Work with Dylan Jekels!

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Full time

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Years of experience

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Full time translator

€20

Price per hour

€0.30

Starting price per word

Dylan Jekels

a.k.a. Dylan

Native English (US) speaker in Ōta, Japan

I have a BA in Art History and I’m an avid museum-goer. During my time in university, I wrote extensive research on Japanese art history and presented at the undergraduate art historical symposium at the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts.

Specializing in

Art history Art books Games localization Museum texts Comics

Translation tools I use:

SDL Trados Studio

Languages

Japanese to English (US)

9/10

Sworn

Certified

All language pairs

About Me

Arts. Culture, Media. Education. Connection.

I have a B.A. in Art History and Japanese Language and Culture and spent the past 5 years of my career working in language education and manga translation and localization, . I have:

Expertise in creative translation for media
Passion for Japanese culture, history, food, and tourism
Content I translate
Manga
I have translated thousands of pages of manga for some of the industry’s leading publishers and translation houses.
Marketing and Social Media Content
I translate website copy, marketing documents, social media content, and all things you need to expand your business’s reach overseas. I am constantly educating myself on cutting edge UX and marketing techniques to deliver the most effective translations for your business.
Why do you need an expert in Japanese culture?

High quality keeps readers coming back. Translators who understand Japanese culture can tackle complex translation issues with finesse, bringing manga readers back for more.
Presenting quality. Your translations are the first point of contact for potential life-long relationships. You want to put your best foot forward!
Cross-cultural communication. If you don’t want your mission getting lost in translation in an ever-globalizing society, go for a translator who really understands you.

This is how I solved a recent terminology, style, or linguistic challenge

Managing the “Untranslatable”

When translating manga and video games, so-called untranslatable terms are often the barrier to bringing jokes and true emotion through in the target language.

An example I tackled recently.

It’s crunch time. You have a translation to submit within a week, but you’re stuck on a few terms.

さわやかイケメン:

Option 1: Take the easy way out. Go for a direct translation of the words presented. “Refreshingly handsome guy,” comes to mind, but that feels… wrong.
Option 2: Do the research. Read articles. Scroll through social media. Scour your mind for similar expressive terms you in your target language. Fill a page with options, mix and match words. Finally, land on: “The perfect guy.”

**Reach out to me! I love talking through the seemingly untranslatable.””

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Prices

	Language	Arts & Culture	Literary & Creative	Video Games
	JAPANESE > ENGLISH (US)	€0.30per word	€0.30per word	€0.30per word

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Education

University (1)

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University

Macalester College

Bachelor of Arts in Art History

Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Language and Culture

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Arts. Culture, Media. Education. Connection.

Content I translate

Manga

Marketing and Social Media Content

Why do you need an expert in Japanese culture?

This is how I solved a recent terminology, style, or linguistic challenge

Managing the “Untranslatable”

An example I tackled recently.

**Reach out to me! I love talking through the seemingly untranslatable.””