’t appreciate art the way that we should. This is gorgeous.
April 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Artists are truly amazing ppl and it saddens me that so many places don’t appreciate art the way that we should. This is gorgeous.
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I got to speak to Translation MA students at my alma mater KSU today! As always, I yapped about applying translation theory and philosophy to creative problems in audiovisual localization.
Always exciting when I can go off about functionalism and see a bunch of translators nodding intensely!
Always exciting when I can go off about functionalism and see a bunch of translators nodding intensely!
April 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I got to speak to Translation MA students at my alma mater KSU today! As always, I yapped about applying translation theory and philosophy to creative problems in audiovisual localization.
Always exciting when I can go off about functionalism and see a bunch of translators nodding intensely!
Always exciting when I can go off about functionalism and see a bunch of translators nodding intensely!
I can never seem to catch them when they’re hiring for translators or editors/proofreaders 😭
ICYMI: The Manhwa webcomic Purgatory Funeral Cakes, will be available in English for the first time from Dark Horse Books this fall. Pre-order your copy: bit.ly/4imDRah
By Sanho, translated by Danny Lim and lettered by Michael Heisler
By Sanho, translated by Danny Lim and lettered by Michael Heisler
April 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I can never seem to catch them when they’re hiring for translators or editors/proofreaders 😭
Sneezed so hard that I pulled a muscle in my neck
April 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Sneezed so hard that I pulled a muscle in my neck
PT and OT are KILLING me 🫠🫠🫠🫠
April 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
PT and OT are KILLING me 🫠🫠🫠🫠
Noodles and Company changed the penne rosa to rigatoni rosa during autism awareness month???? Came in here looking for a comfort food and now my mouth feels weird
April 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Noodles and Company changed the penne rosa to rigatoni rosa during autism awareness month???? Came in here looking for a comfort food and now my mouth feels weird
Noodles and Company changed the penne rosa to rigatoni rosa during autism awareness month???? Came in here looking for a comfort food and now my mouth feels weird
April 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Noodles and Company changed the penne rosa to rigatoni rosa during autism awareness month???? Came in here looking for a comfort food and now my mouth feels weird