Nick Bennett, Japanese-English Translator (JLPT Level 1)

I'm a professional Trados-enabled Japanese-English translator specializing in the areas of software/website localization, open-ended survey responses (verbatims), discovery documents and investment reports.

I learned my Japanese at the School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS) in London University under the renowned academic and writer Professor P. G. O'Neill. During my course I also obtained a Japanese Monbusho scholarship to spend a year at Hiroshima University, where I studied the Japanese language, macroeconomic theory and Japanese literature (under Soseki specialist, Professor Kazukuni Aihara).

After graduating from SOAS with a double first in Japanese and Economics, I accumulated valuable translating and commercial experience working as a translator at the BBC on the Nippon documentary series, an operations manager for a Japanese trading company, an analyst for a British securities company in Tokyo, and a financial translator for a Japanese financial news service. I also attained Level 1 in the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT).

Now living in Dublin, I'm working for localization and translation companies based mainly in the UK, France, Germany, Japan and the US. In terms of translation memory software, I'm currently using Trados Studio 2017, Memsource and Translation Workspace Xliff Editor. At my client's request, I have assembled a team of hand-picked J-E translators to deliver additional quality-assured capacity when required.

As a sideline, I have created two online sports arbitrage calculators (arbcruncher.com and backlaybettingcalculator.com) that generate additional advertising and affiliate income for me. This project has provided me with valuable hands-on experience of SEO, affiliate marketing and Twitter bots.

I welcome inquiries via , Twitter or Facebook and look forward to discussing your translation needs.