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Sakkam Press Ltd Case Study
Client: Sakkam Press Ltd
URL: www.sakkampress.com/
Solution: Book Translation

Integrated JapaneseTranslation Solutions
Integrated translation solutions are thebroad range of Japanese language skill
sets, across multiple disciplines, which
we bring to bear on your Japanesetranslation projects.
Solutions for the Sakkam Press project include:
Professional Japanese Translation Services- English to Japanese Book & Novel Translation……………………………………………………………

Summary
Sakkam Press Limited contacted SAECULIITranslation Service Japan (Tokyo) for the English
to Japanese translation of Memoires of Japan 1946
(A People Bowed But Not Broken) by Bernard T.
Smith.

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Contextual and Cultural Cohesion for Depth,
Nuances and Sensitivities as Intended

Memoires of Japan 1946 is the author's account of
his time deployed in Japan in the post-war period.
The author, now in his 90’s, stressed that it wasextremely important the translator to be sympathetic
to his own intent, which is to praise the Japanesepeople for their remarkable resilience and stoicism
in the face of such terrible adversity.
(Of course, “terrible adversity” refers to the dark
period immediately following Japan’s surrender inWorld War 2.)
Below follows the author’s response to a translator’squestion:“On balance, I would like to leave it to thetranslators to find the nearest meaning inJapanese. They seem to have very good senseof the situation and made a very good job of itso far.”- Bernard T. Smith(Author)

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Integrated Translation Solutions for the Japanese Market

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Integrated Japanese Translation Solutions
The Sakkam Press Ltd solution implemented by SAECULII Japanese Translation Services (Japan, Tokyo)
required the creation of a custom team comprised of a very specific caliber of professional Japanese linguists.

Custom Designed Creative Teams with the Right
Expertise and Experience to Captivate JapaneseAudiences“Please pass on my thanks to everyone who
worked on the project. I have been extremely
impressed with the level of attention that your teampaid to every detail of the translation. I'm delighted
we chose SAECULII. Feel free to give my name asa reference for future bids if you need one.”- Robin Birtle(Sakkam Press Ltd)Our quality is achieved with full-cycle translation(TEP; translation, editing, proofing).
However, our real strength is in custom designing
creative teams with the right expertise andexperience. Each unique book & novel translationteam we develop consists of:•Genre specific Japanese translators•Proof-checkers (Native English & Native Japanese)•Professional Japanese literary editors•Publishing House Coordinators•Dedicate multilingual project managers

UPDATE: 2015-04-30
The translated Japanese edition of Memoires ofJapan 1946 (A People Bowed But Not Broken) has
now been entered into Japan’s National Diet Library,or 国立国会図書館. The National Diet Library issimilar in purpose and scope to the U.S. Library ofCongress

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Literature translated by SAECULII ranks -- In lessthan 2 weeks the Japanese edition of Memoires ofJapan 1946 (A People Bowed But Not Broken)
ranked in the Top 100 on Amazon.

Tokyo, Japan

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