Alanthwaits

Freelance Chinese-to-English Translator for History, Art

Alan began studying Chinese while working as an editor at the MIT Press. He studied four years of modern Chinese and two years of literary Chinese. After starting work as a freelance copyeditor, he gradually took on more and more Chinese translation work, primarily for art auction houses and academic publishers.

Areas of Expertise

Art, philosophy, history, philosophy, economics, Japan, literary Chinese

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Chinese Translations

Experienced in the following fields:

• Antique Chinese furniture
• Biographies of Chinese scientists
• Chinese aesthetics
• Chinese economics
• Chinese fiction set in the Qing period
• Chinese imperial seals
• Chinese musical performances
• Chinese paintings
• Chinese poetry
• Chinese porcelain
• Daoism
• Literary Chinese
• Qing women's court apparel and accessories
• Scholars' rocks
• Scientific ethics
• Television programming
• Traditional Chinese law

To view samples of his work, please visit Chinese history, painting, calligraphy translations.

Freelance Japanese-to-English Translator for History, Art

Alan began translating Japanese in the late 1970s at Japan Echo. He again took up Japanese translation while working as a freelance copyeditor. His clients include academic publishers and translation companies.

Areas of Expertise

Art, philosophy, history, economics, philosophy, China

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Japanese Translations

Experienced in the following fields:

• Chinese ceramics
• History of East Asian education
• History of Japanese Sinology
• Japanese ceramics
• Japanese economic history
• Japanese naval history
• Japanese painting (Nihonga)
• Japanese swords
• Japanese traditional mathematics
• Japanese ukiyo-e artists
• Japanese war artifacts

To view samples of his work, please visit Japanese history, ceramic, sword, ukiyo-e translations.

A Freelance Copyeditor for History, Art, Philosophy, China, Japan

Alan began his editing career in Tokyo at Press International. He returned to the United States to finish a PhD in philosophy. And then he served for fourteen years as a copyeditor at the MIT Press. Finally, he struck out on his own, working as a freelance primarily for encyclopedia publishers.

English Editorial Services Offered

• Copyediting
• Substantive editing
• Rewriting
• Translating Chinese and Japanese

Subject Areas Edited

• History, especially Chinese and Japanese history
• China and Japan studies
• The fine arts
• Archaeology
• Philosophy
• Economics

For more information, please visit Copyeditor for China, Japan, history, art, philosophy.

Edited entries

• Ann Coulter
• Arthur Waley
• Bunten
• Chinese Translation Theory
• Editing
• Pipa
• The Tale of Genji
• Wu Man