Translation Difficulties One Faces in the Field of Religion: Translating Mysticism - Christian and Buddhist by Daisetz Suzuki
D.T. Suzuki, a renowned introducer of Zen to the West and contemporary of Carl Jung and Martin Heidegger, wrote the book, Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist, in the 1950s.
Nishu Shimizu, head priest of Myosenji (妙仙寺), a Nichiren temple in Okayama Prefecture, co-translated the work from English into Japanese together with his mentor, scholar Shojun Bando (坂東性純), and the book was published by Iwanami Shoten as "神秘主義 キリスト教と仏教" in 2004. Shimizu will discuss some of the difficulties of translating in the field of religion, particularly Mahayana Buddhism in the context of promoting a better understanding of the links between Buddhism and Christianity.
"Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist" by Daisetz Suzuki in PDF (downloadable)
http://seedzen.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/d-t-suzuki-mysticism-christian-and-buddhist1.pdf
Info on the Japanese translation:
http://www.iwanami.co.jp/cgi-bin/isearch?isbn=ISBN4-00-023390-4
Date: Saturday 1st March 2014
Time: 3 - 5 p.m. (followed by networking dinner)
Fee: Free for members, 500 yen for SWET and JTF members, 1000 for non-members
Place: Room 205, Hyogoken Shigaku Kaikan (Map)
(Motomachi, Kobe. 神戸市中央区北長狭通4丁目3-13)
2-minutes north of JR/Hanshin Motomachi Stns, 7 mins from Hankyu Sannomiya Stn
Networking Dinner: 4,000 yen (course and drinks) (On the day cancellations will be charged for dinner.)
Sannomiya Koukasita Ichiba・三ノ宮高架下市場 (Map)
Reservations: JAT KAT