Honyaku Services is a Bangalore translation agency that works only with Japanese and English. For more than 20 years we have helped Indian and Japanese companies understand each other, whether that means a 500-page operation manual, a pharmaceutical patent, a recorded interview with a surgeon, or a meeting between your Bangalore team and a Japanese client.

We do not translate Spanish, German or French on the side. Everything we do is Japanese to English or English to Japanese, and Hindi to Japanese when you need it. That focus is why we can take on large projects that other agencies turn down or pass along to someone else.

Why Indian and Japanese companies choose us

Human translators, not machine output. Machine translation is everywhere now, and it is fine for getting the gist of an email. It is not fine for a design specification, a financial statement or a patent, where one wrong term can cost you a deadline or a contract. Our work is done by people who understand the subject, the context and the tone, and who check each other’s work.

Native Japanese translators. A native speaker catches what software and non-native translators miss: idioms, the right level of politeness, and the way a sentence should sound in a business setting. If you are comparing agencies, ask five things: which language pairs they cover, whether the translator knows your field, what quality checks they run, how fast they deliver, and how they protect your files. We are happy to answer all five before you send us anything.

Speed on large projects. We recently delivered 51 documents, 81,763 words in total, in 20 working days. Because we handle only one language pair, we can put a large team on a big project without losing consistency.

Other agencies trust us with their Japanese work. At least 60 translation agencies around the world outsource their Japanese projects to us. If you are an agency that needs a dependable Japanese partner, we can work under your name.

Fair pricing and a free sample. We offer competitive rates and customised packages for large volumes. If you are not sure about our quality, ask for a small free sample before you decide.

Confidentiality. We can sign an NDA before you send us sensitive documents, and every member of the team signs a confidentiality agreement.

We train the next generation. We run training and mentorship for new Japanese translators and interpreters, so the quality of the team does not depend on a few people.

What we translate

Technical and IT documents. Requirement definitions, functional and design specifications, test cases, flowcharts, architecture and deployment documents, API documentation, user and operation manuals, screen layouts, investigation reports, security and privacy policies and cloud contracts. We work with software companies and Japanese product design teams, and we keep terminology consistent across the whole product.

Automobile, electronics and manufacturing. Parts specifications, vehicle service manuals, embedded software documentation, production process manuals, drawings and blueprints, electrical schematics, quality manuals, work instructions, and test and validation reports, for Japanese automobile parts suppliers and electronics makers in India and abroad. Scanned drawings and AutoCAD files are fine.

Pharmaceutical and medical. Clinical trial protocols and reports, investigator brochures, regulatory submissions and safety reports, SOPs, validation reports and batch records, patient information leaflets and labels, marketing material, and journal articles. On the medical side: device technical files and manuals, instructions for use, hospital SOPs, discharge summaries, and surgeons’ accounts of their experience. Our translators know the terminology and the regulatory expectations in Japan and India.

Patents and R&D. Japanese patent specifications and claims, office actions, prior art and litigation documents, including scanned patent images, with a strong focus on pharmaceutical and technology fields. We also translate R&D reports and technology transfer documents.

Legal and corporate. Contracts, NDAs, service and master service agreements, shareholder agreements, MoUs, powers of attorney, court judgments, affidavits and company registration documents.

Financial and commercial. Financial statements, balance sheets, audit and annual reports, settlement reports, invoices, purchase orders, letters of credit, insurance policies and claims, medium-term management plans, corporate strategy papers and M&A due diligence material.

Personal, immigration and HR documents. Passports, driving licences, residence cards, bank statements, pay slips, employment and experience letters, offer letters, tax documents, birth, marriage and divorce certificates, family registers, police clearance certificates and resumes. We provide certified translations for bank statements, contracts, academic certificates, immigration documents and government submissions.

Websites, software and video. Website localisation from HTML, product UI localisation, Japanese software testing, and Japanese-to-English subtitling.

Urgent Japanese translation

Sometimes the deadline is tomorrow. For urgent jobs we can often deliver the same day or the next day, depending on length and subject. The work is still done by people, and confidentiality does not change because the clock is ticking. Send us the file and the deadline and we will tell you straight away what is realistic.

