Judges Commentaries

Ruth McCreery
Ken Wagner
James Davis

Translation of award-winners and finalists (Japanese-to-English Conest)

1st place:  Lucy Takato
2nd place:    Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei
Finalists:   Ria Ludemann、Kaley Kriminger、Kimberly Miller  and Chris McCabe

Japanese to English Contest
    1st place:     E25 Lucy Takato (Setagaya, Tokyo)
    2nd place:    E38 Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei (Accra, Ghana) 
    Finalists:      E2 Ria Ludemann   E10 Kaley Kriminger   E17 Kimberly Miller   E30 Chris McCabe

English to Japanese Contest
   1st place:    J24 Chiaki Matsumoto (Ontario, Canada)
   2nd place:   J51 Shintaroh Yamada (Vancouver, Canada)
   Finalists:  J10 Yumiko Kudo  J18　Rie Ihara  J45　Kenichi Matsuura   J48 Masae　Yamamoto

The finalists of the Ninth Annual JAT Contest for New and Aspiring Japanese/English Translators are:

E02    E10  E17    E25    E30   E38
J10    J18   J24    J45    J48    J51

The first- and second-place winners will be announced by mid-February 2013.

Source texts, finalists translation and judges commentaries of the past eight Japanese-to-English contests (refer to the Japanese site for English-to-Japanese contests by clicking 日本語 at the upper right of this page):

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Seeking to encourage talented people to enter the translation field, JAT is pleased to announce its ninth annual Japanese/English translation contest for new and aspiring translators. The actual passage to be translated is a real-life text—the sort of thing a working commercial translator might well be called upon to do.

• Organized and funded by:NPO Japan Association of Translators (JAT)
• Open to:Anyone with less than three years’ experience as a professional translator.JAT membership not required. Previous entrants (except winners) are welcome to enter again.
• Divisions:Japanese-to-English, English-to-Japanese
• Entry fee:Free