Balancing Deadlines and Quality: Six Months to Complete the Job, and the Unexpected Ordeal of Changes to the Source Text Facilitator: In Part 1, we discussed the tremendous amount of preparatory work involved before even starting the translation, and got a behind-the-scenes look at the system you set up to handle rare languages. Next, I’d like to delve into the overall schedule and how the project progressed. When did the project start? Coordinator F: We started the project in October of 2025, and the deadline was…

Initial Hurdles: Working on 22 Languages Simultaneously and Deciphering Obscure Bureaucratic Jargon Facilitator: In the fall of 2025, Kodensha won a bid for a translation project from the Japan Health Insurance Association. We will hold a roundtable discussion about the project with some of the staff that were involved, detailing the whole journey all the way to completion, and also reveal some little-known info about what went on behind the scenes. First of all, what kind of project was this? Coordinator F: This project was translations of various health insurance-related application forms and guides for foreign nationals living and working in Japan. There …

In this article, I will introduce the second part of how to use the DeepL Translator API, which covers file translation. (Click here for Part 1) *Basic knowledge of Python and Linux is assumed. Translating text files Now that the warm-up is over, let's try file translation. This requires combining three API calls. Please prepare a text file named test.txt containing some Japanese text…

In this article, I will introduce how to use the DeepL Translator API in two parts: text translation and file translation. *Basic knowledge of Python and Linux is assumed. Please also refer to the official manual. https://www.deepl.com/en/docs-api Python 3.9 is used. Please note that the API specifications are as of July 2022. AP…

Hello everyone. Did you figure out the answer to yesterday's Korean riddle?   [Question] 우리가 잠잘 때, 늘 곁에 있는 개는? Reading: Uriga chamjal-tae, neul gyeote inneun gaeneun? Japanese translation: What dog is always by our side when we sleep?     The answer is...     베개 (Reading: pege) → Pillow   It was.   I see…