Peter Durfee
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1997
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Basic Information | |
| Title | |
| Last name | Durfee |
| First name | Peter |
| Middle initial | R |
| Suffix | |
| Name in Japanese | ダーフィー・ピーター |
Primary contact information | |
| Private (click here to contact) | |
| Web site | |
| Phone number | 03-3519-3514 |
| Fax number | 03-3519-3519 |
| Company name | Japan Echo Inc. |
| Address | 内幸町 2-2-1 プレスセンタービル 2F |
| City | 千代田区 |
| State | 東京都 |
| Postal code | 100-0011 |
| Country | Japan |
Professional information | |
| Native language | English |
| Specialities | government, business (particularly CSR), current events, culture, society |
| Background | I came to Japan in 1985, graduated from the American School in Japan in 1988, and earned a BA in Japanese from UC Berkeley in 1993. After graduation I worked for three years in Nasu, Tochigi, teaching in public schools and doing some translation for the municipal government; I got the level 1 certificate in the Japanese Proficiency Examination (日本語能力試験１級) around then. Since 1996 I’ve been a full-time translator and editor at Japan Echo Inc. My work focuses on politics (articles on the political scene, election analysis, speeches for Diet members), government (reports for ministries, overseas on-site translation for the prime minister one year), business (CSR and annual reports for Japanese firms, a range of documents for IR and internal use), and society (general trends, popular culture, art, you name it). I also do freelance work. In 2005 Kodansha International published my translation of a biography of Noguchi Hideyo, Dr. Noguchi’s Journey. Since 2001 I have taught translation at a language school in Tokyo. My personal website is durf.org. |
| Profession | Translator |
| Source language(s) | Japanese |
| Target language(s) | English |