JLD

Japanese Language Division

Review of June Webinar: The Challenges of Websites and Online Marketing Translation Targeting the Japanese Market, and How to Succeed

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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...]

2月の文殊の知恵：Job Scams and Tips to Avoid Them

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今年2月にATAの会員となり、初めてのJLD「文殊の知恵」のテーマは、詐欺について。初回から物騒な話題だなと思いつつの参加でした。まずパネリストの方から、リンギストを狙ったよくある詐欺の手法について説明がありました。代金を払ってもらえないトラブルは耳にしたことがあったのですが、他にも過払い金詐欺、面接詐欺、履歴書詐取といった、今まで知らなかった手法についても説明があり、大変勉強になりました。その後、参加者の方達から体験談の共有があり、実例を聞くと「私も引っかかってしまうかもしれない」と思わされる点が多々ありました。普段カード会社や大手通販サイトを名乗るフィ … [Read more...]

Book Review: Japanese-English Translation – An Advanced Guide by Judy Wakabayashi (Routledge, 2021)

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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...]

ATA 63 Session 033: Getting Unstuck: Using Translation Theory to Get Out of Tough Situations in Media Localization Presented by Katrina Leonoudakis

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In this session, JA>EN audiovisual (AV) translator Katrina Leonoudakis described how translation theory provides a problem-solving toolbox that she relies on in her work localizing Japanese video games and animated TV shows. Translation theory, she argued, can help translators … [Read more...]

ATA 62 DS Session Review – 100 Ways to Translate Yoroshiku Onegai Shimasu: Twin Tower Analogy and Application of Pragmatics and Speech Act Theory in Interpreter Training

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Presented by Professor Tomoko Tamura, International Christian University Although this presentation was aimed at interpreters, who often have to think on their feet, it was interesting to translators like me, who often translate texts that have some subjective or emotional … [Read more...]

ATA62 Distinguished Speaker Presentation – Police Interpreters from Vose (1892, Massachusetts) to Lopez-Ramos (2019, Minnesota): “Conduit” Shifted the Paradigm from the Sixth Amendment to the Fifth Amendment

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Presented by Tomoko Tamura 田村智子 2021年10月に開催されたATA 62nd Annual Conferenceにて国際基督教大学准教授の田村智子先生によるセッション「Police Interpreters from Vose (1892, Massachusetts) to Lopez-Ramos (2019, Minnesota): “Conduit” Shifted the Paradigm from the Sixth Amendment to the Fifth … [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）

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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...]