JATPHARMA 2023年秋 関西セミナー開催報告

2023年10月15日(日)に京都で「JATPHARMA 2023年秋...

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Interview with 19th Annual Translation Contest Winners

Interview with Rebecca Gade, 19th Annual Translation Contest Winner With the Japan Association of Translators (JAT) Twentieth Annual Contest for New and Aspiring Japanese<>English Translators underway, we spoke to last year’s winner of the Japanese to English contest, Rebecca Gade, to find out what it takes to stand out in this event. Tell us about yourself and how you got into...

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JAT理事を通して得た経験 - 2 - 宮原健

私は2019年時点で会員になってまだ2年目でしたが、思い切って2019年~2021年期で理事を務めたことはとても良い経験になりました。 在宅翻訳を専業にすると、企業では日常的に起こる、仲間と連携して物事を進めるという経験の機会が(仕事内容や業務形態により状況は異なるものの)少なくなりがちです。そうした環境を好んで在宅翻訳を仕事にする方もいるとは思いますが、人と一緒に話を進める仕事は、自主勉強する中で得るものとはまた別の、話し合うからこそ出てくる思いつきや新しい発見があります。 理事はSIGs/RACsや会員獲得、各種渉外リエゾン、財務、バックエンドのITサポートなど色々な業務を分担することになりますが、担当の範囲でも影響の大きなものは自分だけで判断を下さず皆で話し合いをします。私自身自分の強みを生かせると思って財務担当に立候補し、業務範疇で小さな改善をしてはいますが、たとえばOGMで...

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JAT理事を通して得た経験 - 1 - 小泉志保

2018年に理事に就任し、今年度(2022年)で任期満了となります。4年間で、法務、書記、JTFリエゾン、雑誌「通訳翻訳ジャーナル」を発行するイカロス社とのリエゾンなどを主に担当しました。法務業務は毎年の総会準備やそれに伴う手続き、選挙委員会の運営、理事長交代時の手続き、理事変更時の手続き、定款等変更時の手続き等を行います。書記業務は、1年に2回行われる理事会での議事録の作成や名刺の発注などを主に担当します。リエゾン業務は、主に外部団体・会社との窓口係です。これらの業務は単独で行うものもあれば、チーム制を組んで複数のメンバーと共同で行い、問題が発生した場合は他の理事とも相談しているので、ひとりで抱え込むことはありません。 理事になってよかったことは、やはり世界中の同業者との繋がりを得られたことでしょうか。私の専門は医学・医薬翻訳ですが、専門以外の翻訳者さんたちとも出会うことができたこ...

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JATディレクトリ、使っていますか?

日本翻訳者協会(JAT)のトップページ右上に、「翻訳者を探す」というタブがあるのをご存知ですか?...

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From the Archives: Translation as Spiritual Practice

Translation as Spiritual Practice Richard Sadowsky / サドゥスキー リチャード I left the U.S. at the age of 20 sparked by an interest in Zen, not knowing I would spend the rest of my life in Japan. Earning a living as a freelance translator is something I feel fortunate to have accomplished and for which I will always be grateful. Why grateful? Because I get paid to do what I enjoy. I like...

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IJET-30 JATPATENT Session Report「オーストラリアのIP事情-商標を中心として」

The JATPATENT Steering Committee invited Masako Ohta, Registered Trade Marks Attorney with Shelston IP in Sydney to discuss the state of IP and trademarks in Australia. Ms. Ohta not only gave us an overview of the Australian IP system, but a fascinating history of famous inventions that you may not have known were invented by Australians. The full text of the report is in Japanese. JAT members...

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From the Archives: The Light at the End of the Tunnel: Do You See It Yet?

The Light at the End of the Tunnel: Do You See It Yet? Larry Brouhard At our annual Christmas Party last year I received a card with the following message: This may be the last time I attend your Christmas Party as the president of my own translation company. Of course, it may be the last Christmas Party you give as president of your own company. Who says translators don't have a sense of...

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From the Archives: The Challenges of Translating a Best-selling Nonfiction Work

In memory of Geraldine Harcourt, who passed away in New Zealand last month, we republish an interview with Geraldine from JAT Bulletin 182 of May 2000. The Challenges of Translating a Best-selling Nonfiction Work by Geraldine Harcourt This month Geraldine Harcourt (winner of the 1990 Wheatland Translation Prize) has generously agreed to answer some questions about her latest project, the...

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Book Review. International Medical Writing: English for a Global Audience

They say that good things come in small packages, and this 76-page book is an excellent illustration of that saying. Veteran Japanese-English translator and medical writer/educator Lee Seaman has teamed up with internationally renowned medical writer and communications consultant Tom Lang and three other collaborators to produce International Medical Writing: English for a Global Audience...

