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...]
ATA63 Session 170: Wrestling Big Animals in English to Japanese Patent Translation（英日特許翻訳の巨獣と格闘する）
Session 170: Wrestling Big Animals in English to Japanese Patent Translation スピーカー：青山一正 (Kazumasa Aoyama) 青山さんによるこのセッションは、前回ミネアポリスで行われた「Taming Tiny Beasts in English to Japanese Patent Translation: English Function Words and Common Short … [Read more...]
JLD Times Spring 2020 is here!
Dear JLD members, We hope that you are doing well during the uncertain times of COVID 19. With a bit of delay, the Spring 2020 edition of the JLD Times is now available for your viewing pleasure. Please send us comments and feedback if you would like, and we encourage many … [Read more...]
Japanese Orthographic Variants in CAT Tool Translation and What You Can Do About It
Continuation of an article previously written by JLD Member Noriko NevinsPart 2: Japanese Orthographic Variants in CAT Tool Translation and What You Can Do About ItIn Part 1: The Problem with Japanese Orthographic Variants in CAT Tool Translation, I wrote about the surprising … [Read more...]
機械翻訳について考える～FITコングレスとJTF翻訳祭に参加して
機械翻訳について考える～FITコングレスとJTF翻訳祭に参加して報告者：丸岡英明8月3日～5日にオーストラリアのブリスベンで開催されたFITコングレスと、11月29日に東京で開催されたJTF翻訳祭に参加しました。FITとは、Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs（International Federation of … [Read more...]
For Project Managers and Translators
Japanese Orthographic Variants in CAT Tool Based Translationand What You Can Do About It -- Part 1 of 2by JLD Member Noriko Nevins,ATA-Certified (E>J) TranslatorThis writing is for Project Managers unfamiliar with the intricacies of Japanese orthographic rules and Japanese … [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...]
Session J-10: Readability Matters, Insist on Human Touch to Stay Competitive Presented by Naoko Uchida
Summarized by Rika Mitrikローカリゼーション分野でコンテンツの和訳を手掛ける内田順子さんが訳質の問題がどのような経緯を経て出てくるのか事例を挙げながら説明してくれました。誤訳ではないけれど、ターゲット言語である日本語では不自然な表現がいくつもの工程を経た後でも残ってしまうのはなぜなのでしょうか。ローカリゼーションの現場では翻訳の質を数値データにして評価するためにLQA（Linguistic Quality Assurance: … [Read more...]
IJET-28 Columbus, April 8 – 9, Early Bird ends today Feb. 14
IJET-28 in Columbus, Ohio, USA (April 8-9, 2017) Did you know? This year’s International Japanese-English Translation Conference (IJET) has been approved for seven (7) ATA continuing education points. IJET-28 Columbus will feature over 30 sessions on … [Read more...]
ATA 2015: “Two Roads Diverged…”: Making Good Choices in Japanese-into-English Translation
ATA 56th Annual Conference Session J2Thursday, Nov 05, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMSession Summary byDrew FernandoAs you probably already guessed by the allusion to the famous poem by Robert Frost, Session J-2 dealt with choosing between the possible options when translating from Japanese … [Read more...]