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JLD文殊の知恵 「Tools for Translators in December 2024」感想文

January 23, 2025 By JLD Administrator Leave a Comment

今回の「文殊の知恵」は、翻訳者が普段使用しているツールがテーマで、皆さんから多くの有益な情報が共有されました。 セッションの前半には机、椅子、モニター、キーボード、マウスなど、ハードウェア系のツールが紹介されました。個人的に特に印象に残ったのは椅子です。翻訳者は長い時間、同じ体勢での作業を強いられるので、背中や腰への負担が少ない椅子は不可欠です。今回紹介されていた椅子の中には10万円を超える高価なものもありましたが、自分の健康寿命が延びることを考えると、必要な投資なのかもしれません。椅子の代替品としてバランスボールが紹介されていたので、私もクローゼッ … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blog posts, Event summary, JLD Events, translation, 感想文, 文殊の知恵

JLD文殊の知恵 「文殊の知恵サマリー」感想文

January 23, 2025 By JLD Administrator Leave a Comment

 2024年12月の文殊の知恵は「翻訳者の生産性や業務を向上させるツール」をテーマに、ご準備くださった資料にしたがってツールを紹介くださり、くわえてツールに詳しい方々から補足説明がありました。  まず、ハード面でのツールでは机、椅子、モニター、キーボード、マウスやその他周辺機器の紹介がありました。 作業中の姿勢一つを取っても、皆さんがいろいろと工夫されていて興味深く拝聴しました。近未来的な形の機器は見ているだけでも面白かったです。立って作業をされる方のお話を聞いて、高さが自由に変えられる作業机とバランスボールでの作業を試してみたいと思いましたが … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blog posts, Event summary, JLD Events, translation, 感想文, 文殊の知恵

JLD文殊の知恵「翻訳者のためのツール」感想文

January 10, 2025 By JLD Administrator Leave a Comment

12月13日・14日、JLD文殊の知恵「翻訳者のためのツール」感想文 クリスマス前の忙しい時期に、参加者計29人が集まりました。また、それぞれが、自分の使っている椅子や机について、スライドを見ながらコメントして、参加型で活発に意見交換や質問ができました。 Standing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blog posts, Event summary, JLD Events, 感想文, 文殊の知恵

2024年ワード・オブ・ザ・イヤー

December 31, 2024 By JLD Administrator Leave a Comment

With 2024 coming to an end, English-language dictionaries have released their 2024 Word of the Year. In Japan as well, the Kanji of the Year, U-Can Shingo Ryukogo Taisho and Internet Buzzword Award have also been announced. Let’s take a look! まずは2024年「今年の漢字」です。今年はずばり「金」 … [Read more...]

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2024 Words of the Year

December 28, 2024 By JLD Administrator Leave a Comment

As the year winds down, dictionaries in the U.S. have been busy unveiling their Word of the Year for 2024. Let’s take a look at the English words that made it to the top of the word pack in 2024. (We’ll introduce the Japanese Word of the Year winners in a separate blog post.) … [Read more...]

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Resource Roundup 3: 少納言 KOTONOHA「現代日本語書き言葉均衡コーパス」

October 14, 2024 By JLD Administrator Leave a Comment

Hello, everyone! For this installment of the Resource Roundup series, we are looking at Shonagon (少納言), an online corpus of contemporary written Japanese maintained by the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL, 国立国語研究所). Why I find this resource … [Read more...]

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International Translation Day 2024

September 27, 2024 By JLD Administrator Leave a Comment

September 30 is International Translation Day. This date was chosen because it also marks the feast day of St. Jerome, a monastic leader who translated most of the Bible from Greek into Latin1 and the patron saint of translators, librarians, and encyclopedists2. The International … [Read more...]

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Resource Roundup 2: Reading Japanese with a Smile

September 14, 2024 By JLD Administrator Leave a Comment

Reading Japanese with a Smile Author: Tom Gally Amazon I have been learning and using Japanese for more than 20 years and while I do well enough, I am also extraordinarily aware of my shortcomings. Despite years of study and a plethora of programs, there has always been a … [Read more...]

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Resource Roundup 1: 「チームを動かすIT英語実践マニュアル 」& 「AWSの基本・仕組み・重要用語が全部わかる教科書」

August 31, 2024 By JLD Administrator Leave a Comment

As translators and interpreters, we are by definition curious, lifelong learners. And just like any other profession, we need to update and expand our skillset on a regular basis. Especially now, with new technologies and content coming out all the time, it can be hard to keep up … [Read more...]

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JLD’s Resource Roundup

August 30, 2024 By JLD Administrator Leave a Comment

The JLD Editorial Committee is excited to announce a new, intermittent series called “Resource Roundup.” This series is meant to provide our community with thoughtful reviews of our favorite professional resources. Those resources could be in the form of a book about translation … [Read more...]

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