{"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":"2026-01-11T15:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T20:40:00","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":"<h2><strong>Several decades ago&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>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<p><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<h2>Join the JLD!<\/h2>\n<p>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<h2>JLD Officers &amp; Contributing Members<\/h2>\n<p>For past officers, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp\/about-the-jld\/past-jld-officers\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Administrators<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">JLD Administrator: Syra Morii<br \/>\nAssistant Administrator: Kazumasa Aoyama<br \/>\nSecretary: Harumi Rudolph<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Planning Committee<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Kazumasa Aoyama<br \/>\naudra lincoln<br \/>\nSyra Morii<br \/>\nHarumi Rudolph<br \/>\nHajime Sato<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tech Team<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Kazumasa Aoyama<br \/>\nNadine Edwards<br \/>\nShiho Fukuda Koski<br \/>\nAkemi Grab<br \/>\nHana Kawashima-Ransom<br \/>\nJunko Kusuda<br \/>\naudra lincoln<br \/>\nSyra Morii<br \/>\nNoriko Nevins<br \/>\nKazumi Ohira<br \/>\nAkiko Sasaki-Summers<br \/>\nHajime Sato<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Editorial Committee<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Committee Chair: audra lincoln<br \/>\nBlog Editor: Tsubasa Mine<br \/>\nBlog Editor: Tomoko Herbert<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Webmaster<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">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":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57"}],"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":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1485,"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions\/1485"}],"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}]}}