User:Simon Varnam

Hi, I'm Simon.

I'm a musician (horn-player), science maniac, English teacher, hiker, nature conservationist, book lover and father of two, living in Japan for more than 40 years, and most important here, translator of Japanese to English. Jack of all trades, (and the rejoinder).

I hope to make use of my translating skills in making Japanese Wiki articles available to the English speaking world, and possibly vice versa.

I'm open to suggestions for pages to translate (within the limits of my own knowledge) and from people who are willing to help make up for my own lack of knowledge in their subjects.

I would love to translate the Japanese pages about the hard-SF writer Kōshū Tani and his books, which I love and of which I have translated two. This however creates a conflict of interest; I don't want to be seen as promoting my translations, but I'm possibly the only NES translator who knows Tani's works well enough to be able AND willing to convert the Japanese pages into English.

サイモンと申します。４０年以上日本に暮らしているイギリス人です。趣味が多いから知識は浅いかもしれませんが、自然保護、音楽（ホルン吹きです）、二輪車、登山、英語教育、理科系なんでも興味を持っています。 自分の知識のある範囲で、日本語のWikiページの英訳をしたいと思います。また、知識を貸していただけるなら、英訳を頼みたい方に応えたいと思います。

よろしくおねがいします。 SPV UK SPV (talk) 04:28, 20 October 2019 (UTC)