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...]
International Translation Day 2024
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...]
Resource Roundup 2: Reading Japanese with a Smile
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...]
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」
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...]
“Interview with Educators” series Vol. 4: Ms. Hana Kawashima Ransom
Hello readers! The JLD Editorial Committee is pleased to bring you the fourth installment of our "Interview with Educators" series with Hana Kawashima Ransom. Hana Kawashima Ransom is an ATA-certified English-Japanese translator based in Texas. She has more than 30 years of … [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...]
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...]
