Japanese

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

Etymology

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(ほん)(やく) (hon'yaku, translation) + (しゃ) (sha, person).

Noun

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(ほん)(やく)(しゃ) (hon'yakusha

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    • 2015 January 5, Daniel Morales, “The myths and misery of translating Japanese video games”, in The Japan Times[1] (in English), retrieved 2023-04-12:
      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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