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TAC Meeting Report: Tax Returns Made Easy and Tax Saving Strategies

The May 18, 2019 Tokyo Activities Committee meeting held in Shibuya saw Steven Mayeda and Naotaka Midori of Tokyo Zeikei Tax Services give a comprehensive rundown of the basics of filing tax returns in Japan and outline a number of tax-saving strategies. The two-part presentation proceeded with each topic discussed in English, followed by a summary in Japanese. Some of the subjects covered by...

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Conference Report: Japan SciCom Forum 2019

I recently attended the Japan SciCom Forum 2019, held at the Earth-Life Science Institute in the Ishikawadai area of the Ookayama campus of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Aimed at public information officers and other science communicators working in universities and similar institutions, the program was a diverse collection of keynote speeches, flash talks, and workshops. Kumi Kuroda from...

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Brief Book Review: 日本語を翻訳するということ - 失われるもの、残るもの

牧野成一 (Makino Seiichi): 日本語を翻訳するということ - 失われるもの、残るもの ISBN 978-4-12-102493-0 Published by 中公新書 (Chuko Shinsho), June 25, 2018 Price: 780 yen plus tax An intriguing and challenging interrogation of aspects of the Japanese language and translation by Seiichi Makino, Emeritus Professor of East Asian Studies and Emeritus Professor of Japanese and Linguistics at Princeton University. Perhaps better...

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From the Archives: Points of Correspondence by Kenneth Jones (IJET-4, 1993)

Points of Correspondence Kenneth Jones There are some obvious and other less obvious points of correspondence in bilingual dictionaries, and in this paper I would like to consider first one of the less obvious points and later some of the more obvious points of correspondence in the light of one recently published Japanese-English dictionary, The Kenkyūsha Japanese-English Learner’s...

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Book Review: The Global English Style Guide

We spend a lot of time talking about client education from the perspective of the translation and post-translation processes (e.g., editing, formatting, design, proofreading). The Global English Style Guide looks at the writing process for technical documentation before any translation takes place. It seeks to answer the following questions. How can we effectively use English to communicate...

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【開催報告】TAC/JATPATENTセミナー:「米国特許法および最近の判例から学ぶ、クレーム・明細書ドラフティングおよび翻訳テクニック」

新年度最初で平成最後のTACセミナーでは、JATPATENTと共同で、ワシントン大学ロースクール・慶応大学ロースクール教授の竹中俊子先生をお招きして、「米国特許法および最近の判例から学ぶ、クレーム・明細書ドラフティングおよび翻訳テクニック」についてご講演いただきました。かなりボリュームのある資料をご準備いただき、3時間ずっと話し続けてくださった竹中先生に心より感謝申し上げます。 私たち翻訳者にとってはかなり難しい部分もあったのですが、セミナー中、随時質問を受けてくださり、また、講演後も個別に質問にお答えいただけたので、日頃の疑問を解消することができたのではないかと思います。 講演中、翻訳に関してたくさん質問が上がりました。いくつかご紹介します。 Q1. 講演の中で、「present invention」や「this...

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From the Archives

Flashback to IJET-2 Panel Discussion on English-Japanese Translation (英日翻訳市場の現状、品質管理、翻訳のためのツール、翻訳の将来) With just under ten weeks to go before IJET-30 in Cairns, this week we take a look back to IJET-2. The Second International Japanese-English Translation Conference was held in June 1991 in San Francisco. Many of the presentations were panel discussions, and we've chosen the report of a panel...

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From the Archives

Translators and the Editing Tightrope Dianne Kirk Translators with a few years’ experience, reasonable writing skills in their native language and perhaps some expertise in a particular subject area are often asked to carry out work which may be variously described as “editing,” “revising,” “proofreading,” “native check,” “QC,” etc. Ideally, this occurs after the translation has first been...

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From the Archives

The Very First IJET It’s now just four months before IJET-30 in Cairns kicks off! We owe an immense debt of gratitude to the 1989/90 JAT Board and band of volunteers for their foresight in organizing the First International Japanese-English Translation Conference, held in Hakone, Japan, on the weekend of May 26-27, 1990. IJET has since grown to become JAT’s flagship annual event, attracting...

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Book Review: Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style

Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style Benjamin Dreyer Random House, published January 29, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-0812995701 Hard cover, 320 pages, around USD15 from Amazon After following Benjamin Dreyer on Twitter for six months or so, I pre-ordered his book in late 2018 and it made its eagerly-awaited arrival at my house in early February 2019. Dreyer is a New...

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