Machine translation was once something that produced humorously strange or inaccurate results. However, recently, it has made great bounds in accuracy and is much more widely used. The strong points of machine translation are speed and cos…

There is a saying that goes “You 're never too old to learn.” After officially retiring at 65, I began to actually focus on translating. Until then, while I did spend a long time living overseas, and even had many opportunities to use Engl…

On March 11th, 2011, a giant earthquake hit the Tohoku region of Japan. At that time, I was on a long-term assignment in Southern France. Even in France, the earthquake, tsunami, and ensuing nuclear reactor incident were major headlines fo…

Patent translation is a daunting task. Most of the content is based on cutting-edge scientific and technological knowledge, and the text is also long. Certainly, the text is particularly strict to avoid misunderstandings, improve distingui…