SWET Kansai: Translator Behind the Scenes: At the “Zen and Ghibli” Exhibit with Beth Cary
Date: October 12, 2026 (Mon.; Sports Day holiday)
Time: 4:00 p.m. in the gallery; 5:00–6:00 p.m. talk with Beth Cary in Museum room
Place: Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art, Higashiyama Cube, Okazaki area, Kyoto.
For reservations contact SWET. All welcome, but complimentary tickets no longer available (as of 9-26-26)
A dinner afterwards has been booked to capacity; we regret that reservations are closed (9-26-26).
Participants are invited to view the exhibition from 4:00, after which they may join veteran interpreter and translator Beth Cary in a designated room in the museum (TBA) at 5:00 p.m. Cary will share stories from her work translating the soon-to-be-released book of the same title and wall signs for the exhibition. Discussion topics will include her approach to rendering conversations between Studio Ghibli producer Suzuki Toshio and three Zen priests for American and British readers, as well as other aspects of the translation process.