Entries for the Seventh Annual JAT Contest for New and Aspiring Translators were closed on November 2, 2010, as scheduled.

The Japanese-to-English division fielded 41 valid entries, and the English-to-Japanese division, 52 valid entries. We would like to sincerely thank everyone who entered and everyone who helped to spread the word about the contest.
Entries are anonymized during the judging period by assigning ID numbers. The ID numbers and translations of the five finalists will be announced on the JAT website on December 21, 2010. First and second place winners’ names will be announced on January 24, 2011.

(If you submitted an entry but have not received an ID number for it, please contact us at [email protected].)
Contest Committee
Mark Stevenson
Emily Shibata-Sato