SWET Newsletter, Number 19

Year-End Party (ref: LER) [announcement]

Super SWET Special [additional discount to members]

Book: Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan

Is the Future Here? [preview: report on machine translation demonstration]

The W/P and Me (JB) [report: panel discussion on word processing use]

Panelists: Barbara Adachi, Peter Goodman, Wendy Holdenson, John McCreery, Fred Uleman

I Before E (Reprise) [mnemonic sentence: words with "ei"]

Howzzat Again? Or, Getting It Write Wright Right [misspellings, similar-word substitution]

Book Mavin at Work: Year-end Treasures

Books: Webster's Medical Speller: 35,000 Medical Words Spelled and Divided; Webster's Legal Speller: 28,000 Legal Words Spelled and Divided

Book Mavin at Work: Update

Books: Writer's Market [now available]; Bookmaking [price hike]

Japan Book News [periodical: Japanese publishing industry]

SWET Regrets [numbers errata re periodical Winds]

Calling All Mystery Writers [announcement: Suntory writing competition]

The SWET Bestsellers [top 9 books ordered to date]

Ask the Publishing Hexpert [explaining English proofing marks to Japanese typesetters]

Japan's Bestsellers [Japanese-language top 20 books, various genres]

Help with Korean (KEJ) [romanizing Korean names: recommendations]

Book: Tong-A Sin Hwalyong Okppyon (To-A Shin Katsuyo Gyokuhen)

Book Service Update [book ordering progress]

Book Service Notice [new address notice]

The Guest Mavin [book reviews]

(BCA) The Well-Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed

(SS) The Transitive Vampire: A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed

(JC) Media Law: A Handbook for the Working Journalist

(BD) The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

(TAM) Legal Care for Your Software

Turkey Shoot [humorous examples: J-E mistranslation]

Vive la French Space [one space between sentences]

The SWETStars [report: WordStar users meeting]

SWETStars Tips (YS, GS) [WordStar user tips]

Directory Update

Changes/Corrections/Additions

New Members

SWET Begins 5th Year

What's the Good Word? [proper English for everyday Japanese words: examples, call for submissions]