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Andrew Hodgson (born January 15, 1994) is a British professional Japanese to English translator, often working with J-Novel Club and PQube Games. His output encompasses numerous forms of Japanese media, including light novels, manga, video games, and art books. Some of his most notable works include Steins;Gate, In Another World With My Smartphone, Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris, Infinite Dendrogram, and Rance X – Showdown –.

Career
Hodgson participated in various fan translations projects for serval years before, in 2011, joining a group that was working on localizing Steins;Gate. After the release of the fan translation patch, he (along with others on the team) were approached by JAST USA about an official release. Steins;Gate would become Hodgson's first credited work. In 2017, following his work on several additional video game projects, Hodgson approached J-Novel Club after learning that they had licensed the Occultic;Nine light novels, another entry in the Science Adventure franchise of which Steins;Gate is a part. Immediately after joining the company, he began work on In Another World With My Smartphone, and took over translation for Infinite Dendrogram shortly after. In 2021, Hodgson announced he was beginning work on Rance X – Showdown –.

Personal Life
Hodgson has one younger brother.