Having seen Chirri & Chirra and then this book, something definitely clicked, so I’m not surprised Enchanted Lion took it up. I translate and Shizuka edits, so while I am credited for translation, we’re certainly a team on this and every project.Ī: It’s really heartening to hear about the strong family focus behind Sato, and I certainly agree that teamwork and collaboration play a big part in translation. She goes over everything I write and then we talk over every sentence, decide what best reflects the Japanese while flowing well in English, and work to find text that maintains the overall feel of the world.
We discussed it and decided to list just my name for the English translation, but we wanted to make sure that she was credited as well, since we both love and worked on the series. M: Shizuka is my wife and very much a part of the Sato team. They came back with a resounding yes and we’ve been working with them ever since.Ī: Before we go any further, I notice “Shizuka Blaskowsky” is mentioned in the credits page. About a year later, we came across the US edition of Chirri & Chirra at a local library, which is how I learnt of Enchanted Lion Books, so I reached out to see if they were interested. My wife found Sato on the shelves one day and we loved the book so much that we bought the entire series the next time we went back to Japan. After our son was born, we wanted to make sure we kept reading him Japanese books and thankfully Seattle and the surrounding cities-with their large Japanese/Japanese American population-stock a large variety of Japanese children’s books. Michael (M): Seattle, oddly enough, was where my wife and I first came across Sato the Rabbit. Translator Michael Blaskowsky with the Japanese title that started it allĪndrew (A): Hello Michael, thanks for joining us, and happy book birthday to Sato the Rabbit! For a start, how did you come across this book?
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