Past Events
Past event notices are listed here in chronological order. Detailed summaries or reports of most past events have been published in the SWET Newsletter between February 1981 until April 2012; for these older events, check the Newsletter Archive.
These are casual virtual meetups to talk about translation, mainly between Japanese and English. We share experiences, questions, readings, strategies, tools, travails, and trivia, with different conversations every time. New participants are most welcome! The hour-long sessions, moderated by...
Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Place: Hifumi Room, 2nd Floor, Book House Café, Kitazawa Bldg., Jinbocho. Website: http://bookhousecafe.jp/ (in Japanese)
Directions: See website for maps. Come out from the Jinbocho subway station at exit A1, turn right, and walk...
These are casual virtual meetups to talk about translation, mainly between Japanese and English. We share experiences, questions, readings, strategies, tools, travails, and trivia, with different conversations every time. New participants are most welcome! The hour-long sessions, moderated by Daniel...
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2025
Time: 2:00–5:00 p.m.
Host: Bruce Smith (see our online directory for profile)
Capacity 12: (on a first-come basis)
The Writers Salon will be gathering again in Kita Kamakura. At our October meeting, several participants suggested that, for an upcoming...
Date: Saturday, November 22 (Japan); Friday, November 21 (North America)
Time: 10:00–11:30 a.m. JST; 8:00–9:30 p.m. EST; 5:00–6:30 p.m. PST
Moderator: Mac Gill
Register in advance: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Jb9MzoJoTKKGGE9ERJXjeQ
Join us for a casual virtual meetup, organized with North American time zones in mind but...
The Risks of AI, with Julia Straatman and Daniel Morales
Date: Sunday, November 9
Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m. JST (Note the time change!)
Register in advance: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/4Iz1XOUvRMe5NLr3TFKj8A
The dangers and potential risks of AI are a relatively little-considered aspect of the sensation that has...
These are casual virtual meetups to talk about translation, mainly between Japanese and English. We share experiences, questions, readings, strategies, tools, travails, and trivia, with different conversations every time. New participants are most welcome! The hour-long sessions, moderated by Daniel...
Date: Saturday, October 25, 2025
Time: 2:00–5:00 p.m.
Host: Bruce Smith (see our online directory for profile)
Capacity 12: (on a first-come basis)
The Writers’ Salon will be gathering again in Kita Kamakura, and should there be time within the usual clamor of conversation,...
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Best practices for using AI assistance in translation, with Alex Queen and Richard Sadowsky
Date: Saturday, October 18
Our second talk focused on how translators and translation companies can incorporate AI into their work, looking at issues of reliability and more, from...
