Dear JLD members, We are happy to announce our Division Annual Meeting information! Please go to this link- https://ata61.org/division-annual-meetings/ to see the time and obtain the meeting link. This meeting is open to ALL JLD members and does not require a conference … [Read more...]

Dear JLD members, The link to the JLD Meet Up session during ATA61 is now available. Please note that this Meetup is for JLD members only. To join, please follow the instructions prompted when opening Zoom. However, the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Language Division which … [Read more...]

Dear JLD Members,   Please take a look at our newest edition of the JLD Times. We have some follow-up content we are planning after the conference and hope to gain some of your feedback. Please also note, although not listed in the article,  there are 2 cross-over … [Read more...]

Dear JLD members, We hope that you are all well during this busy, beautiful, and festive season. ATA 60 in Palm Springs is just around the corner and we look forward to seeing many of you there. As a way to refresh our memories on what took place during our time in New … [Read more...]

Dear JLD Members, Please take a look at the minutes from last year's Annual Meeting to see if you have any motions to raise. ATA59 Annual Meeting Minutes Also, the agenda for the upcoming meeting is listed as well. Please contact us with any questions in the mean time … [Read more...]

JLDの皆さまへ新年、明けましておめでとうございます。年末年始はゆっくり静養されたことと存じます。今年はJLDウェブサイトとブログの刷新、Facebook等のソーシャルメディアの充実を第一目標に、JLDの益々の発展を目指して邁進していきたいと思います。2018年もATAとJLDをよろしくお願いいたします。Dear JLD members,Happy New Year! We hope that you had a lovely and restful Holiday.We would like to tell you that our aim for … [Read more...]

To all translators who use and/or are interested in using various programs and tools in their work:This is Paul Koehler, chair of the Japan Association of Translators (JAT) JATTOOLS SIG and a member of the American Translators Association. I am pleased to ‎invite members of the … [Read more...]

講演者; Izumi Suzuki（鈴木いづみ）報告者: Satoko Nielsen （ニールセン智子）　鈴木いづみ氏はこれまでにもしばしばATA会議で通訳ワークショップを行ってくださっているが、今回は今までと少し趣が違い、短期記憶力の改善法に焦点を絞ったものであった。通常のメモ取りを中心とした通訳のトレーニング方法ではなかなか進展がみられず、むしろ通訳のスキルを磨くには短期記憶力を改善した方が効果が上がるのではないかとの認識によるものである。（ところで興味深いことに、たまたまATA Chronical の7月号にもRoda … [Read more...]

I would like to thank all the people who made the JLD, and ATA, activities possible at the Conference.  I think this year was another resounding success.  It was the second most attended ATA conference in ATA history.  Also thanks to James, Nadine, Hiro, Hiroki and … [Read more...]

Dear JLD,The Annual Conference in Chicago is right around the corner. I hope to see many of you there!Wednesday night things kick off with the Welcome Reception at 6pm, and immediately following at 7pm we will have our Division Open House as we do every year. I believe we will be … [Read more...]