{"id":85,"date":"2017-12-11T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T21:22:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-10-26T11:00:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T15:00:46","slug":"ata-58-session-summary-j-5-japanese-interpreting-and-translating-in-the-north-american-automotive-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/2017\/12\/11\/ata-58-session-summary-j-5-japanese-interpreting-and-translating-in-the-north-american-automotive-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"ATA 58 Session Summary – J-5: Japanese Interpreting and Translating in the North American Automotive Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ATA 2017 JLD Session Review<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Getting \u201cGung Ho!\u201d: Japanese Interpreting and Translating in the<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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North America Automotive Sector<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Presenters: Denise Fisher, Mary Goudreau, Paul Koehler, Shizuka Matsunaga, and James<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Review by Allyson Larimer<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This group of panelists held a wealth of experience in the Japanese automotive industry. <\/span>James and Denise both had long careers with Honda R&D in Ohio and later transitioned to <\/span>freelance interpreting. Paul works as a contractor to Honda R&D in Los Angeles. Shizuka<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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and Mary both work at major Honda suppliers, with experience both translating and <\/span>interpreting, and managing other translators.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Each presenter gave an overview of what their work load was like in an average day. Most <\/span>do a mix of translating and interpreting each day. Some were expected to work primarily <\/span>into their A language, while others did a both. However, in most of the companies the <\/span>panelists represent, there were people on staff who specialized in one discipline (either <\/span>translation or interpretation). They pointed out that this kind of specialized position was <\/span>more common in larger companies. Smaller suppliers were more likely to seek someone <\/span>who could both translate and interpret in both directions. They also discussed the fact <\/span>that Honda had more language support staff, whereas Toyota, Nissan, and other Japanese <\/span>companies tend to rely more on contractors.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The panel discussed some of the benefits of working in-house in the automotive sector. All <\/span>presenters emphasized the appeal of working on a <\/span>long term project that ends in the <\/span>creation of a new car that goes into the market. Shizuka mentioned the flow of work; <\/span>getting to follow a problem from its discovery to its resolution. Jim mentioned the benefit <\/span>of having engineers around who can explain the technology to you. <\/span>Because of the benefit of getting to work one-on-one with engineers and other translators, <\/span>all panelists recommended working in-house at some point in one\u2019s career, particularly for <\/span>those who are just getting started or want to build a new specialty.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ATA 2017 JLD Session Review Getting \u201cGung Ho!\u201d: Japanese Interpreting and Translating in the North America Automotive Sector Presenters: Denise Fisher, Mary Goudreau, Paul Koehler, Shizuka Matsunaga, and James Patrick Review by Allyson Larimer This group of panelists held a wealth of experience in the Japanese automotive industry. James and Denise both had long careers with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","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":""},"categories":[11,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191,"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/JLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}