There were a record-high 92 entrants in the Japanese-to-English Division, and 97 in the English-to-Japanese Division of the Seventeenth Annual JAT Contest for New and Aspiring Japanese/English Translators (excluding those disqualified). The finalists have been decided as follows:

Japanese to English Division: E07 E08 E25 E41 E42 E57

English to Japanese Division: J32  J33 J35 J49 J81 J121

First- and second-place winners will be announced by mid-February on the JAT website and by direct e-mail to the winners.

(Will soon be announced! Feb. 22)