The Japanese Literature Publishing Project (JLPP) was founded in 2002 by the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs(文化庁), to promote awareness and appreciation of contemporary Japanese literature.
The JLPP started the International Translation Competition in 2011 with a view to discovering and fostering brilliant translators who can help introduce and spread modern Japanese literature throughout...
The winners of the Twentieth Annual JAT Contest for New and Aspiring Japanese<>English Translators have been selected as follows:
Japanese to English Contest
Winner: E46 Chris Craigo (US) Runner-up: E51 Faye Duxovni (US)
Finalists: E05 Matthew Cooper (Scotland) E20 Ken Nemoto (Tokyo) E42 Faolan Ayres (Australia)
English to Japanese Contest
1位 J79 讃井一郎 (東京都) 2位 J89 古賀彩美(千葉県)
ファイナリスト J50...
The Japan Association of Translators would like to express our heartfelt condolences to the families of those who perished in the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, which occurred on New Year’s Day, as well as to the families of the five members of the Japan Coast Guard who died the following day in the plane crash at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, while responding to the earthquake.Our hearts also go out to...
There were 66 entrants in the Japanese-to-English Division, and 84 in the English-to-Japanese Division of the Twentieth Annual JAT Contest for New and Aspiring Japanese/English Translators. The finalists have been decided as follows:Japanese to English Division: E05, E20, E42, E46 and E51English to Japanese Division: J50, J51, J64, J79 and J89First- and second-place winners will be announced...
JAT is pleased to announce this year's anthology of insightful essays, Translator Perspectives 2023, is available on the website.
Translators and interpreters working between Japanese and English face myriad problems on a daily basis. Some of them have routine solutions. Many do not. While the internet is a treasure trove of information resources, we still have to understand how to find and use...
Interview with Rebecca Gade, 19th Annual Translation Contest Winner
With the Japan Association of Translators (JAT) Twentieth Annual Contest for New and Aspiring Japanese<>English Translators underway, we spoke to last year’s winner of the Japanese to English contest, Rebecca Gade, to find out what it takes to stand out in this event.
Tell us about yourself and how you got into...
There were 66 entrants in the Japanese-to-English Division and 84 in the English-to-Japanese Division of the 20th Annual JAT Contest.IDs have been sent to all participants. If you have not received yours, please contact [email protected] (Nov. 10)
Registration closed (Nov.1)
Contest Guidelines
This contest is open to anyone with less than three years’ experience as a professional translator...
Seeking to encourage talented people to enter the translation field, JAT is pleased to announce its twentieth annual Japanese <> English translation contest for new and aspiring translators. The actual passage to be translated is a real-life text—the sort of thing a working commercial translator might well be called upon to do.
Open to: Anyone with less than three years’ experience as a...
The JAT Elections Committee can now report this year’s election results.
We are happy to announce that Heidi Karino, Shoji Miyata, Rie Sakaguchi, Phil Robertson, and Sakigake Kamimura have been elected as a director with 104 votes, 100 votes, 101 votes, 95 votes, and 103 votes, respectively.
This year there was no candidate running for auditor to fill 1 auditor opening, so the Board will elect...
To: All Japan Association of Translators (JAT) MembersYou are invited to the Japan Association of Translators’ Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) to be held in-person at Tokyo Bigsight on June 24, 2023. Proposed motions and supporting documentation will be available for your review on the JAT website beginning on June 14, 2023.AgendaFY 2022 Business reportFY 2022 Financial statements / Auditors’...
Dear JAT Members,The 2023 JAT Election Committee would like to announce this year’s candidates for Director.List of Candidates (in order of registration)
(Candidate details appear at the end of this announcement.)
・ 狩野ハイディ / Heidi Karino (director)・ 宮田 昭二 / Shoji Miyata (director)・ 阪口 理恵 / Rie Sakaguchi (director)・ ロバートソン フィル / Phil Robertson (director)・ 上村 魁 / Sakigake Kamimura (director)
We...
Fellow JAT members, JAT’s 2023 Election is about to begin, and we encourage you to take part—either by running for a position on the board or voting for candidates you think will do an excellent job at running JAT. 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/title_2023_jat_election ). In a...
Fellow JAT members, Greetings from the JAT Election Committee! The 2023 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...
Ruth McCreery
General Comments
This article, still sadly timely, posed challenging problems for the translators.
First, the title. What is a 国際政治学者? The literal translation is “international political scientist,” but what does that mean? As an English phrase, it is somewhat ambiguous: is it someone studying international political affairs or someone internationally known for those studies?...
Judges Commentaries
Jim DavisKen Wagner***
Jim Davis
General Comments
All six finalists did a good job of conveying the overall meaning of the contest passage, and we wish all of them success in their translation careers. This section will be devoted to specific words and phrases in the passage that proved to be difficult for multiple finalists or points of general interest in the context of...
Contst source text
E02 Matthew CooperE46 Kyotaro HaranoE52 Mark ScottE56 Chris CraigoRunner-up: E32 Rebecca BlackWinner: E42 Rebecca Gade***
Finalists
E02 Matthew Cooper
Editorial
What can international political scientists do when faced with war?
Masaya Inoue, political scientist
Since the war in Ukraine began, I have seen experts on international politics and security on television everyday....