Dear Editorial Staff,I stuck my hand up at the recent ATA conference to lead the charge to bring the JLD Times back to life.  Luckily, thanks to you with a few surgeons and nurses to help lead the charge, I hope we can make this a valuable, useful tool and resource for our … [Read more...]

日本語への翻訳で「生産性向上」と聞けば、期待感が膨らむのは筆者だけではない。ヨーロッパ言語に比べ、ローマ字入力・カナ漢字変換が日本語の入力効率を大幅に落としている点は避けようもない。一方、洗練された日本語入力ソフトも近年現れてきたが、そうしたソフトを入手し、十分に時間を掛けて評価する機会は誰しも少ないのではないか。Windows … [Read more...]

Kozo Igi, PhD and Mizuho Iwamoto, PhD presented the JLD workshop, "Terminology-Focused Basic Chemistry." This workshop provided a general overview of chemistry terminology important for scientific translation. During the first half of the workshop, Dr. Igi covered basic chemistry … [Read more...]

by Etsuko Yashiki Good, Japanese < > English Interpreter & TranslatorDid you ever get a call or inquiry to be a Check Interpreter in a legal case?  You began to wonder what the Check Interpreter’s job is in a deposition setting.  So you begin asking … [Read more...]

Submit a Presentation Proposal for ATA's Annual Conference______________________________________________________The American Translators Association is now acceptingpresentation proposals for ATA's 54th Annual Conferencein San Antonio, Texas (November 6-9, 2013).More than 1,500 … [Read more...]

by R. A (Bob) Lyon, Section Head R&D Proctor and GambleThe objective of the talk was to outline the process of drug development, the principles underlying this process and some of the associated terminology and techniques.Drugs are exogenous substances that bring about a … [Read more...]

Welcome to the JLD Times, the Japanese Language Division’s newsletter & blog.With the summer 2010 relaunch of the JLD Times in its new blog format, the JLD Editorial Committee would like to give our members an overview of why we have chosen this format for the website, the … [Read more...]

ATA JapaneseEnglish Certification Workshopのお知らせ2010年ATA Conferenceが、10月27日～30日、コロラド州デンバーで開催されますが、今年も日本語部門（JLD）のセッションの一つにJapaneseEnglish Certification Workshopがあります。(Session J-7, 8:30-9:30am, Saturday, October 30, … [Read more...]

As the JLD Administrator, Courtney MacNab is the perfect choice for our inaugural interview. JLD members already acquainted with her will welcome the opportunity to learn more about her, and those who don’t attend conferences will enjoy meeting her for the first time. I first … [Read more...]

By Alex KentPhotos by Felicia SeveneI had been working using a computer hutch that I found on Craigslist. That turned out to be a disaster in terms of pain in my neck, wrist, shoulders, etc. I ditched the hutch, and for a while, I was working with a smaller monitor mounted on a … [Read more...]