Swet Columns
February 1, 2003
SWET Newsletter, Number 100
Announcements
SWET Newsletter's 100th Issue [thanks for support]
IJET-14 Coming in May [conference: International Japanese/English Translation]
SWET Monthly Meetings [check Website for latest information]
Tokyo International Book Fair 2003
Kyushu Meeting Report
KyushuWord Takes to the Road (CR) [e-list of translators, editors; social event]
Interview
Away from the Big Cities (CR)
December 16, 2002
Bridge-building Books
by Doreen Simmons
“Building bridges between cultures” has been a safe subject for talks and textbooks for many years; how far is an outsider justified in interfering with work in progress? Our pensive old tabby weighs the pros and cons.
Dear Aunt Eva,
I’ve been asked by a publisher friend to give an opinion on a supplementary textbook, the... more
December 1, 2002
SWET Newsletter, Number 99
Monthly Meeting Announcements
Thirty Years of Technical Writing [presentation: trends and one man's career in technical writing, copywriting, in-house documentation, multimedia]
Presenter: Larry Brouhard
Directory Update 2003 [call for changes, additions]
Hundredth SWET Newsletter [call for contributions]
Map to January Meeting Site and subsequent party
Monthly Meeting Reports
Getting Haiku (HA) [appreciating and creating the Japanese poems]
Speakers: Masako Takahashi,... more
October 29, 2002
Finding a Job vs. Finding Work
by Fred Uleman
Creating You & Co by William Bridges reminds me of the old adage that, “within every fat man is a thin man trying to get out.” There is a slender book in here that is well worth reading, but you will have to cut through a lot of fat to get at it. So let me give you... more
October 1, 2002
SWET Newsletter, Number 98
Announcements
SWET Book Fair
Poetry in Kansai [poetry reading]
Reader: Cid Corman, poet, essayist, translator
Hundredth SWET Newsletter [call for contributions]
Reaching the SWET Book Fair [map to Temple University Japan]
Monthly Meeting Reports
Writing Bicultural Novels: Aspects of the Craft of Fiction (HU)
Speaker: Holly Thompson, author of the novel Ash
Bookworms, Tech Nerds, and Culturally... more
September 17, 2002
“Bill Me for Everything” Change
by Doreen Simmons
When one party to an old relationship of trust suddenly wants to put it entirely on a businesslike footing, what’s really afoot? Well-balanced Aunt Eva, who likes a bit of friendly give-and-take herself, advises treading warily on this one.
Dear Aunt Eva,
I have a niggling little problem and would welcome a second opinion.
I have a... more