Swet Columns
January 19, 1994
SWET Newsletter, Number 58
Winter Party [announcement]
Publishers and Publishing [lecture announcement]
Speaker: Beth Kirsner, independent U.S. publisher
Tokyo Book Fair [announcement]
Translation á la Carte (GH) [panel discussion report]
Panelists: Andy Graham, Gaynor Sekimori, Ed Chmura
Kansai Notes (RS) [workshop reports]
Subheadings: Translators' workshop; Resume writing
IJET-5 Taking Off [conference report: International Japanese-English Translation]
True to Type (BD) [printer output resolution quality; read-direction of vertical photo... more
November 19, 1993
SWET Newsletter, Number 57
Translators' Roundtable [Kansai forum announcement]
Speakers: John Munroe, Don Todt, Richard Sadowsky
Directory Update [submission instructions; address label information]
It's Your Newsletter [call for contributions]
Translating Vs. Interpreting (ER) [differences: spoken vs. written, culture-specific standards]
Book Mavin at Work (JR) [reviews]
Books: Honk If You're a Writer: Unabashed Advice, Undiluted Experience, and Unadulterated Inspiration for Writers and Writers-to-Be; The Tools of the... more
September 19, 1993
SWET Newsletter, Number 56
What Do Translators Do? [panel discussion announcement]
Panelists: Andy Graham, Gaynor Sekimori, Ed Chmura
Cancellation [Kyoto typography workshop cancelled]
How to Lose Dues (JS) [problems with member information received]
IJET-4: Report from Down Under (FMU) ]conference report: International Japanese-English Translation]
True to Type (BD) [producing macrons on a Macintosh computer]
Survival Tips: International Express Mail [details of use]
Book Mavin at Work (JR) [review]
July 19, 1993
SWET Newsletter, Number 55
Summer Beer Party [announcement]
SWET Goes Electronic [on-line with TWICS]
Dues News [application of new rate adjusted to member's renewal date]
Rough Words (JS) [compromise versus compromising; participials first]
Over Their Shoulders: The Editor's Red Pencil [edit/rewrite comparisons: essay]
Editors/rewriters: Murray Jackson, Gretchen Mittwer, Kathy Ono; "phantom editor"
One Writer's Markets (KM) [process of writing and marketing articles]
A Translator Interprets (BL) [experiences: legal interpreting]
True... more
May 19, 1993
SWET Newsletter, Number 54
Computer Skills Workshop (ref: RS) [workshop announcement: Macintosh for writers, editors, translators]
SWET's New Address [change to Asaka-shi, Saitama; also new fax]
Dues Rising [from Y3000 to Y5000]
1993 Directory Published [issuance announcement]
Book Fair [report]
Freelancing in Kansai (RS) [Kansai lecture report]
Speaker: Rich Blumm, writer
High Finance (RS) [Kansai lecture report]
Speaker: Robert Imrei, investment counselor and financial writer
Topics: Japanese income taxes; U.S. income... more
March 19, 1993
SWET Newsletter, Number 53
Spring Book Fair [announcement]
1993 SWET Directory [issuance announcement]
New Year Party [announcement]
News from Kansai [future workshops: financial panning, freelance writing, computer skills, typography]
Modem Clinic (MZ) [workshop report]
Leader: Keith Wilkinson. Also Patrick Hochner, P&A BBS; Tim Burress, TWICS
Becoming Typographically Literate (JS) [workshop announcement]
Leader: Becky Davis
In Memoriam [obituary: Donald L. Philippi, 1930-1993]
Freelancing in the Country (JR) [working rurally]
IJET-4 [conference... more