Japan Association of Translators 日本翻訳者協会

We plan a relaxed meeting with a book exchange (bring as many books as you like) and activities to brush up networking skills, before the serious business of eating and drinking.

Date: Saturday August 28, 2010
Time: 3:30-8:30 pm (meeting from 3:30, dinner from 5:30, uketsuke starts 3:00)
Place: Suji’s (http://www.sujis.net/sub24_3.htm)
Cost: 3,000 yen (buffet + 1 drink, cash bar)
RSVP: Please reply by 9pm Tuesday August 24th (JST) from this form
https://jat.wufoo.com/forms/tac-summer-party-2010/

You can download Junichi Tobimatsu’s presentation slides from the June 26, 2010 JATLAW Seminar here: JATLAW Presentation (June 26, 2010) - Bankruptcy Law.pdf

You will need the member password published on the list to access this file.

The PROJECT Tokyo 2010 organizing committee is pleased to announce the opening of registration for PROJECT Tokyo 2010 (PT 2010), the third in a series of one-day conferences on translation and interpreting organized by the Japan Association of Translators (日本翻訳者協会) for participants to build skills and exchange information about their professions.

Theme: Tools and Workshops: Better, Faster, Richer
Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010
Time: 9:30 to 17:00
Registration opens at 9:00
Venue: TKP Shinagawa Conference Center (http://tkpshinagawa.net/)
3F Takanawa Court, 3-13-1 Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Approx. 5 minutes’ walk from Shinagawa Station (Takanawa Exit)
Admission: Students: Y4,000
JAT Members: Y5,000
Non-Members: Y6,000
Post-conference networking event: Y5,000 (two-hour buffet meal and open bar)

* Registration for the conference and post-conference networking event closes at midday on September 4, 2010. Registration is via the conference website only.

The program will consist of introductions to translation tools, workshops to improve practical skills, and informative sessions from industry specialists. More information on the program will be added to the website in the near future.

* Visit the conference website for more details: http://project.jat.org/

We look forward to meeting you there!

Date: Saturday, July 17, 2010
Time: 14:00-17:00
Place: Forum 8, Shibuya (http://www.forum-8.co.jp/access/index.html)
Address: Dogenzaka 2-10-17, Shibuya, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3780-0008
Speaker: Masashi Negishi
Presentation: “Could You Also Be A Tourist Guide? Inbound Tourism Trends and CS for Interpreter Guides”
Speaker Profile:
Masashi Negishi is the Managing Director and Secretary-General of the Japan Guide Association (JGA). He worked at JTB for forty years, more than ten of which were in overseas and domestic guide training and support. Before taking up his present position, he was the Travel English supervisor at a vocational school for students taking the ‘General Travel Industry Managers’ examination. For the past few years he has been on the tourist guide interpreters and regional guide interpreters oral examinations committee. He provides package tour CS coordinator services for foreign tourists to Japan, as well as training and development/ management/ lecturing, to JGA, local governments, and various organizations with interpreter guides and volunteers. In his spare time he does commercial interpreting and translation (tourism, agriculture, irrigation, ozone treatment, general).

Cost: JAT members free, Non-members 1,000 yen (advance registration not necessary)
Nijikai: from 5:15 Venue: The Aldgate British Pub (http://www.the-aldgate.com/ )
Cost: About 3000 yen (Food only/cash bar. Anyone attending only the nijikai, please contact TAC by 16/7)
Inquiries: tac@jat.org

Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Time: 15:00 – 17:00
Place: Room 1106, Forum 8
Address: 11th Floor Shin-Taiso Building, 2-10-7 Dogenzaka, Shibuya, Tokyo
Map: http://www.forum-8.co.jp/access/index.html
Phone: 03-3780-0008
Speaker: Mr. Junichi Tobimatsu, Partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Presentation: Japanese Bankruptcy Law: Basic Proceedings and Terms
Cost: JAT members free, non-members 1,000 yen (pre-registration not required)
Nijikai: 17:30 – 20:00
Nijikai venue: Punraku (www.punraku.com)
Nijikai attendance: Registration required by Thursday 24, please
Contact: kyal.hill@hplt.jp

About the speaker:
Mr Tobimatsu (or Tobimatsu Sensei) is a partner attorney at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, one of Japan’s leading international commercial law firms. He specializes in commercial dispute resolution and bankruptcy and has extensive experience in both domestic and international matters. Since April 2010 Mr Tobimatsu has been serving as an Associate Professor at Tokyo University’s School of Law, where he lectures on civil procedure and other civil matters of practice.

