What are careers in Japanese?

Japanese language teachers, literary translators, and legal translators are careers in Japanese. Here are some details about these careers:

• Japanese language teacher: A Japanese teacher can teach the language to children, adolescents, teenagers, and adult students. The teachers might work in a school or community facility to perform their jobs.

  Japanese teachers also may teach large groups of students in a classroom or tutor one student at a time. Their lessons focus on Japanese grammar, speech or pronunciation, vocabulary, and writing. They also provide students with homework and projects to help them better learn the language.

  The average salary of a Japanese language teacher in the United States is $57,567 per year.

• Literary translator: These professionals translate and convert literature from a source text to another language. Literary translators study books, journal articles, short stories, poetry, plays, screenplays, and other forms of creative and non-creative writing. Those specializing in Japanese must have a mastery of written and spoken Japanese.

  When translating a fiction or non-fiction book, literary translators must be sure to accurately capture the author's tone, style, and voice in the translation. Many forms of literature can be culturally specific, so translators often refer to historical texts, and other reference materials to make sure they are properly translating a work.

  The average salary of a literary translator in the United States is $58,050 per year

• Legal translator: Translators and interpreters working in the legal and judicial realms often perform their duties in courts and law offices. They may have to translate entire legal events, such as depositions, arrangements, hearings, and trials. During these, they might translate live conversations with legal officials, plaintiffs, or defendants.

  They also may have to translate documents about a case or trial. Legal translators must possess advanced knowledge of the legal language, as well as the rights of legal clients.

  Oftentimes legal translators act as advocates for people dealing with a legal issue in court or otherwise, and who can not speak English at all, or very little.

  The average salary of a legal translator in the United States is $58,122 per year.

• Conference interpreter: Conference interpreters interpret and translate lectures and conferences, often for non-English speaking attendants. They may work in different fields such as international affairs, business, or diplomacy.

  Many conference interpreters are fluent in at least two languages, some possessing the knowledge and skills to translate three, four, five, or even more languages. This is of maximum use when conferences are held in which the attendees are from a variety of different countries or regions, and speak several different languages.

  The average salary of a conference interpreter in the United States is $91,281 per year.

• Community interpreter: Community interpreters can also work in a variety of settings within a specific community, such as schools, state, or local government agencies. They also may find themselves performing work in public meetings, real estate deals, parent-teacher conferences, school board meetings, and other community events.

  Community interpreters specializing in Japanese can often be found in large metropolitan areas, especially in sections of cities like Little Tokyo or Japantown, in Los Angeles for instance.

  The average salary of a community interpreter in the United States is $52,330 per year.

• Localizer: Localizers translate text and/or graphics of products, services, instruction manuals, websites, and advertisement and promotional materials from one language to another to make text and graphics from these sources seem like they originated in a different country or region.

  For example, if a product was made in the United States, but the company wants to market it to consumers in Japan, localizers would make the necessary language and cultural adjustments to the product and everything that goes with it, including advertising and any manuals or technical information.

  Localizers often specialize in certain kinds of products, so they may have additional knowledge of technical aspects, rather than just being able to translate the information and text from one language to another. They often use computers and online software to complete their tasks.

  The average salary of a localizer in the United States is $82,982 per year.