2025年度通常総会の議決事項および参考書類 / 2025 OGM Motions and Documents
日時 / Date and Time:
2025年6月29日(日) 21:00～22:00 (日本時間) / Sunday, June 29, 2025, 21:00-22:00 JST
開催場所 / Location: Zoom
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注記： これまでのオンライン総会では、出席される方にも欠席投票を依頼して事前に票数を集計していましたが、今回は前年に引き続き、Zoomの投票機能を用いて、総会の間に投票ができるようにしました。 定款第26条の通常総会の定足数（全会員の10分の１）を満たすために、お手数ですが...
The JAT Elections Committee can now report this year’s election results.
We are happy to announce that Phil Robertson, Rie Ihara, and Aiko Higashi have been elected as director with 54 votes, 80 votes, and 81 votes, respectively (in order of registration).
Chieko Tamakawa has been elected as auditor with 82 votes.
We would like to thank the candidates and all those who took part in the...
To: All Japan Association of Translators (JAT) Members
You are invited to the Japan Association of Translators’ Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) to be held online at 9:00 pm JST on Sunday, June 29, 2025. Proposed motions and supporting documentation will be available for your review on the JAT website beginning on June 18, 2025.
Agenda
FY 2024 Business report
FY 2024 Financial statements /...
Following our seminar held on April 5, the Anti-Fraud Seminars Committee has now set up a donation account to support our ongoing efforts. Funds will be used to cover legal consultation fees, among other expenses. If you wish to support our mission to assist victims and promote a healthier, more ethical translation industry, we would greatly appreciate your donation.
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Dear JAT Members,
The 2025 JAT Election Committee would like to announce this year’s candidates for Director and Auditor positions.
List of Candidates (in order of registration) (Candidate details appear at the end of this announcement.)・ ロバートソン フィル / Phil Robertson (director)・ 猪原 理恵 / Rie Ihara (director)・ 東 麻依子 / Aiko Higashi (director)・ 玉川 千絵子 / Chieko Tamakawa (auditor)
We would like to...
Fellow JAT members,
JAT’s 2025 Election is about to begin, and we encourage you to take part by running for a position on the board to help make JAT an even better organization.
To review how many positions are open, who is up for re-election, etc., please take a look at the initial announcement ( https://jat.org/news/2025_jat_election ). In a nutshell, we can elect up to 7 directors and 1...
We are pleased to announce that the Spring 2025 JAT eJuku session will be held as indicated below. For general information on eJuku, please visit the webpage What is e-Juku?
Spring 2025 J>E eJuku session
- Language direction: Japanese to English
- Format: online forum discussion and series of weekly videoconferences
- Period: May through June 2025 (see below)
- Fees: None
- Eligibility:
1....
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こちらを読んで立候補に関心を持たれた方は、5月中旬に発表されるCall for Candidatesをご覧ください。一緒にJATを作っていきましょう。
Message from President Saki Kamimura (in...
Fellow JAT members,
Greetings from the JAT Election Committee! The 2025 JAT election is drawing near.
Announcements concerning the election will be delivered by send-only e-mail, like this message, and clicking the reply to button will not work. Please direct any queries to [email protected].
To make it easier than ever to run for office, only one endorsement is required. And directors seeking...
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Henry Smith
General CommentsWhen a contemporary artist led a demonstration against a museum exhibiting her work, cultural historian Masanori Tsujita took notice. He followed the news stories and the subsequent social media debate, visited the art exhibition in question, and went on to write the opinion piece that is our source text. Over the first two thirds of this text, translators must...
Ruth McCreery
This essay spans contemporary political activism, art, and modern history. The finalists took up the challenge well, all following the Fred Uleman rules and performing the necessary translation tasks—“Read a little, think a little, write a little.” Their work is generally well written and includes some thoughtful interpretations and creative use of terms.
The title,...
Note Regarding the Source Text for the J-into-E Portion of the 21st JAT Translation Contest
This year’s J-into-E passage touches on issues related to the ongoing war in Gaza. As a professional organization for translators, JAT does not take a position on any specific issue, but JAT definitely does not condone violence, genocide, or any other form of criminal activity. JAT does not endorse the...
The source text is here
Finalists
E03 Cheryl Ong
Is anything done in the name of patriotism permissible as long as it is politically correct?
TSUJITA Masanori, Social Commentator and Contemporary Historian
At the National Museum of Western Art (NMWA) in Ueno, Tokyo, the modern art exhibition “Does the Future Sleep Here?” has been held since March 12.
With the collection of art pieces that...
Starting in February 2025, JATENT will be holding regular monthly social sessions exclusively for JAT members.
Gather round the digital water cooler and meet some of your fellow translators to share tips, stories, and insights!
Many of us work from various places around the world, with many of us working from home.
As such, we tend to miss out on those "water cooler" moments of catching up with...
The winners of the Twenty-first Annual JAT Contest for New and Aspiring Japanese<>English Translators have been selected as follows:
Japanese to English ContestWinner: E53 Matthew Sueda（Tokyo）Runner-up:E45 Alyssa Weldon (US)
Finalists:E03 Cheryl Ong (Singapore)E18 Taylor Piper (US)E48 Jordan Rosman (Australia)E64 James Banbridge (Kochi)
English to Japanese Contest
1位 J79 大橋 響 (埼玉県) 2位 J71...
We hereby announce that Director Heidi Karino and Auditor Nora Heath have tendered their resignations from their respective positions.
The Board of Directors has appointed Julian Kitchen to serve as new auditor. We extend our sincere gratitude to Ms. Karino and Ms. Heath for their dedicated service and valuable contributions during their tenure. This change was officially filed with and...