Speaker | IJET-31 (June 24-25, 2023)

Nicole Nemoto

Nicole Nemoto

Nicole Nemoto is an independent translator with over 25 years’ experience specializing in marketing translation and creative copy development for the entertainment, character IP, design, beauty, and skincare industries. She’s a 2002 Master of Arts in Japanese Interpreting and Translation (MAJIT) graduate (University of Queensland, Australia). After graduating, Nicole spent 11 years translating in-house at a leading, Tokyo-based, global advertising and PR agency. For the last 15 years, she’s been running her own business, Moji Magic Translations, as a Japanese-to-English translator and English copywriter.

Sessions

Japanese-to-English Translation Snippet Jam

A snippet jam is a high-paced interactive take on the conventional two-person translation slam, where instead of two people going head-to-head on a long piece, a snippet of text is translated and then discussed within small groups. It is a rare opportunity to compare translations with peers in a fun, collaborative revision-club style.

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