About the seminar:
Mr Tobimatsu’s talk is entitled Japanese Bankruptcy Law: Basic Proceedings and Terms, and he will be focusing on the basic flow of bankruptcy proceedings and the meanings of terms used in Japanese bankruptcy law.

Date: Saturday, June 19, 2010
Time: 14:00-17:00
Place: Forum 8 (Shibuya)
Address: Dogenzaka 2-10-17, Shibuya, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3780-0008
Speakers: Fred Uleman/Emily Shibata-Sato
Presentation: Translation Workshop Part II: “Animals in Translation” English to
Japanese Workshop
JAT members free, Non-members 1,000 yen (advance registration not necessary)
Nijikai: from 5:15 Venue: Punraku (http://www.punraku.com or http://r.gnavi.co.jp/g337700/)
Cost: 4,000 yen for all you can drink and nibbles.
Inquiries: tac@jat.org

Presentation Outline:
The source text is on a zoonosis 2009 H1N1 pandemic flu which swept through the
world last year. Animal quizzes and short passage translation prior to the
session (e.g.”犬猿の仲” in English is?). May talk about foot-and-mouth disease
if there’s time.
Materials for meeting: http://jat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/tac-20106-text.pdf

The PROJECT Tokyo 2010 Committee is happy to announce that we have fixed a date and location for the event - TKP Shinagawa (very close to Shinagawa station) from 9:30 to 17:00 on September 11, 2010.

The committee is rather excited and preparations are underway to present a worthwhile event for all. We hope you will join us. The central theme of PT 2010 will be Tools and Workshops. We hope to offer a program of presentations about tools that can help your translation (translation memory, dictation, computer security, ergonomics, etc.), field-specific workshops (from EtoJ and JtoE) for honing your skills, and other useful presentations.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR SPEAKERS (particularly Japanese speakers) - if you are knowledgeable about a particular tool/field or willing to lead a workshop, or can recommend somebody else, please contact us pt2010@jat.org.

PROJECT Tokyo 2010 Committee
(Chair: Lisa Hew)

JAT is 25 years old this month, and our members are celebrating around the world!

If you would like to join one of the gatherings – whether or not you are a JAT member – please contact the relevant person below through the “Translators” link in the top right of this website.

If you are a JAT member and would like organize a celebration in your area, please contact president1@jat.org with “25th anniversary” in the subject line.

Ibaraki: May 8. Contact Alison Watts
Northern Kyushu: May 9. Contact Ben Tompkins
Nagoya/Chubu: May 14. Contact Paul Koehler
Kichijoji: May 14. Contact Emily Shibata-Sato
Tokyo: May 15. Contact Lisa Hew
Vancouver: May 15. Contact Naoko Uchida
Northern/Central California May 15. Contact Alan Siegrist
Southern California: May 15. Contact Manako Ihaya
Boston: May 15. Contact Terry Gallagher
Shonan: May 16. Contact Marian Kinoshita
Kansai: May 16. Contact Cathy Tamoto
Sydney: May 16. Contact Michael Hendry

The JAT 25th Anniversary event organized by KAT will be a buffet lunch on Sunday May 16th.
Venue: Window on the World, 35F, Hilton Hotel, Osaka (Umeda)
http://www.hotpepper.jp/strJ000507694/
Time: Meet at 12:30 in the lobby of the hotel
Cost:
Y638 for JAT members
Y3638 for non JAT members
Exact change please!!

Price includes soft drinks but not alcohol
Dress: smart-casual

Those interested in attending MUST rsvp to kat@jat.org by midday Monday May 10th.
Lunch may be followed by bowling for those interested.

Date: Saturday, May 15, 2010
Time: 14:00-17:00
Place: Forum 8 (Shibuya)
Address: Dogenzaka 2-10-17, Shibuya, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3780-0008
Speaker: Fred Uleman/Emily Shibata-Sato
Presentation: Japanese to English workshop regarding translating JAT’s Articles of Incoporation as an officially recognized NGO.
Materials for meeting: JAT Teikan
Cost: JAT members free, non-members 1,000 yen (pre-registration not
required)
Nijikai: from 17:30, (別料金）　venue: Punraku （Q-Front building 8F）　(http://www.punraku.com or http://r.gnavi.co.jp/g337700/)
This event is one of the 25th anniversary celebrations being held in Tokyo.
Cost: tba
RSVP: Tokyo 25th Anniversary Celebration (PUNRAKU)　
Inquiries: tac@jat.org