Category Archives: Tackling Translation Troubles

Tackling Translation Troubles (Vol. 2): parallel structure

This is the second post of my Tackling Translation Troubles (TTT) series where I go over common challenges faced in Japanese to English translation, leveraging my own experience. In each episode I will try to use at least one example from Japanese literature to illustrate the topic at hand. (You can see the full list… Read More »

Tackling Translation Troubles (Vol. 1): dealing with adjectival clauses

This is the first post of a new series about dealing with common problems experienced in Japanese to English translation. This time I go over some approaches to translating adjectival clauses, which can be tricky due to differences between the grammar in these two languages.