Tokyo Meeting for March
Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010
Time: 14:00-17:00
Place: Forum 8 (Shibuya)
Address: Dogenzaka 2-10-17, Shibuya, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3780-0008
Speaker: Carol Lawson
Presentation: Japanese Law
Cost: JAT members free, non-members 1,000 yen (pre-registration not
required)
Nijikai: from 17:15, (別料金） venue: ＴＡＮＴＯ ＴＡＮＴＯ （Bunkamura ８Ｆ） (TANTO TANTO Website)
Inquiries: tac@jat.org
Presentation Outline:
Many translators have now come across the Japanese Law Translation (JLT) site www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp and found it useful when translating laws and other legal materials. But where did this site come from, who developed it and why is it there? Is this one site sufficient in itself for a translator entering the field? And more importantly, what can be expected as the site develops in tandem with the flow of orders for legal translations from Japanese public bodies? Come for the answers to these questions and to give your own user feedback which will go directly to the site’s designers.
Speaker Introduction:
Carol Lawson is a lawyer who specializes in the translation of case law and legislation with one foot in academia: www.legalcommunicationsjapan.com. She is currently undertaking a research fellowship at the Nagoya University Center for Asian Legal Exchange (CALE) from January to March 2010, as part of which she is assisting the Japan Legal Information Institute (JaLII) team’s efforts to improve the quality of the JLT tools.