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In addition to these writing systems, there still remains Kanji, a character script adopted from China. Each Kanji character has various Japanese and Chinese “readings” and can be put together with other Kanji characters to form a compound word. There are more than 5,000 different Kanji characters with thousands upon thousands of possible combinations that a native-speaking Japanese person couldn’t even learn. Therefore, you’ll find at least one Kanji dictionary in every Japanese household that’s referenced regularly.

The polite Japanese

Japanese people are known to be very polite. This comes across in the language as well. There’s a kind of courtesy language called Keigo that contains its own words and grammatical forms. While Keigo is relatively easy to learn in terms of its different forms and vocabulary, its application is somewhat complicated due to varying levels of politeness in Japanese.

For example, a boy would speak in an informal and familiar style with his sister, very close friends, and family, but he would quickly change to a more formal style with less close friends, neighbors, or acquaintances. If someone calls an office, a higher Keigo would be spoken to show respect. If you go into a restaurant, however, the servers would speak to you as if you were of much higher social status, while you can place your order with simple politeness.

These differences in politeness are often minimal but can quickly lead to problems. If you sound too rude, the speaking partner could see it as an insult. If you choose an unnecessarily high level of politeness, however, it comes across as sarcastic.

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If you want to be sure that communications with friends, clients, and business partners are proper and not insulting, you should have your English documents translated by native-speaking translators. This ensures that the text strikes the suited chord.

We work exclusively with academically trained, native-speaking translators who are also fluent in English or whatever your originating language. We can also translate from Japanese into English (or most any other language). These translations include birth certificates and other official records from Japan that need to be certified and translated into English for the USCIS.

Our translators are also experienced in at least one subject area, including medicine, law, technology, marketing, and more. We can find the best translator among our vast network for your project so that your text is absolutely understood by your target readers.

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The standard rate for translations from English into Japanese is $ 0.16 per word, and for translations from Japanese into English, the industry rate is $ 0.18. For new customers or large texts (more than 5,000 words), we may significantly reduce our rates. For urgent jobs that need several translators working simultaneously, we'll apply a surcharge. For a full list of rates per language, please visit Order here.

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