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SWET Newsletter, Number 38

The Art of the Interview [panel discussion announcement]

Panelists: David Benjamin, Christine Chapman, Damon Darlin; Jared Lubarsky (moderator)

Second Spring Book Fair [announcement]

Our Working Tools (SS) [workshop report: research and reference tools]

Leaders: Gerry Harcourt [translator], Mark Schreiber [writer], Suzy Trumbull [editor]

A Translator's Library (GH)

Books: Modern Japanese Literature in Translation; Japanese Literature Today; A Reader of Handwritten... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 37

Our Working Tools: Getting the Most Out of References [workshop announcement]

Leaders: Gerry Harcourt, Suzy Trumbull

1989 Directory [publication schedule; call for changes, additions]

Conviviality [report: New Year party]

A Talk With James Fallows (JA) [report: magazine and book publishing]

The magazine market; The book market; What to write

An Oasis [SWET membership dues]

SWET for Profit: Financial Planning (ALB) [considerations and steps]

Hot... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 36

Getting Started: Washington and Asia [announcement]

Speaker: James Fallows

Waiting for a Written Invitation? [call for Newsletter contributions]

Happy New Year [announcement: New Year party]

Rewriting with the Pros (SS) [workshop report]

Leaders: Anne Blasing, Laurie Berman, Jiho Sargent, Doreen Simmons

Uneclipsed Summer Party (LER) [report]

Better Than Shopping Bags (FMU) [review]

Book: Japan Inc.: An Introduction to Japanese Economics (The Comic... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 35

Beer Bash Planned [announcement]

Books Galore [report: SWET used-book fair]

The Graying of SWET (LER) [financial security considerations for later years]

Proofreading from A to Z (GH) [workshop report]

Leaders: Suzy Schmidt, Becky Davis, Suzy Trumbull

Watching Your Language (GR) [workshop report: discriminatory language]

Leaders: Jocelyn Ford, Mary Pasti, William Wetherall

Hardware Info Exchange (MS)

Product: Epson VP-800 dot matrix printer

Rough Words... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 34

Toward Discrimination-free Language [workshop announcement]

Leaders: William Wetherall, Jocelyn Ford

Proofreading from A to Z [workshop announcement]

Leaders: Susie Schmidt, Suzy Trumbull, Becky Davis

Panel on Nonbiased Communication (FB) [seminar report]

Panelists: Susan Chira, New York Times; Jim Smith, Associated Press; Kazue Suzuki, Asahi News Service; Suzy Trumbull (moderator)

The Times on Women [New York Times guidelines on words relating... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 33

Fourth Annual Super SWET Special [book publishers discounts]

New Year Party [announcement]

New This Year: Child Care

Toppan Toured (EW) [report: printing plant tour]

Asahi Shimbun Revisited (GW) [report: newspaper tour]

Technicalities: STC Opens a Tokyo Chapter [organization description: The Society for Technical Communications]

Hard Questions [editorial evaluation criteria]

Ask the Publishing Hexpert [underlining type to be italicized]

Janglish [examples of Japanized English]

Over Their Shoulders [translation... more