“But that’s what it says in the source text!” (J)
The road to translation hell is paved with slavish adherence to the source text.
Native speakers
What is so special about translation between Japanese and English? (J)
The Japanese translation market and other markets are as different as night and 日.
The good, the bad and the ugly—ensuring quality in Japanese‑to‑English translation (J)
In Japan, with its huge Japanese‑to‑English translation market, the caveat that a translator should only translate into his or her own native language goes largely ignored, and a huge volume of Japanese material ends up being translated by native speakers of Japanese—often with dire results.