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...]
Announcement: JLD Online Event Video Library
The JLD Tech Team is delighted to announce that the JLD Online Event Video Library will soon be live and available to current JLD members. Here’s a quick rundown of what members need to know: If there are any questions, please reach out to the JLD team: … [Read more...]
ATA65 Session Summary: Don Your Editor’s Hat for Better Japanese into English Translations
Speaker: Syra Morii Session Title: Don Your Editor's Hat for Better Japanese into English Translations Summary Author: Harumi Rudolph 「（誰か・何か）のために～する」を英訳するときには、"for the sake of"と"for the benefit of"をどう使い分けるべきでしょう。例えば、"The parents stayed together ＿＿＿＿＿＿their … [Read more...]
ATA65 Session Summary: 120 Yoko Usui et al–Panel Discussion: Japanese Linguists in the Automotive Industry
Speakers: Yoko Usui, Denise Fisher, Naoko Mizutani, Yuko Seki Rozzell, Phil Soldini Session Title: Panel Discussion: Japanese Linguists in the Automotive Industry Summary Author: Shiho Fukuda Koski In this panel discussion, five experienced Japanese-to-English … [Read more...]
ATA65 Session Summary: 110 Kazumasa Aoyama–Working with Good Helpers in Scientific Translation: Online Research Tools and Resources
Speaker: Kazumasa Aoyama Session Title: Working with Good Helpers in Scientific Translation: Online Research Tools and Resources Summary Author: Doug Durgee While the session title labels it for scientific translation, two reoccurring themes apply to us all: use more … [Read more...]
ATA65 Session Summary: 043 Izumi Suzuki–Interpreting Workshop for Translators
Speaker: Izumi Suzuki Session Title: Interpreting Workshop for Translators Summary Author: Mikoto … [Read more...]
ATA65 Session Summary: 097 Junko Bradley–From Commodity to Valued Partner: Ten Strategies to Stand Out and Transform Your Language Service Business
Speaker: Junko Bradley Session Title: From Commodity to Valued Partner: Ten Strategies to Stand Out and Transform Your Language Service Business Summary Author: Katherine Hall In this session from the last day of ATA65, Junko Bradley shared tips on how to improve one’s … [Read more...]
ATA65 in Portland, Oregon
Coming November 29, 2024 043 Izumi Suzuki--Interpreting Workshop for Translators 097 Junko Bradley--From Commodity to Valued Partner: Ten Strategies to Stand Out and Transform Your Language Service Business 110 Kazumasa Aoyama--Working with Good Helpers in Scientific … [Read more...]
Resource Roundup 3: 少納言 KOTONOHA「現代日本語書き言葉均衡コーパス」
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...]
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