Fuyumi Nakamura - Translator of the Month
Our translator of the Month for February is Fuyumi Nakamura, who translates from Norwegian, Swedish, and some Danish into Japanese. She lives in Fujisawa, Japan, near the sea. She initially worked with corporate translation from Norwegian to Japanese. In 2017, she made her debut as a literary translator of Norwegian literature with Making Things Right: The Simple Philosophy of a Working Life (Diary of a Carpenter – original title: En snekkers dagbok) by Ole Thorstensen, in collaboration with her colleague Lise Schou.
Since then, Fuyumi has translated, among other works, The Immune Mystery. Mum is a Puzzle (Mamma er en gåte) by Anita Kåss and Jørgen Jelstad, Adventures in Memory. The Science and Secrets of Remebering and Forgetting (Å dykke etter sjøhester) by neuropsychologist Ylva Østby and author/journalist Hilde Østby, and Theatre of the World: The History of Maps and the Men and Women Who Made Them (Verdensteater) by Thomas Reinertsen Berg.
