Connecting Asian and
Western worldswith quality human
translation services

Supports 50 languages

Supported Languages

  • Major Asian languages

    • Japanese
    • Simplified Chinese
    • Traditional Chinese
    • Korean
    • Vietnamese
    • Indonesian
    • Thai
    • Malay (Malaysian)
    • Cantonese
    • Taiwanese
    • Hindi
    • Filipino
    • Tagalog
    • Persian
    • Turkish
    • Mongolian
    • Arabic

  • Major Western languages

    • English (US/UK)
    • Spanish
    • German
    • French
    • Italian
    • Portuguese
    • Swedish
    • Norwegian
    • Finnish
    • Dutch
    • Russian
    • Ukrainian
    • Hungarian
    • Polish
    • Greek
    • Czech
    • Danish

Tau Translationʼs signature Japanese-English translation services

In the field of Japanese and English translation, in particular, we have provided highly-rated translation services for more than 18 years for a vast number of customers ranging from non-Japanese multinational enterprises (inc. some Fortune 500 companies) and major Japanese companies to individuals in need of quality translations.

COMPARISON OF ENGLISH-JAPANESE
TRANSLATION SERVICES
Machine
translation +
post-editing		 Crowdsourced
translation
services		 Average TSPs
outside Japan		 Major global
TSPs based in
US/Europe		 TAU
TRANSLATION
Linguist quality Highly-experienced
professional
human translators		 not supported Limited(Novices and
semi-professionals
are included.)		 not supported supported supported
Proofreading by
qualified editors of
the target language		 not supported not supported not supported supported supported
Optional services Formatting not supported Depends on
translator		 supported supported supported
Expedited turnaround not supported Depends on
translator		 not supported supported supported
Year-round delivery (365 days a year) not supported not supported not supported supported
Revisions not supported Depends on
translator		 supported supported supported
Cost and after-
sales support		 Cost Low Low Low / Medium Very high Reasonable
middle
After-sales support Very limited Very limited Limited supported supported

Why is specialized linguistic expertise
required for Japanese translation?

Japanese is one of the highest-context languages in the world and Japanese texts often require the ability to read between the lines. This is why inexperienced translators and machine translation services are inadequate for translation between Japanese and low-context languages including English.

Typical Pricing

Language pairs Legal & HR Engineering E-commerce Travel &
Tourism		 Marketing Medical &
Science
English > Japanese $0.17/ word $0.16/ word $0.16/ word $0.17/ word $0.17/ word $0.20/ word
Japanese > English $0.11/ character $0.10/ character $0.10/ character $0.11/ character $0.11/ character $0.14/ character
Simplified Chinese > English $0.11/ word $0.10/ word $0.10/ word $0.11/ word $0.11/ word $0.14/ word
English > Simplified Chinese $0.13/ character $0.12/ character $0.12/ character $0.13/ character $0.13/ character $0.15/ character
Traditional Chinese > English $0.11/ word $0.10/ word $0.10/ word $0.11/ word $0.11/ word $0.14/ word
English > Traditional Chinese $0.13/ character $0.12/ character $0.12/ character $0.13/ character $0.13/ character $0.15/ character
Korean > English $0.12/ word $0.11/ word $0.11/ word $0.12/ word $0.12/ word $0.15/ word
English > Korean $0.13/ character $0.12/ character $0.12/ character $0.13/ character $0.13/ character $0.15/ character
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