Anonymous Coward · 19d
Curious about your career, did you have to pass JLPT N1 to start freelance translating? Or was it more about strucking gold with the right contract at the right time? Or both? Wishing you luck on your new endeavours and thanks again for your translations!
I didn't do JLPT yet (I probably should, it's a much more strict requirement in Japan) but no, it wasn't necessary to start translating. It was basically striking gold like you said, and once I got my foot in the door I was able to use that work to ask publishers for tl tests.
Thanks for the kind wishes!
