Making Japanese Accessible

Supporting personal and professional growth through language and cultural understanding.

Be confident in your ability to access Japanese with cultural accuracy.

 

Services

 

An actionable program that elevates your understanding of service Japanese to cultivate a skill set specific for flight attendants.

An actionable program to help you understand exactly how you can improve your Japanese pronunciation and pitch accent.

Translation with care and cultural awareness that brings you guaranteed satisfaction. We can also help you request koseki from Japan.

 
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Catherine Sachi Kikuchi is a bilingual, bicultural, biracial linguist. She is a Japanese language teacher and translator who works with professionals and academics who use Japanese and English for work.
Sachi provides Japanese and English language services, including translation, as well as private and group lessons. She also has a weekly Japanese and English language exchange, a space where she focuses on ensuring everyone feels welcome and safe.
 

I’m a linguist, language teacher, and translator. I help academics and professionals be confident in their ability to accurately and confidently use Japanese in work and personal settings, with a clear understanding of culture and nuance.

If you’ve ever gotten lost in translation or felt fearful of saying the wrong thing, you’re in the right place. I’ve been translating most of my life, and teaching for over 10 years.

Through the services we offer at Kokoro Communications, we will make Japanese accessible to you so that you can achieve your goals.

 
 
Kokoro Communications provides customized services to every client, whether they are looking for professional Japanese lessons, English pronunciation coaching, or Japanese English translation. We are accepting new clients so please feel free to reac…
 

“She worked on the translation of historical and family documents for me that required a skill set and knowledge that she clearly possessed. She was thorough and her attention to detail was very important to this work. She was flexible with discussing the documents and communicated very well to any of my questions. She was able to complete the work in the promised time and with an absolutely high quality result. I will not hesitate to use her for any future work.”

— Bill Hamade, Family historian and archivist

“I signed up for Japanese classes with Sachi, hoping to reach my goal of proficiency, in order to be able to work Japan routes as a flight attendant. I was very happy with her curated curriculum designed for my job as a flight attendant, which will help me on a day to day basis.”

— Marjorie Nadeau, Air Canada Flight Attendant

“Sachi-san’s work has surpassed all of my expectations. Her kindness, care, and attention to detail is one thing, but she goes above and beyond to illuminate details in the words, etymology, and cultural history that really brings the language to life for me and roots deeper meaning on a personal level.”

— Teiya Kasahara, Nikkei-Canadian (Japanese/German) queer, multi-disciplinary artist/creator, producer, teacher, arts leader, and opera singer

Transform your future with enhanced access to Japanese language and culture.