Swet Columns
March 19, 1987
SWET Newsletter, Number 30
Fully Booked [report: SWET book sale]
1987 Directory [issuance]
Coming Attractions [future events: talk – writing; workshop – copywriting; panel discussion – book translation, publishing, distribution in Japan]
Afterglow [report: New Year party]
Ask the Publishing Hexpert [apostrophe s following parenthesis]
On Rough Words [response to Newsletter issue 29 column]
It can be said that and It is said that; highly evaluated (JT)
December 19, 1986
SWET Newsletter, Number 29
New Year Party [announcement]
Third Annual Super SWET Special [book publishers special discounts]
Desktop Publishing (WAL) [workshop report]
Leader: Becky Davis
Desktop Publishing on the Mac (ALB) [demonstration report: Apple Macintosh desktop publishing system]
SWET Book Service Expires [discontinued due to insurmountable complexities]
Directory Update [call for changes, additions]
1st Asia World Publishing Congress Planned [convention announcement]
Rough Words Ahead; Proceed with Caution (AS)
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October 19, 1986
SWET Newsletter, Number 28
Mac Desktop System Demonstration [announcement]
Making Desktop Publishing Look Good [workshop announcement]
Leader: Becky Davis
The Craft of Rewriting (MP) [discussion report]
Panelists: Hunter Brumfield, Dr. Mary Louise Robbins, Doreen Simmons; Suzy Trumbull (moderator)
Rewriters' Alert (ref: LA, KM) [proposal: rewriters' subgroup]
A Visit to the Printer (SS) [tour report: Dai Nippon Printing]
The Politics of Translation (JL) [report: translation conference in Malaysia]
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June 19, 1986
SWET Newsletter, Number 27
Summer Party [announcement]
Connecting Across Cultures (SS) [workshop report]
Speaker: Charlotte Kennedy Takahashi, Oak Associates
A Star/J Star Revisited (WAL) [clarifications of report in Newsletter issue 26]
The Japan Foreign-Rights Centre: Exporting Japanese Publishing Rights (LER) [agency gives advice, information to translators, publishers]
Ask the Publishing Hexpert [pitfalls of proportional typeface use]
What Makes a Translator Professional? (ST) [essay]
Necessary Nightmares: Translating [author: Hisao Kanaseki;... more
April 19, 1986
SWET Newsletter, Number 26
Best Foot Forward: Professional Communication [workshop announcement]
Speaker: Charlotte Kennedy Takahashi, Oak Associates
The Book Service is Back!: And That's Not All, Folks [new bookseller: The Bookcase]
Save 30% to 50% – or More – Through SWET; New Book Service Address
Incorporation, Ltd. (ALB) [workshop report: panel discussion]
Panelists: Ruth McCreery, Bill, Lise, Larry Bouchard, Sasaki Shuichi
J-Star/A-Star: System of... more
April 15, 1986
Essays on Professionalism
Five essays by veteran SWET members address aspects of professionalism, particularly in a Japanese context, among writers, editors, translators, and those in allied professions. These opinion pieces were contributed to the SWET Newsletter by (in order of appearance) Lynne E. Riggs, Suzanne Trumbull, Mark Schreiber, Fred Uleman, and again Mark Schreiber.
What It Means to Be a Professional
by Lynne E. Riggs
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