Swet Columns
June 1, 2002
SWET Newsletter, Number 97
Meetings and Announcements
The Future of Print Culture
Speaker: Alan Gleason, Dai-Nippon Printing
SWET Book Fair [announcement]
Web Site Updates [Webmaster and URL change]
What's ISO-SIG? (BH) [SWET education group: call for members]
Free Offer
SWET Publication: Wordcraft: English Writing, Editing, and Translation in Japan
Monthly Meeting Report
Hitting a Niche Market (SO)
Speaker: Caroline Pover, author and publisher of... more
March 20, 2002
Translation Software Problems
by Doreen Simmons
Open-minded Aunt Eva is no Luddite, but it has been increasingly coming to her attention that there is an awesome potential for error in the interface between technology and the human beings who are trying to use it. Here, she takes a realistic look at some of the pitfalls in relying too heavily on software that promises the... more
March 1, 2002
SWET Newsletter, Number 96
Meetings and Announcements
An Insider's Comments on Publishing in English in Japan [lecture; in-print as well as electronic]
Speaker: Terrie Lloyd, publisher, J@pan Inc.
Writing Bicultural Novels: Aspects of the Craft of Fiction [lecture]
Speaker: Holly Thompson, author of the novel Ash
IJET-13 Conference [announcement: International Japanese/English Translation]
Tokyo International Book Fair [announcement]
Monthly Meeting... more
December 15, 2001
Going on Record as Being Right
by Doreen Simmons
Ruminative Aunt Eva has recently been pondering the potential ethical gulf between knowing that you are right and going on record as saying so.
Dear Aunt Eva,
I am beginning to think that I was recently dealt a card from the bottom of the pack by a professor I know. He showed me three English sentences,... more
December 1, 2001
SWET Newsletter, Number 95
Meetings and Announcements
Online Dictionaries [lecture]
Speaker: Todd Rudick
Hitting a Niche Market [lecture]
Speaker: Caroline Pover, author and publisher of Being A Broad in Japan [daily-life information for Western women living in Japan]
New Year's Party [announcement and map]
Directory Update [call for changes and additions; deadline]
SWET Summer Party (PO1) [report]
SWET Swim Party... more
September 15, 2001
Beginning as We Mean to Go On
by Doreen Simmons
Somnolent Aunt Eva arouses herself to ruminate on a problem of status, real and apparent. How can we avoid projecting the wrong image, especially when even our own preconceptions are working against us?
Dear Aunt Eva,
(Or should that be “Ms Hartupp”? You see, I’ve suddenly become sensitive about handles.) But I’m jumping into the middle... more