The JAT Board is delighted to announce that the venue for IJET-22 will be Seattle, Washington. This event will take place in 2011. Further details will be announced as they become available.
Seattle edged out a very strong bid from Monterey, California, and this reflects well on the willingness of far-flung JAT members to step forward and host JAT events. The Board would like to extend its...
Finalists (Japanese to English)
The following five entries (#99, #108, #120, #123, #162) have made it to the final round.
Entry 99
Section 2 Creating a Livable, Beautiful City of 42 Million
(5) Project for the Adaptation of the Community to an Aging Population
In order to deal with issues arising from a rapidly aging society, such as health care, social services and housing, we must...
第6回新人翻訳者コンテスト（英日の最終候補作品）
最終審査に進んだ5作品です。
There are five finalists for the Sixth Annual JAT Contest for New and Aspiring Translators (Japanese to English)
日本翻訳者協会と通訳翻訳ジャーナルの「～英語翻訳のプロたちが綴る～後進への招待状」連載企画ですが、2009年冬号（本日発売）にはBen Davisさんが How to Become Established as a Medical Translator という記事を寄稿しました。
次号（2月21日発売）はFred Ulemanさんが「意味中心の翻訳」についての記事を予定しています。
通訳翻訳WEB
Designed to foster, recognize, and reward excellence in commercial, non-literary translation between Japanese and English by new translators, the sixth annual awards will be given in 2010. A 450-member-strong organization of professional freelance and in-house translators and interpreters, JAT is dedicated to promoting the interests of individual translators and interpreters working between...
Dear JAT members,
Here is the membership report for the second quarter of 2009.
For the second quarter of 2009 (April, May, and June), we signed up 26 new members, processed 120 renewals, and had 37 members let their membership lapse without renewing. Compare this with Q1, when we signed up 32 new members, processed 100 renewals, and had 22 members let their membership lapse.
As of the end...
Dear JAT members,
Here is the membership report for the second quarter of 2009.
For the second quarter of 2009 (April, May, and June), we signed up 26 new members, processed 120 renewals, and had 37 members let their membership lapse without renewing. Compare this with Q1, when we signed up 32 new members, processed 100 renewals, and had 22 members let their membership lapse.
As of the end...
Dear JAT members,
I am pleased to announce that JAT’s AGM was held successfully on Saturday, May 16 (minutes available here), and the new Board members have since discussed and decided on the new roles. They are:
Helen Iwata – President
Manako Ihaya – Vice president, local activity support, contest liaison (E-J)
Charles Aschmann – PR officer (Western Hemisphere) and contest liaison...