Alan Thwaits, PhD

Editing, Translation

philosophy, history, art, art history, archaeology, architecture, calligraphy, ceramics, China, Chinese culture, classical Chinese, Confucianism, fiction, fine arts, folklore, ethics, law, literary Chinese, music, painting, philosophy, poetry, porcelain, seals, Taoism

Archaeology, Art, Economics, Environmental Science, Ethnic and Cultural Studies, General, Geology, History, Humanities and Humanistic Studies, Literature, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Music, Music History and Literature, Philosophy, Religion, Religion and Religious Studies, Science (General), Sociology, Theatre, Theology and Theological Studies

CHINESE-TO-ENGLISH AND JAPANESE-TO-ENGLISH TRANSLATOR AREAS OF EXPERTISE History, art, classics, philosophy, economics. For more information, please see History, art, classics, philosophy, economics translator—Alan Thwaits. EXPERIENCE In 2003 I began translating Chinese and Japanese as a free lance. My clients include publishers, scholars, art dealers, and translation companies. CHINESE TRANSLATIONS Experienced in the following fields: o Biographies of Chinese scientists o Chinese aesthetics o Chinese economics o Chinese fiction set in the Qing period o Chinese imperial seals o Chinese musical performances o Chinese paintings o Chinese poetry o Chinese population problem o Chinese porcelain o Daoism o Literary Chinese o Qing women's court apparel and accessories o Scholars' rocks o Scientific ethics o Television programming o Traditional Chinese furniture o Traditional Chinese law o Zhou dynasty bronze inscriptions For more information, please see Classics, art, seal, calligraphy, history, economics translation samples. JAPANESE TRANSLATIONS Experienced in the following fields: o Chinese ceramics o History of East Asian education o History of Japanese Sinology o Japanese ceramics o Japanese economic history o Japanese naval history o Japanese painting (Nihonga) o Japanese swords o Japanese traditional mathematics o Japanese ukiyo-e artists o Japanese war artifacts For more information, please see History, thought, ceramics, painting, sword, economics translation samples. FREELANCE COPYEDITING For academic and encyclopedia publishers I have edited books and articles in the fields of East Asian history, China, history, philosophy, thought, ethics, the environment, psychoanalysis, cognitive science, psychology, biology, physics, logic, economics, political science, and the history of science. I edit for grammar, content, and style. For more information, please see China, history, philosophy, environment, economics copyeditor. Updated in May 2011.

 

Microsoft Word.
Can read PDF, TIFF, GIF, and JPG files.

Use Windows 7.
Have a high-speed Internet connection.