The season is autumn, and tomorrow, on the 31st, Halloween will be in full swing! The other day, I casually looked at the face of the person sitting next to me on the train and was surprised to see horror makeup on his face. I couldn't help but let out an involuntary "huh"...it was the first time I had seen horror makeup up close. I was so upset by this that I missed the station I was supposed to get off at by one stop. Come to think of it, Halloween culture (or is it more of an event in Japan...) has recently been gaining popularity in Japan as well.

What do you think are some of the things to watch out for in inbound translation? Before that, let's review the expression "inbound. Simply put, it is often used to mean "travel by foreigners visiting Japan. As we often translate publications and websites for foreign visitors to Japan, we need to be very careful not only to avoid mistranslating proper nouns such as place names, but also how to read them...

Founded in July 1979, Kodensha will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2019. We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude to all of you for your support. In anticipation of this 40th anniversary, we renewed our website on June 8, 2018. Here are some of the improvements we have made to the site to make it easier for our customers to use. 1・It is now easier to find the service or product you are looking for "I don't know the name of the specific service or product, but I'm looking for something like this...".

Hello, my name is Mitsui from Kodensha's Sales Department. Have you ever heard of text-to-speech software? Generally, when you hear the word "text-to-speech," the first thing that comes to mind is a stereotypical robot in a cartoon or a voice saying "We are aliens" in front of a fan (at least that's what it sounded like to me). However, when you listen to the latest speech synthesis, it sounds as if a person is really speaking. It has been adopted as an e-learning material...

The other day, I had a chance to have a cup of Omija tea from Korea. Omija is written in Chinese characters as "five-flavor compound" and looks like a cluster of red grapes. It is said to contain the five tastes of sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, and salty, and is so good for health and beauty that it has been used in Korean herbal medicine for centuries. And this Omija tea is a mysterious tea that changes its taste depending on the day's physical condition! The basic taste is sweet and sour, but it depends on which flavor you strongly feel...