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PH Translation

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JP | EN
Updated: May 3, 2025  
Focusing on things around us...

Welcome to the website of PH Translation, a personal effort to contribute to local people and our society on the basis of translation between Japanese and English. Translations by its operator are published on this site.

Translations by the operator of PH Translation

 Ecology Japanese HistoryArea GuidesCurrent Topics Others 

For your convenience, each document contains the original text as well as its translation,
with the former followed by the latter paragraph by paragraph. Note that the operator
has no permission to post the original text here received from its copyright owner.

  About Plain-Hearted Translation See more

  • Activities
    1. Preparing to meet certain needs for translation between Japanese and
        English, with the operator gaining experience in such translation.
    2. Making public on this website Japanese-English and English-Japanese
        translations made by the operator for the purpose of training himself.
    3. Offering a small service of JP-EN and EN-JP translation via e-mail.

  • Translation coverage
    Languages: From Japanese into English, and vice versa
    Areas/topics: Environment-related areas, daily living, Japanese history
    Doc types: Publicity materials, reports, essays, media articles

  • Normal working hours | Workspace location (the operator's living place)
    9 a.m. - 4 p.m. JST(Mon. thru Sat.) | Chita City, Aichi, Japan

What the name Plain-Hearted means

It is named after Chimonanthus praecox f. concolor, a variety of wintersweet called soshin rōbai in Japanese. Since the word soshin literally means a plain heart, the Japanese name can be translated as plain-hearted wintersweet. This deciduous tree tells us an approaching spring with its bulb-shaped, bright yellow flowers blooming into bitterly cold air in a still bleak field or garden in mid-January to early February. The name conveys the operator's intention to face every text plain-heartedly in translating it.
Please e-mail the operator at the address shown below if you have any questions or comments about the contents of this site. Also, PH Translation is willing to serve your need for a translation. Please feel free to give the operator any suggestions.