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What is the Japanese equivalent / job title of a historic interpreter? If
there's no equivalent job title in Japanese, what's the closest phrase for it?

Essentially, historic interpreters recreate history by dressing and acting as
historic figures. They usually work in museums, parks, battlefield recreation
sites, etc. Other common names for the job ar historical actors and historic
speakers.

I've never heard of this job before in either language. Direct translation
would be 歴史的通訳 or something along the lines of that but that sounds like a
language interpreter that specializes in history. Does this job have a name in
Japan?
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Historic interpreter in Japanese
I don't think there is a widely-known Japanese noun for this profession.

  * According to [this page](https://www.governmentjobs.com/jobs/3127951-0/historic-interpreter), it appears that people in this profession do not necessarily wear historical costumes. Simple museum guides are called ガイド or 案内員.
  * Some theme parks have employees in a historical costume (e.g., there are lots of ninja and samurai walking or performing in [日光江戸村](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_Wonderland_Nikko_Edomura)). They are simply called キャスト, スタッフ, or [俳優](http://edowonderland.net/company/recruit/), but none of them are specific enough. Some of them do provide guided tours, but most do not have deep academic knowledge.
  * Descriptive expressions that can be used in news articles include 歴史的衣装に身を包んだガイド, 当時の衣装を着た実演スタッフ, etc.
  * 通訳 strictly refers to someone who translates languages orally, so 歴史的通訳 makes no sense. (If a time machine is invented in the future, there may be people with such a job name.)
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