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運営しているクリエイター: Translation Service S. Arai

Holiday Traditions Still Going Strong

Cannot reach your business partner in Japan today? No wonder. As of today, Japan is entering into a series of holidays, the so-called “#Golden #Week”. 🥇“Golden Week” is said to be a coinage that the film industry in Japan came up in the ho

Time-Honoured "Translator’s Buttocks"

Today is World Day for Safety and Health at Work. With the ever growing amount of remote and digital nomad jobs, the definition of 'at work' itself is now in question, I suppose. During the lockdown period last year, people often asked me

A Sense of Kinship with a Germanic Tradition

On the way back from my holidays over the Easter weekend, I saw a fire on the distant horizon. 🔥 That was a so-called Easter fire. Easter fires are said to have a Germanic origin and are meant to drive away the evil spirits of the winter.

Featured in the Trade Magazine!

My professional portrait featured in the trade media, “Magazine for International Communicators: Journal” (#IKAROS Publications Ltd.) in Japan. I overcame my shyness and dared to contribute an article on an opening spread called “Voices of

Power of the Language

Snow in April! It started to snow last night. While driving on a snowy country road lined with cherry trees in blossom, a certain word came to my mind: Hanabie (花冷え） “Hana花” usually means „flower“ but in the context of Japanese poetry, i