Update on Google Alerts

A Google search alert on 日英翻訳 (Japanese-to-English translation) results in hits on some websites that actually discuss or mention JA-EN translation, but the search results also include a heavy sprinkling of porn sites that have successfully gamed the Google search engine (making it think they are about other things, JA-EN translation in this case) and ads for translation schools aimed at native Japanese speakers.

Accordingly, I have simply killed that search alert. It was quickly becoming useless, as much of the Internet is turning out to be, with the enshittification of cyberspace progesses unchecked.

Author: William Lise

Long-term (40-plus years) resident of Japan. Former electrical engineer and have been translating and interpreting for over four decades.