Lost (and Found) in Translation

I'm very excited to put the finishing touches to the Japanese translation of Yokohama Yankee. The Japanese edition comes out in late September. The translation was in the very capable hands of Yumiko Murakami, who has translated many books. Even so, there have been times we have had to hammer out our differences. One of these days I'd like to go into more depth on the areas in which we have differed in translating my particular perspective on Japanese culture and language.