Well known in manufacturing, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is looking to draw up standards for translation and the translation industry. Because these may well directly affect JAT members, we think JAT should be part of the effort. This would involve working with the other Japan-based participants to clarify the issues involved and draft standards that protect our...
Kyal Hill, Sarah Bull & Sawako Harada
28 April 2012
This presentation took the form of a hands-on legal translation workshop with expert legal translators and lawyer-linguists. The workshop focused on Articles of Incorporation, a standard legal document from the company law area that is likely to cross the desk of most translators at some point.
The presenters, Kyal Hill, Sawako Harada...
To celebrate International Translation Day on September 30, we are considering publishing an anthology on translation. We envisage a booklet with short texts in English or Japanese by JAT members. The texts would cover a variety of translation-related topics. The target audience would be JAT members, translation organizations, translation agencies - you name it. The purpose would be to...
The handout from Yuji Yamamoto's presentation on “Turbo-boosting your translation productivity today!" made at the April 2012 Tokyo meeting is available for download from the following link: 2012JATTokyo_Yuji Yamamoto_Handout.pdf
The video of this seminar can be viewed here: http://jat.org/events/videos/turbo_boosting_your_translation_productivity_today_breakthrough_in_quality/
By Wendy McBride, Inhouse Translator
JAT’s Tokyo Activities Committee’s April seminar was presented by Yuji Yamamoto, a leading light in Japanese translation circles, to around 50 E-J and J-E translators, about half of whom were non-JAT members.
The main topic of the seminar was Universal Terminology Exchange (UTX), a glossary format developed by Yamamoto-san and his team at the...
By Wendy McBride, Inhouse Translator
JAT’s Tokyo Activities Committee’s April seminar was presented by Yuji Yamamoto, a leading light in Japanese translation circles, to around 50 E-J and J-E translators, about half of whom were non-JAT members.
The main topic of the seminar was Universal Terminology Exchange (UTX), a glossary format developed by Yamamoto-san and his team at the Asia-Pacific...
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2012 JAT election.
A big thank you to this year’s candidates and to everyone who voted. Congratulations and best of luck in the coming two years to the elected Directors and Auditor.
Winning candidates
Auditor (2-year term)
Frank Moorhead
Directors (2-year terms)
Marian Kinoshita
Koji Himeno
Megumi Kimoto
Karen Sandness
By: Kavita Peterson
Kavita Peterson is a Japanese to English translator working in Kochi Prefecture as a co-ordinator of international relations. She specializes in localisation, particularly pertaining to video games and web sites.
Approximately 55 people came to Shibuya, Tokyo on Saturday, March 17 to attend a seminar on audio-visual translation presented by two translators...
By: Kavita Peterson
Kavita Peterson is a Japanese to English translator working in Kochi Prefecture as a co-ordinator of international relations. She specializes in localisation, particularly pertaining to video games and web sites.
Approximately 55 people came to Shibuya, Tokyo on Saturday, March 17 to attend a seminar on audio-visual translation presented by two translators experienced...
Fellow JAT members,
Voting in this year’s election began today, March 22. A message with a link to your personalized ballot was sent to you by send-only e-mail. Please look for an e-mail titled “2012 JAT Election Ballot.” It may have been routed to your spam or other folder. If you believe you have not received the message, please contact the Webmaster immediately ([email protected]). Note...
Fellow JAT members,
There has been a change to the candidates announced on March 15, after Paul Koehler withdrew his candidacy.
With much regret, the Election Committee accepted Mr. Koehler's withdrawal, as his mind was quite made up and there is no regulation prohibiting a candidate from withdrawing.
Mr. Koehler’s notice of withdrawal can be read on the forum at...
Fellow JAT members,
The 2012 JAT Election Committee is delighted to announce the candidates in this year’s election.
Firstly, a big thank you to all candidates and endorsers for your participation in this election, and our apologies for the delay in making this announcement.
Please contact us immediately at [email protected] if you believe there are any errors or omissions in the list of...
Fellow JAT members,
This is another request from the Election Committee. The message also contains important instructions for candidates and endorsers. Please read all the way to the end.
The Wednesday, March 14 (23:59:59 JST) deadline for registering as a candidate in the 2012 JAT election is fast approaching. However, as can be seen on the forum (http://jat.org/forums/viewforum/3/), we...
Fellow JAT members,
A couple of requests from the Election Committee.
* More candidates needed
As those of you who have been following the election forum will have noticed (http://jat.org/forums/viewforum/3/), not enough members have declared their intention of running in this election at this stage to fill the vacant positions. If this situation continues, it could have implications...
Fellow JAT members,
The 2012 JAT election is about to get underway.
From this year, announcements concerning the election will be sent by send-only e-mail like this one. A forum for the election has also been established at http://jat.org/forums/viewforum/3/. The election forum can be used freely to express opinions, seek endorsers, ask questions and otherwise discuss matters related to...
The Election Committee has produced a manual to help guide current and future committees in conducting elections, and the manual has been approved by the JAT Board. The election manual can be downloaded from the following link. Member login is required to download the manual.
Election Manual
Slides of Koji Inokuchi’s presentation on “Translating ‘Steve Jobs’ made at the February 2012 Tokyo meeting is available for download from the following link:
translating_steve_jobs.pdf