You’re organising an event
A film festival, an award ceremony, an exhibition opening, a press junket. You’re hosting a VIP guest from Japan. There will be speeches, presentations, interviews. You know you need an interpreter – and you need one who will do your guest justice.
Your guest has something important to say. They are at the top of their game. They are brilliant, widely acclaimed by critics and public alike. They have plenty say, and your audience can’t wait to hear it.
Let me help you make sure their message gets across. I’ve been doing this for more than fifteen years and I love the challenge of getting inside the brain of a speaker and figuring out what they mean. It takes a mixture of experience, research, and instinct, and it means you can sit back and watch as your guests relaxes into their flow, trusting that I will follow wherever they lead, and that they will get the audience response they have come to expect.
Get in touch and tell me about your event, and let me help you send your audience, and your Japanese guest, home happy.
I can help you with

Film festivals
Press junkets
Media interviews
Awards ceremonies

Concerts
Exhibitions

Seminars
Workshops
Panel discussions

Online events
Q&As
SEE ME IN ACTION
Hirokazu Kore-eda at the BFI, 2019
Live event
BBC Radio 3 - Japan Now, 2020
Radio (interpreting starts ~3:37)
Born Into a Noh Family, 2020
Online event (interpreting starts ~15:55)
BBC Radio 3 Images of Japan, 2019
Radio (interpreting starts ~3:30)
Knitting into Animation, 2020
Online event (interpreting starts ~4:00)
BBC Radio 3 Japan & Nature, 2018
Radio (interpreting starts ~24:35)
BFI Fullmetal Alchemist interview, 2012
Live Event
UPCOMING EVENTS
Alive to the nuances of language
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Bethan has been a key part of Japan Now in each of the festival’s five years (2016-20) and her sinuous interpretation of events has been a key factor in Japan Now’s popularity with audiences. I wholeheartedly recommend her as a superb interpreter of literary events and panel discussions. Her interpretation is fluent and alive to the nuances of language and the personality of the speaker. I have worked with international authors for over 15 years, and Bethan is one of the very best interpreters I have met. ![]()
MARTIN COLTHORPE
Modern Culture






