Translation · Japanese
Japanese Translation Services
Native Japanese translators for corporate documents, technical material, marketing content, eLearning and audiovisual scripts. Reviewed, formatted, and ready to publish.
EN · 00:04
Every single detail is looked after.
JA · 00:04
細部にいたるまで丁寧に対応します。
About Japanese translation
Japanese translation, where the register decision comes first
Japanese is written with three systems used together: kanji for most content words, hiragana for grammar and native vocabulary, and katakana for loanwords and emphasis. The balance between them is an editorial choice rather than a fixed rule, and it changes how formal, technical, or approachable a text feels.
Japanese expresses the relationship between writer and reader through keigo, and the level chosen affects verb forms throughout the document rather than a handful of pronouns. A corporate announcement, a software interface, and a consumer campaign each call for a different level, and getting it wrong reads as either presumptuous or oddly stiff.
There is a practical dimension too. Japanese usually contracts against English, sometimes substantially, and it is written without spaces between words, so line breaking follows its own rules. Layouts sized for English rarely translate across without adjustment.
At GoLocalise, we work with native Japanese translators matched to the subject matter, and every text is reviewed by a second linguist before delivery.
How can we help you?
Your project manager has everything covered
One point of contact from brief to delivery, and a second linguist on every text before it reaches you.
Brief review
We review your source material, your readers, and the level of formality your content calls for.
Linguist assignment
Your project goes to a native Japanese translator with experience in the relevant field.
Translation and review
The text is translated and then checked by a second native linguist for accuracy, register, and consistency.
Delivery and display check
Files are delivered in the format you need, with line breaking and layout checked rather than assumed.
Areas of expertise
What we translate
We specialise in audiovisual translation — adapted for production, not generic document work.
Audiovisual translation and localisation
Documentaries, corporate videos, promotional material and training resources.
Voice over and dubbing scripts
Explainer videos, eLearning modules and animated content, adapted to the length of the original.
Subtitling and closed captioning
Subtitles for training video, international releases and accessibility projects.
App and video game localisation
Game dialogue, app interfaces and promotional trailers, with the character limits Japanese needs.
Marketing and advertising
Product advertising, digital campaigns and brand storytelling.
Corporate and technical
Manuals, specifications, employee training modules and instructional material.
Deliverables
How your Japanese translation arrives
Dual-column script
Original and translation side by side, so anyone on your team can check the work line by line.
Timed for the edit
Scripts adapted to the length of the original, so the Japanese read fits the picture without re-cutting.
Subtitle files
SRT, VTT, STL or TTML, timed to the frame and positioned around shot changes.
Layout checked
Line breaking and text length reviewed against your design, not left for you to discover.
Translation rates
Professional Japanese translation
For internal documents, correspondence and material where accuracy is the main requirement.
- Native subject-matter translator
- Second-linguist review
- Delivery in your source format
For marketing, eLearning and technical content, including review, terminology management and layout adjustment.
- Everything in Standard
- Terminology management
- Layout and line-break adjustment
- Dedicated project manager
Every project is quoted individually and backed by our Price Match Promise. Send us your files for an exact, no-obligation quote.
Case study · pendiente
Case study
El equipo marcó esta sección como [PENDING] en el documento de contenido. La plantilla no tenía un bloque de caso de estudio: hay que decidir si se añade al diseño y con qué campos (cliente, reto, solución, resultado, enlace).
Trusted by global brands
We have used GoLocalise on a regular basis for projects in a number of languages. The service we receive is great. The team is always friendly and professional. The voiceovers we receive are of a very high quality and the turnaround is extremely quick. We are very happy to recommend GoLocalise to other businesses.
It was a pleasure to work with David and the team at GoLocalise. David gave me lots of help and advice, guiding me through my first subtitling project. He really knows his stuff! The experience was completely pain-free. I would not hesitate to recommend GoLocalise – outstanding work at a good price.
They're reliable, adaptive and obsessed with quality. And while you can never be 100% guaranteed of perfection, you can be sure GoLocalise will go the extra mile to get it right every time. We've worked with them now for over 5 years and we are truly thankful to have such a strong localisation partner for our business.
Related services
The rest of your Japanese project
Most common questions
It depends on the relationship the content implies. Business correspondence and official announcements call for a formal register, product interfaces and consumer marketing generally use a politer neutral form, and internal material can sit lower still. The choice affects the whole document rather than a few phrases, so we confirm it at the brief stage.
Ready to start your Japanese translation project?
Send us your documents, script or video and we'll come back with an exact, itemised quote.
Professional voice over services for your audio and video productions
Voice over
- State-of-the-art studios
- Neumann microphones
- On-hand sound engineers
- 1,000+ voice actors
Translation
- 100+ languages covered
- Tailored to your needs
- Stringent quality control
- Dedicated project managers
Subtitling
- Experienced subtitlers
- Industry-standard software
- Burn-in and graphic editing
- Open and closed captions
Transcription
- Improve accessibility
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- Maximise video engagement