I am a native English-speaking ex-pat currently living in Osaka, Japan. I have been here for 20 years and, five years after I arrived, I studied for and passed the ??????? (the Japanese language proficiency test) at level 2. I have since then used Japanese both personally and professionally, but have been mostly self-studying. While I have done a good deal of editing work, I currently have very little experience with Japanese translation, which is why I want to keep my fees fairly low for now.