Reito Adachi - My portal

Profile Information

Affiliation: President and concurrently serving as professor, Kurashiki City College

Degree: MA(Okayama University)
MA(Hollins University)
PhD(Okaymama University)

J-GLOBAL ID: 200901045414689460
researchmap Member ID: 1000136514

External link: http://www.kurashiki-cu.ac.jp

Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

Apr, 2018 - Present

President, Kurashiki City College
Apr, 2010 - Mar, 2018

Professor, Kurashiki City College
Apr, 2002 - Mar, 2010

Department of Early Childhood Education and Care, Associate professor, Kurashiki City College
Jun, 2003 - Dec, 2003

Visiting Scholar at Hollins University

Education

- Sep, 2012

Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Okayama University

Major Papers

What happens to silences in audiovisual translation? A quantitative study of American and Japanese dubbed films

Reito Adachi

Transletters. International Journal of Translation and Interpreting, 7(2) 1-17, Dec, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead author
Dubbing of Sound in the Samurai Movie Love and Honor

Reito Adachi

inTRAlinea, 22, Jul 13, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead author
Dubbing of silences in Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away: A comparison of Japanese and English language versions

Reito Adachi

PERSPECTIVES-STUDIES IN TRANSLATION THEORY AND PRACTICE, 24(1) 142-156, Jan, 2016 Peer-reviewedLead author

Books and Other Publications

Okayamakko The 60th Anniversary Collection of Essays and Poetry by Children in Okayama, Japan (Vol. 1: Essays by Elementary School Students)

Reito Adachi (Role: Translator/Editor)

Lulu Press, Oct, 2023 (ISBN: 9781312284159)
Translating Kumpei Higashi: Critical and Creative Approaches

ADACHI Reito

Aug, 2019 (ISBN: 9780359838554)
A Study of Japanese Animation as Translation: A Descriptive Analysis of Hayao Miyazaki and Other Anime Dubbed into English

ADACHI Reito

Dissertation.com Publishing, Oct, 2012 (ISBN: 9781612339481)

Presentations

Dubbing of acoustic nonverbal elements and paralanguages in the audiovisual translation of the Japanese movie Love and Honor

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the 71st annual meeting of the Chugoku and Shikoku Branch of the English Literary Society of Japan, Oct 27, 2018
The Problems and Possibilities of Using English Translations of Japanese Animated Works as EFL Materials for Japanese College Students

ADACHI Reito

Third International Conference on Language, Literature and Society 2016, Jan 18, 2016
Translation of Silence in Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away: A Comparison between Japanese and Other Language Versions

ADACHI Reito

International Conference on Language, Literature & Linguistics 2013, Dec 2, 2013
A Tentative Plan for Analyzing Sound Volume in Audiovisual Translation

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The 66th General Meeting of the English Literary Society of Japan: The Regional Branch of the Chugoku and Shikoku District, Oct 19, 2013
Hayao Miyazaki in Translation: A Descriptive Research on the English Dubs of His Six Animated Films

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The 34 th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts), Mar 22, 2013
Tendencies in the Re-translation of Hayao Miyzaki's Works

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The 63rd General Meeting of the English Literary Society of Japan: The Regional Branch of the Chugoku and Shikoku District, Oct 30, 2010
Pauses and Silences in the Translation of Japanimation

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The 27th General Meeting of the Society of English Studies, Sep 30, 2009
International Education for Young Children by College Students in Childcare Education

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The 30th National Meeting of the Japan Association for the Study of Teaching English to Children, Jun 21, 2009

Teaching Experience

Professional Memberships

Research Projects

Descriptive analysis of silence in English movies

Kakenhi: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, JSPS, Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2020

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Practical Research on the English Translation of Okayamakko: A Collection of Essays and Poetry by Children in Okayama

Ryobi Teien Memory Foundation, Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2015
A Study of the Characteristics of Audiovisual Text through the Analysis of the Translation of Japanese Animation

Kakenhi: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, JSPS, Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2014

Reito Adachi
Practical Study on Creative Writing Education in America

Kakenhi: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, JSPS, 2003 - 2005

Reito Adachi
Creative writing education and translation of stories for children

Overseas research fellowship, Japanese Ministry of Education, Jun, 2003 - Dec, 2003

Reito Adachi