翻訳者

Japanese

Kanji in this term
翻 訳 者
ほん
Grade: S 		やく
Grade: 6 		しゃ
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
飜譯者 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

翻(ほん)訳(やく) (hon'yaku, “translation”) + 者(しゃ) (sha, “person”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ほんやくしゃ [hòń'yákúꜜshà] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • (Tokyo) ほんやくしゃ [hòń'yáꜜkùshà] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [hõ̞ɰ̃ja̠kɯ̟̊ɕa̠]

Noun

翻(ほん)訳(やく)者(しゃ) • (hon'yakusha) 

  1. translator
    • 2015 January 5, Daniel Morales, “The myths and misery of translating Japanese video games”, in The Japan Times‎[1] (in English), retrieved 12 April 2023:
      Many folks probably fall back on the same set of options as always: eigo kyōshi (英語教師, English teacher), torihiki-gyōsha (取引業者, trader) and honyakusha (翻訳者, translator).
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