日本語 · Kanji/Kana alphabet
Japanese Translation
Three writing systems are used side by side; the spelling of names and the date format follow each institution’s rules.
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Turkish ↔ Japanese translation
Language pair
Turkish into Japanese and back again; the unit rates differ according to which way the work runs.
Level of certification
The sworn translator’s seal is included; notarisation and apostille are separate items.
Delivery
Economy, standard and express options.
Document types
Civil status, diploma, contract, medical and commercial documents.
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The bulk of demand for Japanese translation gathers in industry: technical documentation, quality certificates and supply contracts in the automotive and machinery sectors. Alongside that come student exchanges, research collaborations and, over recent years, a growing volume of tourism-related paperwork. In both areas it matters as much that the format meets institutional expectations as that the text is accurate.
Three writing systems, one text
Kanji, hiragana and katakana work side by side in a Japanese text, and which of them goes where is a matter of rule, not of taste. Words of foreign origin and foreign proper names are written in katakana; the name of a Turkish company or a Turkish individual is carried across in that script. Pushing the use of kanji beyond what is needed makes the text heavy, while cutting it back makes an official document look childish. An experienced translator strikes that balance according to the type of document.
No spaces are set between words, and the rules for breaking a line differ from those of the Latin alphabet. Certain marks are not allowed to fall at the start or the end of a line. On work that involves page layout, applying these rules is part of the typesetting.
Frequent mistakes in translation from Turkish into Japanese
- Choosing the wrong register of respect. Japanese runs honorific, humble and polite forms as separate systems; in a letter of offer, the wrong level gives false information about the writer’s standing.
- Translating the suffixes in company names. The entity-type suffixes of Japanese companies are an inseparable part of the name, and whatever appears in the official register is what gets used.
- Dropping the era name from dates. Official documents in Japan still use year counting based on the imperial era; where a year is written with an era name, the Gregorian equivalent has to be given as well.
- Forcing the subject into the sentence. Japanese leaves the subject out where context makes it plain; trying to match every Turkish subject makes the text look artificial.
Which documents come in
| Document | Context | What we watch |
|---|---|---|
| Technical specification and user manual | Automotive and machinery supply | Steadiness of the term list across the file |
| Quality certificates and inspection reports | Production conformity procedures | Preservation of standard numbers |
| Supply and confidentiality agreements | Commercial relationships | The clause on which version prevails |
| Diploma, academic transcript, letter of recommendation | University and scholarship applications | Established renderings of institution names |
| Civil registry and marriage records | Residence permits and family procedures | Name spelling in step with the passport |
The problem we see most often in technical documentation is the same part being called by different names in different places in the document. The Japanese side counts that inconsistency as a serious defect. On long jobs, therefore, we draw the term list up in advance, put it to you for approval, and do not depart from it anywhere in the file.
With documents that contain drawings and tables another point comes forward: Japanese text can also be set vertically. Technical documents are usually prepared horizontally, but some corporate templates call for vertical setting. It is for the owner of the document to tell us which layout is wanted; when the layout is changed after translation, the page structure has to be built again from the ground up.
Spelling and order of names
The surname comes first in Japanese names; in Latin-script spelling the order is often reversed, and the two practices sit side by side today. To work out which order a document follows you have to look at the passport or the identity record; guesswork produces mismatches. When Turkish names are carried into Japanese, katakana is the script used, and that script has settled equivalents for the sounds ç, ş, ğ and ı. The same person’s name has to appear in later documents in the same katakana sequence; a different spelling is read by the institution as a separate person.
Turnaround and sending your file
Japanese is a language with a limited but steadily working pool in Türkiye; in technical fields the number of specialist translators falls further, and on work of that kind we may ask for extra time. When you send the document, let us know the sector, the receiving institution, the page layout you want and any term list you already have; that information lets us route the work to the right translator. For the fee and the delivery date, upload your document; unit rates are on our price page.
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