On June 30th, the ATA’s Japanese Language Division (JLD) hosted a webinar titled “The Challenges of Websites and Online Marketing Translation Targeting the Japanese Market, and How to Succeed” featuring Motoko Hunt as the speaker. Ms. Hunt started the webinar off with … [Read more...]
Book Review: Japanese-English Translation – An Advanced Guide by Judy Wakabayashi (Routledge, 2021)
Japanese-to-English is recognized by many as one of the hardest-to-translate major language pairs because of the linguistic and cultural distances between the two languages. Even compared to the other direction, Japanese-to-English translation is more difficult, I think, because … [Read more...]
Hello from the JLD and information on joining our activities
Hello everyone, This is your current administrator, Paul Koehler. Welcome back to the blog. Apologies as the website has been quiet recently. However, we as a division have been quite busy and continuing our activities both at the conference and in between with our online … [Read more...]
JLD 2018-2019 Leadership Council
Dear JLD Members, The JLD Administration is happy to announce to you the new 2018-2019 Leadership Council. ********** Planning Committee: Chair: Yoshihiro Mochizuki, JLD Administrator Secretary: Paul Koehler CélineSutherland Browning, JLD Assistant Administrator Kazumasa … [Read more...]
ATA 59 JLD Session Summary 2: Interpreting English Figures of Speech:The Importance of Finding Themes or Main Ideas
Presented by: Etsuko Yashiki Good Etsuko Yashiki Good has a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Doshisha University and master’s degrees in linguistics and international affairs. In 1998, she established Japan Business Center, where she has been working as a … [Read more...]
Spring Edition of JLD Times 2018
Dear JLD Members, Our Spring edition of the JLD times is up on this link for your viewing pleasure. We are in the process of moving our website and blog to a new platform, so for now, the session summaries can be read through this platform under December and November 2017 … [Read more...]
14 Years of JLD Sessions
Nadine EdwardsJLD AdministratorFor a few years, the leadership of the Japanese Language Division has been trying to find ways to encourage feedback regarding topics and type of sessions members want at the annual conference. Earlier this year, JLD Member Y. Usui volunteered … [Read more...]
E>J Certification Workshop @ATA58
An update...ATA 英＞日認定試験ワークショップのお知らせ （English into Japanese Workshop only） … [Read more...]
Down But Not Out – Strategies to Remain Active While Work is Slow
By: JLD Member Paul KoehlerThose of us who have been working as freelancers for any length of time know that one of the most difficult things to deal with can be the uneven nature of the work. Whenever people ask me about my schedule, I always use the stock phrase "feast or … [Read more...]
望月先生のご出身地は？
Interviewed by Rika … [Read more...]
