Past Events

Recreating Worlds All fiction, whether realist or fantasy, genre or literary, creates a world for readers to immerse themselves in. Our job as translator is to assess how the author has created this fictional realm, what qualities s/he has given it, what techniques s/he has used, and decide how we can best recreate it in another language: we must become a shadow novelist. How do we go about...

Recreating Worlds All fiction, whether realist or fantasy, genre or literary, creates a world for readers to immerse themselves in. Our job as translator is to assess how the author has created this fictional realm, what qualities s/he has given it, what techniques s/he has used, and decide how we can best recreate it in another language: we must become a shadow novelist. How do we go about...

JATPHARMA Kansai Meeting - Pharma in Japan: From Doshomachi to the World This JATPHARMA Kansai Meeting consists of the following 4 sub-events. Tour of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Historical Museum and round-table discussion at Headquarters of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (12:55 to 16:00 on 11/13) Translation workshop by Rie Moriguchi and Lee Seaman and Felix CAT tool workshop by Ben...

JATPHARMA Kansai Meeting - Pharma in Japan: From Doshomachi to the World This JATPHARMA Kansai Meeting consists of the following 4 sub-events. Tour of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Historical Museum and round-table discussion at Headquarters of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (12:55 to 16:00 on 11/13) Translation workshop by Rie Moriguchi and Lee Seaman and Felix CAT tool workshop by Ben...

TRAC Meet #6/JATINT Meeting #2: Ask an Interpreter Co-sponsored by JATINT, TRAC is pleased to announce our next upcoming seminar and our first interpreting event. In the first half, our JATINT speaker Mick Corliss will speak on his experiences as a professional interpreter, then dig a little deeper into the specifics in the second half with a workshop. In the first half, Mick will answer...

TRAC Meet #6/JATINT Meeting #2: Ask an Interpreter Co-sponsored by JATINT, TRAC is pleased to announce our next upcoming seminar and our first interpreting event. In the first half, our JATINT speaker Mick Corliss will speak on his experiences as a professional interpreter, then dig a little deeper into the specifics in the second half with a workshop. In the first half, Mick will answer...

Time for a lovely JAT hike and picnic in Kamakura! TAC is experimenting with some new event ideas. Thanks to JAT President, Marian Kinoshita, we are offering an outdoor activity in October. When: Saturday, October 24, 2015 (Rain date: TBA) Where: from JR Kita Kamakura Station to JR Kamakura Station along the Kamakura Ten-en Hiking Course Time: 10AM to about 2PM Registration is required:...

Time for a lovely JAT hike and picnic in Kamakura! TAC is experimenting with some new event ideas. Thanks to JAT President, Marian Kinoshita, we are offering an outdoor activity in October. When: Saturday, October 24, 2015 (Rain date: TBA) Where: from JR Kita Kamakura Station to JR Kamakura Station along the Kamakura Ten-en Hiking Course Time: 10AM to about 2PM Registration is required:...

Join JAT members as we celebrate the association's 30th anniversary in an evening of conviviality and entertainment. In celebration of this milestone anniversary, the JAT 30th Anniversary Extravaganza will be held on the evening of Saturday October 3rd, 2015, immediately following PROJECT Kyoto. The highlight of this event will be a rakugo (comic monologue) performance by famed British rakugo...

Join JAT members as we celebrate the association's 30th anniversary in an evening of conviviality and entertainment. In celebration of this milestone anniversary, the JAT 30th Anniversary Extravaganza will be held on the evening of Saturday October 3rd, 2015, immediately following PROJECT Kyoto. The highlight of this event will be a rakugo (comic monologue) performance by famed British rakugo...