Articles
May 1, 1999
SWET Newsletter, Number 85
SWET on Thursdays [event announcements]
Writing Workshop [support, critiquing]
Leader: Tim Young, writer
Writing with Pictures [famous Japanese documentary photographs]
Leader: Phil Ono, photographer
Narration and Script Translation [writing for narrators and listeners]
Presenters: Tom Gally, translator; Doreen Simmons, narrator
From the Trenches
Translating Popular Fiction 2 (PG) [fiction categories of U.S. publishers]
SWET in... more
March 1, 1999
SWET Newsletter, Number 84
Regular SWET Meetings Begin [event announcements]
Translation 101 [advice for beginning translators]
Presenter: Fred Uleman, translator
Researching, Writing, Publishing, and Promoting Non-fiction Books
Presenter: Mark Schilling, non-fiction writer
Writers' Forum [invitation to gather for mutual support and critiquing]
Proposer: Tim Young, writer
1999 SWET Book Fair [announcement]
Over Their Shoulders: Translation as a Team Process (LER,... more
December 1, 1998
SWET Newsletter, Number 83
A Published Novelist Tells (Almost) All (PH)
Subheadings: The Writing Life, On Getting Published, Business Matters
Dear Aunt Eva (DS) [a client's-eye view of "high-quality" English]
Directory Updates Please! [call for changes, additions]
Cyberjargon Corner: A guide for the perplexed (PF)
cybonics; dotspeak; e-commerce; eyeballs; Internetesia; Johnny E-lately; leaky Windows; net noir; Office 1900; streaming; technorealist; Webographics; Webonomics; Web portals
Book Review (LER)
October 1, 1998
SWET Newsletter, Number 82
An Author's View of Publishing (DD)
Featured: Judith Clancy
Subheadings: Inception of a Book; Publishing Realities; Marketing Footwork; Worth the Price
Dear Aunt Eva (DS) [working with a partner: agreeing on work policies]
Random Sample: What are the Three Treasures on Your Desk? (RSM) [favorite low-tech items]
Featured: Susumu Ando, technical translator; Anthony Charlton, translator/editor/write; Gerry Harcourt, translator; Murray... more
August 17, 1998
Picky Partner
by Doreen Simmons
Business partnerships, like marriages, can easily get derailed without toleration, cooperation, and mutual understand of the partners’ intended roles. Aunt Eva casts a seasoned eye over the hazards, and shepherds us along the path of harmony.
Dear Aunt Eva,
My friend Adam Ant and I recently formed a partnership to do translation and editing work. Already,... more
July 20, 1998
Teacher to Rewriter
by Doreen Simmons
It takes courage to change not only your job but also your career; but it is becoming increasingly common. A correspondent wonders aloud whether she has all her skills in place for the change. Aunt Eva, who has already had several of her proverbial nine lives, offers a few basic suggestions.
Dear Aunt Eva:
Tiring of... more