What's New

April 5, 2026
All translator-directed content removed from the website.
December 27, 2025
Although freelance translation is winding down for most people, I reinstated significant amounts of legacy content intended for professionals, but have since permanently removed all such content, for good reasons.
October 30, 2025
I placed Ship Naming Conventions of the Imperial Japanese Navy on this website, although it will probably be of interest to only a small number of IJN ship freaks.
September 14, 2025
Added a section to our FAQ addressing questions from students and beginning translators.
September 13, 2025
Major modification of website design.
September 8, 2025
Partner company Kototech Corporation, having registered its liquidation on July 2, 2025, has a new email and contact information at Kirameki.
November 23, 2024
Reinstated documentation of my presentations at conferences (because they are not available at the website of the organization that ran the conferences), but subsequently removed them all, in view of the futility and changed priorities for freelancers wishing to survive.
March 16, 2024
We renew our commitment not to use artificial intelligence to create artificial translations, for some good reasons.
June 15, 2021
Overall site rebuild, aiming at making the site more mobile friendly.