Swet Columns

SWET Newsletter, Number 80

Coming Soon! New SWET Publication [announcement]

Publication: Japan Style Sheet

Retirement Planning Seminar [announcement]

Speakers: Trevor Reynolds, Greg Mulcahy, Joelle Livnat of Banner Overseas Financial Services; Alison Pockett of Magellan Tresidder Tuohy; Meredith Enman Maruyama, co-author of Japan Health Handbook

Dear Aunt Eva (DS) [defending/rebuilding one's professional reputation]

Performance and Perseverance (LER) [report: lecture]

Speaker: Juliet Carpenter, literary translator

Cyberjargon Corner... more

Moving to Computer and Internet

by Doreen Simmons

Aunt Eva, that dear wired-up old tabby, turns her benevolent gaze upon the question of upgrading: do we or don’t we?

Dear Aunt Eva:

All my friends (editors, translators, copywriters) are turning in their pencils and fax machines for computers and e-mail. It looks like an expensive change, with a serious learning curve. Is this necessary?... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 79

Annual SWET Book Fair

SWET Kansai Relaunched [lecture announcement]

Speaker: Juliet Carpenter, literary translator

Calling All Translators: IJET-9 (FMU) [announcement: international conference

Map to Temple University Japan for SWET Book Sale]

More Kansai Events

April SWET Kansai event [demonstration of dictionaries and other electronic tools for Mac-based translators]

Demonstrator: Richard Sadowsky

Of Professional Interest [industry show]

Event: Japan Print '98 Printing... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 78

Lecture and New Year Party [announcement]

The New Nelson's: Behind the Scenes (LER) [Q&A with project supervisor Prof. John L. Haig]

Book: The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary

Towards Greater Linguistic Literacy (CMDeW) [bases of systems for romanizing Japanese]

Political Translation Seminar [announcement: seminar, advanced series]

Leader: Fred Uleman [announcement: planned seminar, advanced series]

Copywriting Seminar [announcement: planned seminar, advanced series]

SWET Newsletter, Number 77

Master Classes Launched [introduction of expert workshop series]

Patent Translation for U.S. Filing [announcement: master class workshop]

Leader: Bill Lise

Rewriting as Retranslating [announcement: master class workshop]

Leader: Lynne Riggs

SWET Interview (MS)

Featured: John Bester, book translator

A Day in the Life [one SWETer's workday]

Featured: Cathy Hirano, translator

Cyberjargon Corner (PF) [Internet slang]

List Lingo: bounced mail; SIG;... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 76

Summer Lecture and Party [announcement]

Speaker: Glen S. Fukushima, Vice President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan and Vice President of AT&T Japan, Ltd.

The Fun (and Frustration) of Translating Sazae-san (JY) [translating a classic Japanese comic strip]

SWET Master Classes [announcement: future expert workshop series]

Book Fair News (CY) [announcement]

Dear Aunt Eva (DS) [giving clients what they need rather... more