Academic translation · Tokyo, since 1987
Translated by someone
who could have written it.
Between Japanese and English, by a translator who holds a degree in your subject. Every job passes a second named reader, and your terminology is kept and reused, so the tenth paper sounds like the first.
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
Real translation by real people
No machine output, post-edited or otherwise
Forte translates for high-stakes fields where a wrong word is expensive: legal contracts, regulatory documents, clinical research. Certified linguists work on precision, compliance and cultural accuracy — and a named second reader checks the result line against line.
Rates
Three services, two directions
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.
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
Other author support
Everything else a researcher needs written
Abstract creation
The two hundred words an editor reads first, written from your full manuscript.
Native check letter
A signed statement that a native English speaker edited the paper, for journals that ask for one.
Manuscript editing
The full paper: grammar, terminology, structure and journal style, in one sequence.
Response letter
The point-by-point reply to reviewers, drafted so the rebuttal reads as calm rather than defensive.
Journal criteria check
Word counts, section order, reference style and figure limits checked against the journal you name.
Journal proxy submission
We complete the submission portal on your behalf and handle the queries it sends back.
Grant applications
Funding proposals edited for the reviewer who is not in your field but decides your budget.
Academic documents
Theses, dissertations, syllabi, CVs and the letters a university asks you for.
Audio file creation
Your paper or talk recorded by a native speaker, for rehearsal or for a journal’s media page.
Cover letter creation
The one page an editor reads before deciding whether to send your paper out for review.
Peer review comment check
We read the reviewers’ comments with you and say plainly what each one is asking for.
Presentation rehearsal
A run-through with a native speaker, including the questions you will be asked afterwards.
Why researchers choose Forte
What you are actually comparing
Five criteria, judged the same way. Each row states what the difference actually is, so you can check it against the last translation you commissioned.
Criterion
Typical alternative
Who translates
The person the manuscript is handed to
A translator holding a degree in your subject
A generalist, or machine output cleaned up afterwards
Terminology
How your words stay your words
Your glossary kept and reused across every later job
Terms chosen afresh each time
Mistranslation and omission
What the check tier actually buys
Checked line against line by a second named reader
Spot-checked, if at all
Editorial transparency
What you get back
Translator and reviewer named on the record
Delivered anonymously
Turnaround
How fast, and what it costs to go faster
From 4 business days, with rush tiers
A week or more, usually with no rush tier
○ and △ are the Japanese convention for a checklist: ○ means the criterion is fully met, △ that it is partly met. We have deliberately not used the third mark — “not met at all” is a claim about other companies we cannot verify.
The right-hand column describes what is common across the category, not a named competitor. Naming one invites a rebuttal and a legal letter, and a reader who has used that company will trust the whole table less.
Why researchers choose Forte
Five things you are paying for
Native expertise
Translators who hold a degree in your subject, with a second named reader on every job.
Publication-ready
Your terminology kept consistent with the field and with your own earlier papers.
Fast and flexible
Delivery in business days, fixed in JST before the work starts.
Certified process
ISO 9001:2015 quality management and Privacy Mark handling of your unpublished data.
Tailored support
A coordinator carries your questions to the translator and brings back the reasoning.
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 translation
Yes: Japanese into English, priced per source character, and English into Japanese, priced per source word. The English-into-Japanese service comes with or without the translation check.
A second named reader compares the translation against the source line by line, looking for mistranslation and omission — the errors a fluent text can hide. Without it you get a translation that reads well; with it you get one that has been verified against the original.
A translator with a degree in your subject, not a generalist. Machine output — post-edited or otherwise — is not used on this service.
Yes. Your glossary is kept and reused, so the tenth paper uses the same words as the first. That is also why sending later work to us is cheaper in review time than starting again elsewhere.
From four business days; longer documents from seven. Rush tiers are available — Express adds 25%, and a one-day service is possible for short documents. The delivery date is fixed in JST before the work starts.
Yes, on request and at no extra charge. For translated documents the certificate names both the translation and the check, where the check was ordered.
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
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