Manuscript expert translation · Tokyo, since 1987
From the Japanese draft
to the accepted paper.
Translation is the first step, not the whole job. A subject-matter translator renders the manuscript, a native reviewer checks it, an editor works on how it reads, and a proofreader runs the last pass — with free pre-submission proofreading and support through to the journal.
Yaku — the translation seal
“Thanks to Forte’s expert translation, my paper was understood and appreciated by reviewers worldwide.”
Dr Maria Chen
Research Laboratories · as published on fortescience.com
Why researchers choose Forte
Five things you are paying for
Translators, not linguists alone
Medical and technical research needs more than language skill. Forte’s translators are selected for the subject as much as for the pair of languages.
Clear, accurate, publishable
Three tests in that order. A sentence can be accurate and still unpublishable; the review and editing steps exist for the difference.
Follow-up without a limit
Free pre-submission proofreading on Japanese → English, and the questions answered for as long as the paper is in review.
One coordinator, start to finish
The same person from the first quote to the accepted paper, who knows your terminology and your deadline.
Through to submission
Instructions-to-authors checks, cover letters, proxy submission and the response to reviewers — the parts that come after the translation.
Rates
Three services, two directions
This page is the manuscript journey: the translation, the three passes after it and the support through to the journal. The translation service on its own lives on Academic translation, at the same rates. Japanese into English is priced per source character; English into Japanese per source word. The difference between the second and third card is the translation check — the pass that catches mistranslation and omission rather than only reading well.
日本語 → English
Translation into English
27.50 円 per source character
For submission abroad. Free pre-submission proofreading is included.
Delivery
600 characters or more — from 7 business days
600 or fewer — 16,500 円, from 4 business days
- Translator with a degree in your subject
- Free pre-submission proofreading
- Manuscripts accepted in Japanese, English or both
- Named second reader on every job
Rush: Express +25%, within 4 days · One-day +100%, up to 600 characters
English → 日本語
Translation, for understanding
19.25 円 per source word
To read the content and get an overview. The translation check is not included.
Delivery
From 4 business days
- Revisions after delivery
- Japanese proofreading
- Terminology kept for your later jobs
English → 日本語
Translation with check
29.15 円 per source word
For information that will be passed on to several people, where being misread is costly.
Delivery
From 4 business days
- Verification of mistranslations
- Identification of omissions
- Consistency of terminology
- Consistency of tone
- Japanese proofreading
Standard delivery runs to about a week; we adjust to the size of your project and the deadline you name. Payment is accepted from company budgets, public grants, research funds or personal accounts.
The four-step process
Translation is step one of four
The same sequence runs on every manuscript. It is what separates a translation from a paper somebody can submit.
Translation
A translator with a degree in your subject reads for intention, not only for words, and renders the research clearly.
Review
A native expert in the target language verifies accuracy, consistency and completeness against the source.
Editing
A specialist editor works on how it reads, so the paper communicates rather than merely corresponds.
Final check
A native proofreader runs the last quality-control pass before the file goes back to you.
After the translation
The parts that come after the last pass
A translated paper still has to be submitted, and then defended. These four are ordered with the translation more often than not.
Journal criteria check
Word counts, section order, reference style and figure limits checked against the journal you name.
Cover letter creation
The one page an editor reads before deciding whether to send your paper out for review.
Journal proxy submission
We complete the submission portal on your behalf and handle the queries it sends back.
Response letter
The point-by-point reply to reviewers, drafted so the rebuttal reads as calm rather than defensive.
The full list of author support — abstracts, grant applications, audio, rehearsal — is on Academic translation.
First order
Up to 10% off your first manuscript
First time with Forte? Your first thesis or paper is quoted at a reduced rate. The discount is applied in the instant quote — there is no code to remember and nothing to claim afterwards.
What a first order includes
- The same two named human passes
- A certificate of editing on request
- Questions answered for 30 days after delivery
- No charge for a re-check of our own corrections
Expert English editing by Forte
Premium editing for academics,
researchers, doctors and engineers.
Our team of highly qualified editors — native English speakers with advanced degrees and publishing experience — specialises in turning complex technical content into clear, precise and impactful writing.
Clarity. Accuracy. Excellence.
More than proofreading:
editing that changes the paper.
We edit for structure, flow and readability: refining language, sharpening argument and making sure the paper communicates to the audience the journal actually has. With Forte’s editors by your side, flawless English becomes the thing nobody remarks on.
Frequently asked
Questions about manuscript translation
Say what you want translated when you order: the body text always, and figure captions, table headers and footnotes when you include them. The quote lists what was counted, so nothing is assumed either way.
No. A subject-matter translator writes it, a native reviewer checks it against the source, an editor works on how it reads and a proofreader runs the last pass. Machine output edited afterwards is a different service, and it is sold as one.
It is the pass that catches mistranslation and omission rather than only reading well: verification against the source, missing sentences, terminology and tone. On English → Japanese it is the difference between the second and third rate; take it when the text will be passed on to several people and being misread is costly.
Because Japanese leaves out what English has to state — the subject, number, and the link between two clauses. Where the source genuinely allows two readings, asking you is the honest option. A translation that never generated a single query is usually one where somebody guessed.
On Japanese → English, one proofreading pass of the translated manuscript before you submit it, at no charge. Changes you make yourself after delivery are read as part of that same pass.
Yes, for thirty days, through your coordinator rather than directly to the translator’s inbox. That is what lets us keep the translator working and still get you a substantive answer — the coordinator carries the question to the person who made the choice and brings back their reasoning.
Every employee and every external partner signs a confidentiality agreement, access is limited to the people assigned to the job, and the assignment is logged. Forte holds the Privacy Mark and works under ISO 9001:2015.
Where we are
Shinjuku, Tokyo,
since 1987
A-Front Shinjuku Green 5F
2-8-6 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 160-0022, Japan
03-3353-3545 · weekdays 9:00–18:00 JST
inquiry@fortescience.com
品質は、東京で。
Send the manuscript. We will send back the questions, then the paper.