{"id":57,"date":"2018-10-26T10:33:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T14:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2026-10-18T20:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T00:45:34","slug":"about-the-jld","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/about-the-jld\/","title":{"rendered":"About the JLD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Several decades ago&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Japanese Language Division (JLD) first came into unofficial existence in 1984 and was formally sanctioned by the ATA in 1987 as the first language-specific group within the organization. The JLD is a means of offering communication among its members and of providing information and services to its members in specific fields of interest related to translation to\/from the Japanese language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Official JLD reports, including Governance Reports and the Annual Meeting minutes, are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp\/about-the-jld\/jld-governance-reports\/\">here<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Join the JLD!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joining the JLD is just a click away! Your ATA annual dues include membership in any or all of ATA&#8217;s 16 professional-interest divisions at no additional charge. Any ATA members can join the JLD through the ATA member-only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atanet.org\/divisions\/division_admin.php\">online system.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">JLD Officers &amp; Contributing Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For past officers, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp\/about-the-jld\/past-jld-officers\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Administrators<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JLD Administrator: Syra Morii<br>\nAssistant Administrator: Kazumasa Aoyama<br>\nSecretary: Harumi Rudolph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Planning Committee<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kazumasa Aoyama<br>\naudra lincoln<br>\nSyra Morii<br>\nHarumi Rudolph<br>\nHajime Sato<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tech Team<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kazumasa Aoyama<br> Shiho Fukuda Koski<br> Hana Kawashima-Ransom<br> Junko Kusuda<br> Kazumi Ohira<br> audra lincoln<br> Syra Morii<br> Akiko Sasaki-Summers<br> Hajime Sato<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Editorial Committee<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Committee Chair: audra lincoln<br> Blog Editor: Tsubasa Mine<br> Blog Editor: Tomoko Herbert<br> Blog Editor:  Nadine Edwards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Webmaster<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Webmaster: audra lincoln<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several decades ago&#8230; The Japanese Language Division (JLD) first came into unofficial existence in 1984 and was formally sanctioned by the ATA in 1987 as the first language-specific group within the organization. The JLD is a means of offering communication among its members and of providing information and services to its members in specific fields [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-57","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1766,"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions\/1766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}