British Embassy Tokyo Call for Bids: Translation Services

Outline

The Japan Network (British Embassy Tokyo and British Consulate-General Osaka) seeks a team of professional, highly experienced and reliable linguists providing high quality translation services between Japanese and English. The translation service provider will provide efficient one-stop translation services to meet timelines and various requirements to help the Network to deliver UK government objectives.

Specialisation

We expect the translation service provider’s expertise to spread across a wide range of specialist subject areas. The translation service provider should assign someone appropriate who understands the business/political environment and the context and, if possible, has sector knowledge – to each translation request.

The subject area for specialisation includes:

  • Law and Contracts
  • Promotion and Campaign
  • HR and Protocol
  • Politics
  • Media and Marketing
  • Economics and Finance
  • Science and Technology

Sector knowledge specialisation (if possible) includes:

  • Global Sports
  • Cyber Security
  • Energy including Nuclear and Offshore Wind
  • Financial Services
  • Consumer and Retail
  • Aerospace
  • Automotive
  • Defence
  • Life Sciences

Flexibility

The translation service provider should also provide one-stop services to meet additional requirements upon request. That includes:

  • Style and formatting
  • Layout
  • Native language editing to meet word limits and deliver high quality prose

Please find this Request For Quotes Document (MS Word Document, 130KB) for further information including how to bid.