Japanese-English Story Curator & Translator (Emotional Narratives)

Seeking a bilingual writer/translator to locate, translate, and adapt heartwarming Japanese stories (folktales, personal essays, or modern anecdotes) for an English-speaking audience. Your work will preserve the original emotional depth while ensuring cultural clarity.

Key Tasks:
Source Authentic Stories:

Find untold narratives from Japanese blogs, books, or oral histories (e.g., "Tales of Tohoku Resilience").

Translate with Emotional Nuance:

Convert Japanese text to natural English, retaining mono no aware (pathos of transience) or omotenashi (heartfelt hospitality).

Cultural Bridge-Building:

Add brief footnotes for terms like senbazuru (1,000 paper cranes) or kodokushi (lonely death).

Requirements:
Native English + JLPT N2/N1 Japanese (tested on subtle tone shifts).

Portfolio showing translated narratives (fiction, memoirs, or journalism).

Sensitivity to Japanese storytelling conventions (e.g., indirect emotions, nature metaphors).

Deliverables:
10 curated & translated stories (~1,000 words each).

1 style guide for future translations (e.g., handling honorifics like -san).