Swet Columns

SWET Newsletter, Number 64

Book Sale Needs a Home [new storage place needed]

Town Meeting Held [report]

Subheadings: Coordinators Wanted; SWET Online           

Using the Internet (JG) [lecture report

Speaker: Stephen Anderson, Center for Global Communications           

Party Line [New Year party report]

A Cloaca of Pigeons [humorous collective nouns]

Rough Words (JS) [cannot help but; uncharted; plumb

Can Translation Be Taught? (JA) [considerations]

by Leanne Eames in The... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 63

Using the Internet: An Exploration [lecture announcement]

Speaker: Stephen Anderson, Center for Global Communications           

SWET "Town Meeting" (FMU) [report]

Making Friends with the Internet (SS) [workshop report: electronic communication]

Leader: Eric Bossieux, Technological Transformations International]

IJET-6 (FMU) [conference report: International Japanese-English Translation]

Our Slip Is Showing [omissions from issue 63 "Getting Started"]

Periodicals represented: Japan Times Weekly, Japan Quarterly, Tokyo Time... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 62

The World from Your Desktop: Making Friends with the Internet [workshop announcement: electronic communication]

Leader: Eric Bossieux, Technological Transformations International

One-day Writing Workshop [Kansai announcement]

Leader: Linda Crawford

Dialogue on Translation [professional latitude, responsibility]

A Mangled Message (LER)

"Fat Horse Talk" (CDW)

Help Wanted [call for volunteers for SWET activities and functions]

Boons and Doggles (JS) [review: several online word... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 61

Mis-usage [11 often-misused words]

Resources for Specialists [organizations useful for science editors]

Over Their Shoulders [translation comparisons: enka]

Translators: Janet Ashby, Ann Cary, Gavin Frew, Margaret Mitsutani, Kathy Morikawa, Mary Noguchi, Fred Uleman

Plus Ça Change (JS) [document version control]

"100 Japanese Books" (LER) [report: organization promoting publication of Japanese books in English]

Subheadings: An Update; Titles Published to Date; Forthcoming; Staff... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 60

Demand and Supply [questionnaire responses: workshop and Newsletter topics]

Updating Our Style [forthcoming Japan Style Sheet update: call for suggestions]

Booked Solid [report: SWET book fair]

Postal Account Renumbered [using new number is vital in remitting to SWET]

Translators' Network (FMU) [JAT (Japan Assn. of Translators) inaugurates e-list]

More on Dialing In (DS) [hardware: user report]

Hardware: NEC Speax 20

Rough Words (JS) [mistakes in... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 59

Spring Book Fair [announcement]

1994 Directory [issuance announcement]

Party Time [winter party report]

Crossing Bridges (KO) [announcement: party to launch textbook]

Book: Bridges to Cross [articles from the Association of Foreign Wives newsletter]

Membership Blues [policies regarding dues renewal]

Translating vs. Interpreting: A third viewpoint (GP) [differing cultural approaches to translating]

WordPerfect Version 6.0 (JS, KW) [software review]

Book Mavin at Work (MM) [review]

Book:... more