User: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

For more information, please visit Chinese translator, history, art, philosophy, economics.

Chinese Translations
Experienced in the following fields: To view samples of his work, please visit Chinese history, painting, calligraphy translations.
 * 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

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

For more information, please visit Japanese translator, China, history, art, philosophy.

Japanese Translations
Experienced in the following fields: To view samples of his work, please visit Japanese history, ceramic, sword, ukiyo-e translations.
 * 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

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
For more information, please visit Copyeditor for China, Japan, history, art, philosophy.
 * History, especially Chinese and Japanese history
 * China and Japan studies
 * The fine arts
 * Archaeology
 * Philosophy
 * Economics

Edited entries

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