Dear JLD Members,Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you had a relaxing holiday.Although not even a month has passed since the ATA Conference in San Antonio, the planning process for next year's conference in Chicago is already beginning. The deadline for Distinguished Speaker proposals … [Read more...]

Welcome to San Antonio and the ATA 54th Annual Conference!Japanese Language Division Open HouseGET CONNECTED1.     Join the … [Read more...]

ATA 54th Annual ConferenceSan Antonio, TexasNovember 6-9, 2013www.atanet.org/conf/2013ATA members can SAVE 20% when they registerby October 1.Register Now!https://www.atanet.org/conf/2013/register.htm__________________________________________________Rev up the excitement! Check … [Read more...]

"Mark Spahn" <markspahn@verizon.net> Sep 23 03:17AM -0400 The best relationship between a translator and a translationagency is one that minimizes the non-essentials of themoney-for-translation transaction. But some agencies arefond of establishing a legalistic … [Read more...]

by Tracy Miller  It was a cold night in January a few years ago when I received a phone call very late.   "You don't know me, but I'm a friend of the family whose son disappeared on Mt. Fuji.  You may have heard about it on the news," replied an … [Read more...]

ATA 54th Annual ConferenceSan Antonio, TexasNovember 6-9, 2013www.atanet.org/conf/2013ATA members can SAVE 20% when they registerby October 1.Register Now!https://www.atanet.org/conf/2013/register.htm__________________________________________________WHAT IS THE ATA ANNUAL … [Read more...]

Please share your ideas if you have more or different ones.Templates - Case Reports, Government Forms (marriage, koseki), Patents, etc. I would be happy to share mine (marriage registration forms, case report outlines). I just spent a long time scouring the internet for the … [Read more...]

From the University of Michigan Health System Interpreter Services ProgramMastering complex medical terms can be hard. UMHS Interpreter Services' Medical Terminology and Body Systems course makes it easier.This great 40-hour course is ideal for medical interpreters, and everyone … [Read more...]

If you're an interpreter/translator in Michigan, don't miss the MITIN Annual Conference.  It's well worth a trip to Novi to make new contacts with colleagues.  It's also a great warm-up for the ATA coming in November. For more information, go to the … [Read more...]

The Nominating Committee of the Japanese Language Division is pleased to announce that thefollowing Division members have been nominated as candidates in the upcoming election ofofficers:Administrator: Mr. James (Jim) PatrickAssistant Administrator: Ms. Nadine A. EdwardsPlease … [Read more...]