Large-volume projects, from 500-page PDFs to thousands of pages

Most agencies are happy to translate ten pages. Fewer are comfortable with five hundred. We regularly translate Japanese PDFs of 500 to 1000 pages and larger sets of manuals, agreements, software documentation and research papers, and we deliver them on schedule.

Big documents bring their own problems, and these are the ones we plan for: keeping the same term translated the same way from the first page to the last, keeping the layout, tables and embedded graphics in place, and handling the heavy sentence structure of legal, technical and corporate Japanese. To do that we keep one central glossary, agree objectives and delivery dates with you at the start, run several levels of review, and send regular progress updates.

We also do machine translation post-editing (MTPE). If speed and budget matter more on a particular project, our native Japanese post-editors take machine output and turn it into natural, accurate text. If every word counts, we recommend full human translation, and we will tell you honestly which one suits your file.

Files we work with

Send us the file in the format you have.

Word: formatting is preserved. Good for contracts, agreements and manuals.
Excel: cells, headers and, where applicable, formulas are translated, and the structure stays intact. Good for financial sheets and price tables.
PowerPoint: slide text and captions are translated, and the layout stays consistent.
PDF and scanned documents: we convert scanned text with OCR, check it, translate it and return it in an editable format. Hard copies, scanned drawings and non-editable PDFs are fine.
Other formats: HTML, XML, RTF, ODT, OpenOffice, Outlook data files and image files.

We deliver by email in Word or the format you need, or as a printed hard copy by courier.

Corporate presentations, emails and proofreading

Corporate presentations. We translate PowerPoint decks both ways: annual reports, business proposals, investor presentations, training material and project updates, with consistent terminology and clean formatting. A well-translated deck can decide whether a Japanese client takes you seriously. Our Bangalore-based interpreters can also join your meetings on site or remotely.

Business emails. An email to a Japanese client says more than its words. The wrong level of politeness can make you sound careless or cold. Our native translators handle your emails both ways with the right honorifics, tone and etiquette, for negotiations, customer support, project coordination, supplier correspondence and HR. For regular email work, see our Japanese email translation page.

Proofreading. Already have a translation that does not sound right? Our proofreaders check grammar, style and fluency and follow your glossary or style guide, either on its own or together with translation.

Interpreting, transcription and voiceover

Japanese interpreters in Bangalore. We provide interpreters with industry experience for business meetings, technical discussions, client calls, conferences and teleconferences, and for short-term assignments in and around Bangalore.

Japanese transcription. We turn Japanese audio and video recordings into English text, and English into Japanese, in any file format. That includes interviews, meetings, lectures, market research audio, doctors’ recorded interviews and medical dictation.

Japanese voiceover. Our native Japanese speakers also record voiceovers.

Business Japanese training and JLPT preparation

We train corporate teams in Japanese, on site and to the needs of the project. The course covers speaking, listening and reading at a basic to intermediate level, and we track progress as it goes. Our trainers are experienced Japanese language professionals who also translate and interpret, so they teach the vocabulary people actually use at work, along with business etiquette and customs in Japan.

We also prepare students for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT). The test has five levels, from N5 (basic) to N1 (the highest), and checks language knowledge, reading and listening.

How a project works

Review. A Japanese language specialist reads your text and consults a subject specialist if needed.
Glossary. We build a glossary for your assignment so the same term is always translated the same way.
Translation. A translator who knows your subject does the work.
Editing and review. A second person edits and checks the document.
Final check and delivery. We do a last check and deliver in the format you asked for.

Industries we serve

IT and software, automotive and manufacturing, electronics, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, medical devices and healthcare, finance and banking, legal and corporate, engineering and research, construction, and insurance.

Questions we often get

How fast can you deliver a large Japanese translation? It depends on volume, but large projects are our specialty. Tell us the word count and deadline and we will give you an honest estimate.

Do you use machine translation? Our translations are done by people. We use tools to keep terminology consistent, not to replace the translator. Post-editing of machine output is a separate service that we only use when you ask for it.

Can you translate a 500-page scanned PDF or engineering drawings? Yes. We handle scanned text, non-editable PDFs and drawings, and we keep the layout.

Do you offer certified translation? Yes, for documents such as bank statements, contracts, certificates and immigration papers. Tell us who will receive the document so we can follow their requirements.

Do you translate between Hindi and Japanese? Yes, we offer Hindi-to-Japanese and Japanese-to-Hindi translation as well as English.