Profile

Hello! I’m Ayumi Hashimoto, a freelance translator with six years of experience, specialising in books, marketing games, legal, and financial translations.

I began my career as an in-house legal translator at a law firm in 2018, while also working on book translation as a side hustle. After four and a half years of working at the law firm, I moved to the UK to study for an MA in Translation Studies at Durham University.

Now, I’m back in Japan and working on a wide range of projects across various industries as a full-time freelancer.

Feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile for more information! 🙂

Career

Freelance Translator (2023-Present)

I offer translation, proofreading, and QA services in law, finance, children’s literature, and marketing. My primary language pair is English to Japanese, though I also handle translations from Japanese to English.

Feel free to contact me for any translation needs!

Literary Translator (2018-Present)

I have translated 19 books, mainly children’s literature. I began my career as a literary translator in 2018, when my graduation project, a complete translation of Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf, was published as Yoru no Futari no Tamashi by Kawade Shobo Shinsha.

Please visit the Published Translation page for more details 📖

In-house Legal Translator (2018-2022)

At one of Japan’s Big Four law firms, I translated contracts, articles of incorporation, convocation notices, annual securities reports, prospectuses, minutes, emails, and other legal and financial documents.

Education

Durham University – MA in Translation Studies (2022-2023)

Waseda University – BA in Literature (Creative Writing and Criticism major,
Global Leadership Studies minor) (2014-2018)