Articles
September 8, 2011
Qualifying as a Translator
by Lynne E. Riggs
"The world in 1991 badly needs trained, experienced Japanese-to-English translators—not just people who know both English and Japanese and have fancy computer setups, but people educated for the job of translating messages in one language to those in another."
In the 20 years that have passed since I wrote this, many hardworking, experienced translators... more
July 5, 2011
SWET Newsletter, No. 128
Remembering March 11, 2011: Stories • Bob Gavey, Anna Husson Isozaki, William Wetherall, David Gilman-Frederick, Asakura Kazuko SWET Events Editing for Better Nonfiction Translation • Lynne E. Riggs David Moreton on Publishing the Diaries of an English P.O.W. • David Gilman-Frederick From the Trenches Newsletter News • SWET Newsletter Editorial Team Book Review Awa Naoko in Translation • Misa Dikengil Lindberg Remembering March 11,... more
May 31, 2011
Thinking Forward: SWET Starts Its Fourth Decade
by Lynne E. Riggs
Only a few blocks away from the apartment building in Aoyama where, in November 1980, 100 writers, editors, translators, and others of their kind had gathered and founded SWET, 33 SWETers—young, not-so-young, and 30 years older—gathered at the Wesley Center on November 3, 2010 to celebrate the beginning of SWET’s fourth decade. Remarks by James Baxter, Janine... more
May 31, 2011
A Writer’s Look at the iPad (2011)
by Lem Fugitt
Lem Fugitt is a Tokyo-based geek-about-town, using his experience in technology and business to write regularly on items of technical interest. He writes here about his recent conversion to a new way of putting thoughts into written words.
If anyone had asked me back in March 2010 if there was anything I really wanted or... more
April 17, 2011
SWET Newsletter, No. 127
Translating from Japanese to English Translation as a Teaching and Learning Tool • Ann Cary English Writing in Japan Japan Writers Conference 2010: Highlights • John Gribble There’s No Business Like Po’ Business • John Gribble and Bern Mulvey EFL Publishing in Japan: Myths and Realities • Todd Jay Leonard Publish and Perish: Lessons in the Magazine Market • Peter Mallett Seven Things I’ve Learned About Writing... more
April 17, 2011
How the Heck Do You Write about Japan?
by Alice Gordenker
Journalist Alice Gordenker spoke to SWET on September 16, 2010 in Tokyo, providing a behind-the-scenes account of how she crafts her popular “So, What the Heck Is That?” column for the Japan Times. In this monthly column, in its seventh year as of this writing, Gordenker has achieved a balance of humor and respect in meticulously researched yet... more