SWET Talk Shop via Zoom on a weekday

With Andrew Maerkle Moderator: Alan Gleason

Date: April 26 (Mon.), 2021 Time: 10:00–12:00 JST (meeting opens at 9:30 a.m.) Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvc-GsrjkuHNfMfM48ZJ7nUp9tuwXPbH8p

Andrew Maerkle is an editor, writer, and translator based in Tokyo...

With Lynne Riggs, Meg Taylor, and Lisa Wilcut Moderator: Susan Jones

Date: March 21, 2021 Time: 10:00–12:00 JST (meeting opens at 9:30 a.m.) Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvdeGorzgqE9SZ6yIzHRuce5JAUzE3h0xC

What did we learn from our experience editing and copyediting for the “Promoting Multilingual...

Open SWET! Launching 2021

(meeting opens at 9:30 a.m.)

Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89510495651?pwd=cjJkeWhHMkJFVHgzWXJrY1BaVUpvdz09

Join us when you have time on Sunday morning JST (Feb. 21) for a chance to introduce yourself, catch up with old friends, ask questions, and brainstorm...

Moderated by Richard Medhurst Date: December 9, 2020 (Wed.) Time: 8:30 p.m. JST (40 minutes)   Eight people have already registered for this event; registration is closed.   SWET will hold a 40-minute Zoom session to discuss Japanese-to-English translation of a text. While staying close to the...

Publishing Books on Japan: 45 Years and Still Trying to Get It Right Peter Goodman, Stone Bridge Press

Interviewer: Beth Cary Date: December 5, 2020 (Saturday)/US time December 4, 2020 (Friday) Time: 11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. JST (main talk starts at JST 12:00 noon; US...

Founding Members Recall and Reflect Guests: Peter Goodman, John and Ruth McCreery, Susan Murata, Pamela Pasti, Nina Raj, Lynne Riggs, Susie Schmidt, Mark Schreiber, Ruth Stevens, Meg Taylor, Fred Uleman, and Jillian Yorke Time: Nov. 15 (Sun.) 9:30 a.m.–12:00 noon JST (main talk...

Three Teachers of Translation Guests: Judy Wakabayashi, Susan Jones, and Lynne Riggs

Time: 9:30 a.m.–12:00 noon JST (main talk starts at 10:00; October 24 9:00 p.m. EDT)

Note: The meeting will not be available in video recording, but a detailed write-up with visuals...

Moderated by Richard Medhurst

Date: October 14, 2020 (Wed.) Time: 8:30 p.m. JST (40 minutes)

Eight people have already registered for this event. 

As an experiment with a shorter video chat format, SWET will hold a 40-minute Zoom session to...

Three Translators of Kansai Guests: Stuart Ayre, Catherine Nakamichi, and Eleanor Yamaguchi Moderator: Larry Walker Time: 9:30 a.m.–12:00 noon JST  

Our September SWET Talk Shop Online was organized by SWET members based in Kyoto. Twenty-minute interviews with each guest speaker, moderated by Larry Walker, were followed...

Three Manga Letterers and Translation Time: 9:30 a.m.–12:00 noon JST (main talk starts at 10:00)

Manga do not go far in English without the profession and passions of the letterers who add the translated text to the art, but how many people in...