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Simul International, Inc. provides conference and business interpreting, business, academic and medical translation, simultaneous interpreting equipment and remote interpreting, and places in-house interpreters and translators through Simul Business Communications. More than 3,700 registered interpreters and translators handle over 28,000 assignments a year for government bodies and companies, and the group runs the Simul Academy school for interpreters and translators. The group has about 270 employees.
Simul was founded in 1965 by Tatsuya Komatsu and others as Japan's first simultaneous interpreting agency and interpreted the 1969 Apollo moon landing. It has been a subsidiary of TAKARA & COMPANY, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market, since 2020, and its head office is in Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, with a Kansai branch in Osaka.
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Propose translation services to pharmaceutical and medical-device clients, handle new enquiries and grow existing accounts, handing won projects to in-house coordinators.
Manage translation projects for pharmaceutical documents (mainly Japanese–English), proofread translations and give translators feedback to keep quality consistent.
Coordinate translation of corporate disclosure documents such as shareholder meeting notices and securities reports, from order intake to delivery.
Propose and arrange interpreting services for clients, match them with professional interpreters, handle equipment, quotes and invoices, and support meetings on the day.
Manage pharmaceutical and related translation projects: assign translators and reviewers, control deadlines and quality, prepare quotes and invoices, and check drafts.
Serve as the client contact for simultaneous-interpretation and audio equipment: propose equipment plans, arrange engineers and schedules, and support events on site.
Run classes at Simul Academy, an interpreter and translator training school: manage course logistics, coordinate with instructors, counsel students and plan recruitment events.