The Ins and Outs of Translating [workshop announcement]

Leader: Frank Baldwin, Translation Service Center

T-Shirts! T-Shirts! T-Shirts! (ref: CY, BD) [SWET T-shirt sale]

Literary Writing and Publishing: [Kansai event announcement]

Speaker: Richard Evanoff, editor of Edge

Proofreading from A to Z (JH) [two-day workshop report]

Leaders: Becky Davis, Susie Schmidt, Suzy Trumbull

Book Sale [report]

Handy Post Office Services (GH) [suspending delivery; express mail]

What Do Editors Want? (JL) [criteria for freelance articles]

Magazines: Winds; Business Tokyo

Resources for Science Editors (PY)

American Medical Writers Association (AMWA); Council of Biology Editors (CBE); European Association of Science Editors (EASE)

Priming the Pump (DR) [adept English in fiction]

Excerpts: The Russia House by John Le Carre

Over Their Shoulders [translation comparisons: humor]

Translators: Doreen Simmons, Suzy Trumbull, Fred Uleman

Tax Troubles for Americans? –[IRS interest in overseas nonfilers]

Help for Graying SWETers [information on pensions, life insurance, wills]

Resource: Now You Live in Japan: A Handbook of Essential Knowledge for Resident Foreigners, published by The Japan Times

SWET's Japan Style Sheet [3rd printing now on sale]