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Japanese Biomedical Engineering Translation
Perth Translation provides English <> Japanese document translation services for health and medical research, getting the research out of the laboratory and into the marketplace. Through multilingual translations, we support the development of biomedical ventures in Australia to achieve significant national health and economic outcomes.
Only Japanese translators with the experience and background in translating for medicine, biology and engineering subjects are able to provide for accurate and reliable biomedical engineering translations.
Japanese Medical Translation Services Perth
- Clinical Trial Documentation
- Medical Device Manuals
- Patient Records and Reports
- Pharmaceutical Research Papers
- Regulatory Submission Documents
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Perth Translation provides professional Japanese <> English translation services. You can use the form on this page to upload multiple files for a confirm quote and delivery time. Our Japanese translator is ready to assist with your translation project.
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About the Japanese Language
Japanese (日本語) "Nihon-go" in Japanese) is the language spoken in Japan, in East Asia. Japanese uses three separate writing systems: hiragana, katakana, and kanji. The first two are phonetic systems (writing that shows the pronunciation of Japanese words), and kanji is the Japanese variation of Chinese characters (which show the meaning of Japanese words). The three systems are used interchangeably, and all three systems can often be found in the same sentence. The three systems are each reserved for different purposes.
Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial texts did not appear until the 8th century. During the Heian period (794–1185), Chinese had considerable influence on the vocabulary and phonology of Old Japanese. Late Middle Japanese (1185–1600) included changes in features that brought it closer to the modern language, and the first appearance of European loanwords. The standard dialect moved from the Kansai region to the Edo (modern Tokyo) region in the Early Modern Japanese period (early 17th century–mid-19th century). Following the end in 1853 of Japan's self-imposed isolation, the flow of loanwords from European languages increased significantly. English loanwords, in particular, have become frequent, and Japanese words from English roots have proliferated.
Japanese is an agglutinative, mora-timed language with simple phonotactics, a pure vowel system, phonemic vowel and consonant length, and a lexically significant pitch-accent. Word order is normally subject–object–verb with particles marking the grammatical function of words, and sentence structure is topic–comment. Sentence-final particles are used to add emotional or emphatic impact, or make questions. Nouns have no grammatical number or gender, and there are no articles. Verbs are conjugated, primarily for tense and voice, but not person. Japanese equivalents of adjectives are also conjugated. Japanese has a complex system of honorifics with verb forms and vocabulary to indicate the relative status of the speaker, the listener, and persons mentioned.
Japanese has no genetic relationship with Chinese, but it makes extensive use of Chinese characters, or kanji (漢字), in its writing system, and a large portion of its vocabulary is borrowed from Chinese. Along with kanji, the Japanese writing system primarily uses two syllabic (or moraic) scripts, hiragana (ひらがな or 平仮名) and katakana (カタカナ or 片仮名). Latin script is used in a limited fashion, such as for imported acronyms, and the numeral system uses mostly Arabic numerals alongside traditional Chinese numerals.
Japanese Document Translation
Japanese official documents are written in standard Japanese (hyojungo) regardless of regional dialect. However, documents may vary in format depending on whether they are issued by municipal offices, prefectural governments, or national ministries. Historical family register documents (koseki) can use archaic kanji forms that require specialist knowledge.
Japanese Document Types
Key Japanese civil documents include koseki tohon (family register), jumin-hyo (residence certificate), and sotsugyou shomeisho (graduation certificate).
Japanese is the de facto national language of Japan, though it has no explicit constitutional designation as the official language. All government documents, legislation, and judicial records are issued exclusively in Japanese. Japan's civil registration system (koseki) produces uniquely formatted family documents not found in other legal traditions.
Industry Requirements
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) regulates medical devices and pharmaceuticals in Australia. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) sets research ethics standards, and Engineers Australia provides accreditation for biomedical engineering professionals.
Key documents requiring translation include TGA submission documentation for imported medical devices, clinical trial protocols and patient consent forms, International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) compliance certificates (particularly ISO 13485 for medical devices), pharmaceutical product information sheets, and patent filings for biomedical innovations.
TGA submissions involving foreign-language source documents require certified translation to meet regulatory evidence standards. Clinical trial documentation must be translated by qualified professionals to satisfy NHMRC ethics committee requirements, and patient-facing materials must be linguistically validated.
Perth's biomedical sector is anchored by the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and the medical technology precinct around QEII Medical Centre in Nedlands. Linear Clinical Research and several medtech startups operate in the area, and Curtin University runs biomedical engineering programs with industry partnerships.
