Translators


Gen Del Raye grew up in Kyoto, Japan and earned his B.S. and M.S. in biology from Stanford University. His PhD is in oceanography (University of Hawaii at Manoa). His background includes fish ecophysiology, climate change impacts, and exercise physiology. He has been working as a freelance translator and editor since 2015. His translations include The Sea of Japan: Unraveling the Mysteries of its Hidden Depths, published by JPIC. Currently, he lives in Minneapolis, MN.
Bob Kawaratani earned a BA in biology from Claremont Men’s College (now Claremont McKenna College) and an MA in biology and Doctor of Environmental Science and Engineering (D.Env.) from UCLA. He worked for electric power industry research institutes in the United States and Japan for fifteen years followed by twenty years at Swedish and American multinational packaging companies as an environmental specialist and manager in Japan. Bob has worked with ELSS since 2008. Currently, he lives in Kyoto.

Naoyuki Ochiai grew up in Vancouver, Canada and Pennsylvania. After spending six years as an English instructor/international exchange coordinator in Kyoto, Japan, he returned to the US to earn an M.S. and PhD in soil science from Oregon State University specializing in soil-borne plant pathogens. He has been working as a freelance translator since 2010 and is currently residing in Vancouver, Washington (USA), where he splits his time between work, family, and his two other passions, music (violin) and coaching competitive soccer.

Andrew Welford grew up in the U.K. and earned a B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering and Physics at Loughborough University. By a circuitous route, he wound up in Japan and ended up working as a freelance translator, which he has succeeded at for over 20 years. He has translated documents covering the emergence and development of new technologies in a wide range of fields, including semiconductors, telecommunications, control systems and battery technology. His interests include cycling and, being a generalist by nature, trivia quizzes.
