Events
Past Events
February 21 TAC Tokyo seminar – Yuji Akaba
Time: 7:00 am – 10:00 am
Zero-Second Thinking and Other Expert Productivity Tips for Translators
This seminar targets increased productivity through a simple, almost free method anyone can use anywhere to fundamentally boost thinking power. By repeatedly putting your thoughts into words in a standard format on one A4 sheet of paper, you can increase your quality and speed of thought and approach the ideal of...
February 21 TAC Tokyo seminar – Yuji Akaba
Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Zero-Second Thinking and Other Expert Productivity Tips for Translators
This seminar targets increased productivity through a simple, almost free method anyone can use anywhere to fundamentally boost thinking power. By repeatedly putting your thoughts into words in a standard format on one A4 sheet of paper, you can increase your quality and speed of thought and approach the ideal of...
Tools For Legal Translators: 7 Techniques for Improving Accuracy and Consistency
Time: 7:00 am – 10:00 am
Location: Place: Seisen University, Tokyo (see http://www.seisen-u.ac.jp/eng/access/index.php / http://www.seisen-u.ac.jp/access/index.php)
Accuracy and consistency are the key to success as a legal translator. This seminar will look at the translation process, from receiving a badly scanned PDF through to the checking process prior to delivery, and will introduce a number of software packages and tools that help ensure accuracy and consistency, and have the added bonus of improving productivity.
During this seminar the speaker...
Tools For Legal Translators: 7 Techniques for Improving Accuracy and Consistency
Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Place: Seisen University, Tokyo (see http://www.seisen-u.ac.jp/eng/access/index.php / http://www.seisen-u.ac.jp/access/index.php)
Accuracy and consistency are the key to success as a legal translator. This seminar will look at the translation process, from receiving a badly scanned PDF through to the checking process prior to delivery, and will introduce a number of software packages and tools that help ensure accuracy and consistency, and have the added bonus of improving productivity.
During this seminar the speaker...
TRAC Shinnenkai, Jan. 24th (Sat.)
Time: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
It’s hard to believe that the end of the year is already just around the corner! And with the TRAC Shinnenkai, we will officially have been around for a full year, all thanks to your support. We at TRAC hope that we continue to see you all, along with new faces, into next year and beyond.
With that, announcing the TRAC Shinnenkai on January 24th! We’ll be holding the festivities at Blair...
TAC January Meeting – Matt Alt & Hiroko Yoda
Time: 7:00 am – 10:00 am
Pop Loc 101: Localizing Doraemon, Gundam, and More
Video games. Comic books. Animation. Toys. It all seems like kids’ stuff, but localizing entertainment for foreign markets is serious business. And when you’re dealing with successful, long-running franchises, the stakes can be even higher. Matt Alt, a former translator for the US Patent and Trademark Office, and Hiroko Yoda, a former editor...
TRAC Shinnenkai, Jan. 24th (Sat.)
Time: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
It’s hard to believe that the end of the year is already just around the corner! And with the TRAC Shinnenkai, we will officially have been around for a full year, all thanks to your support. We at TRAC hope that we continue to see you all, along with new faces, into next year and beyond.
With that, announcing the TRAC Shinnenkai on January 24th! We’ll be holding the festivities at Blair...
TAC January Meeting – Matt Alt & Hiroko Yoda
Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Pop Loc 101: Localizing Doraemon, Gundam, and More
Video games. Comic books. Animation. Toys. It all seems like kids’ stuff, but localizing entertainment for foreign markets is serious business. And when you’re dealing with successful, long-running franchises, the stakes can be even higher. Matt Alt, a former translator for the US Patent and Trademark Office, and Hiroko Yoda, a former editor...
東京忘年会 Tokyo Bonenkai, Andy's 18:00
Time: 11:00 am – 11:00 am
UPDATE: Registration deadline extended until 18:00 Monday, December 8.
We have a few places still available for the Tokyo Bonenkai at Andy's, so we are extending the registration deadline until 18:00 Monday, December 8.
It's not too late, book your seat now for a fun evening with translation friends old and new!
The Tokyo Bonenkai will be held again at Andy's, an izakaya in Yurakucho run by...
東京忘年会 Tokyo Bonenkai, Andy's 18:00
Time: 6:00 pm – 6:00 pm
UPDATE: Registration deadline extended until 18:00 Monday, December 8.
We have a few places still available for the Tokyo Bonenkai at Andy's, so we are extending the registration deadline until 18:00 Monday, December 8.
It's not too late, book your seat now for a fun evening with translation friends old and new!
The Tokyo Bonenkai will be held again at Andy's, an izakaya in Yurakucho run by...