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...
The 2009 JAT election is over. Total turnout was 48.5%. Summary results
are below, followed by detailed breakdowns. Thanks to all who ran in the
election and to all the JAT members who voted. And congratulations to
all the successful candidates and commiserations to those who were
unsuccessful. Results are also available in PDF format.
Auditor: Emily Shibata-Sato (two-year term)
Directors...
Here are the results of the votes taken by the JAT board. The results are all password protected. When you are prompted to enter a password, please enter "jatto" without quotation marks to view the vote report.
For Past Board Votes 2007.7 - 2012.12, click here.
JAT Board Vote: eJuku session by George Tokikuni
JAT Board Vote: Interpreters' 20130223 meeting
JAT Board Vote: Formation of...
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年春号（本日発売）にはPhil Robertsonさんが「The Good, the Bad and the Ugly-Ensuring Quality in Japanese to English Translation 」という記事を寄稿しました。
次号（5月21日発売）はJim Hubbertさんが audio-visual translation について語ります。
通訳翻訳WEB
The 2009 JAT board election cycle is under way!
The election schedule is as follows:
Feb 1 – Mar 21 (00:00 JST): Submission of candidate statements
Members looking to stand for election should fill in the candidacy form.
Per the bylaws, candidates should supply full name, gender, nationality, address of current residence, home telephone number, and e-mail address. Candidates must have...
The judges of the 5th annual JAT translation contest for new and aspiring translators have made their final decision, and the results are as follows:
The semi-finalists, in order of the numbers assigned to their entries, were:
4. Alexander Farrell
17. Miyako Dubois
25. Grayson Shepard
30. Mark Kelly
79. Darryl Wee
83. Jonathan Merz
After much deliberation, the judges awarded prizes as...
JAT's SoCal meeting and bonenkai will be held on Saturday, Dec. 27 from 4 p.m., followed by dinner at 6 p.m.
Details:
Speaker: Maynard Hogg
Title: TM's dirty little secrets: What vendors won't tell you.
Date: December 27, 2008
Time: 4 p.m., followed by dinner at 6 p.m.
Place: Crown Plaza Los Angeles Airport hotel (5985 Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045; 310-642-7500)
Cost: $10 (free...
JAT’s Kansai (KAT) Bonenkai will be held on Tuesday, December 23, from 7 pm.
Details:
Date: December 23, 2008
Time: 19:00-21:00
Place: SOLVIVA Umeda
大阪市北区茶屋町19-1 梅田芸術劇場1F >> MAP TEL: 06-6377-1333
Cost: Regular dinner plan (3,900 yen), *Christmas plan (4,800 yen)
*Comes with two entrées (fish and meat).
RSVP from here by December 20.
If you live in the Kansai area, this is a great...
JAT's December meeting will be held on Saturday, December 13, from 14:00pm to 17:00, followed by the annual bounenkai. Details follow. Please note that the venue has changed from KIRARA to 東天紅.
Details for JAT-TAC’s December Meeting
Theme: Book Translation
Panelists: Fred Uleman, Emily Shibata-Sato, and Alison Watts
Date: December 13, 2008
Time: 14:00 – 17:00
Place: 東天紅, Ebisu Garden Place...
The finalists for the 5th Annual JAT Contest for New and Aspiring Translators have been announced, for both the Japanese to English and English to Japanese sections.
Much thanks to our hard-working contest organizers and semifinal judges (JE: Nora Stevens Heath, Mark Stevenson, Ko Iwata; EJ: Takaaki Aono, Mayumi Adachi, Kiyoshi Fujimura) for making this happen.
The final results will be...