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.
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...
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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...
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Time: 9:30 a.m.–12:00 noon JST
What's it like working in the otaku zone? Managing translator at J-Novel Club and founder of Japanese Translators of NYC Kristi Fernandez is our guest moderator speaking with three translators who work on manga, light novels, anime...
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Wordsmiths of Yokohama
Guests: Ruth and John McCreery, Richard Medhurst, and Louise Heal Kawai
Moderator: Frank Walter
Time: 9:30 a.m.–12:00 noon JST
We are pleased to welcome four wordsmiths residing in Yokohama for our July SWET Talk Shop Online. We will meet again on a...
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Our June SWET Talk Shop Online will be held on a Sunday morning Japan time to accommodate participants from other parts of the world as much as possible. We are pleased to welcome three wordsmiths who reside in northern Nagano...
Three Wordsmiths of Northern Kanto:
Janine Beichman, Victoria Oyama, and Alison Watts
Our May SWET Talk Shop Online will be held on a Sunday morning to accommodate participants in the U.S. We are pleased...
Time: 6:30–9:00 p.m. (main talk starts at 7:00)
Place: Participation via Zoom (see below for sign-up info).
RSVP: E-mail us at SWET Events to sign up for information on how to access the Zoom meeting.
These days, major brands...
***Meeting as planned***
Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m.
Place: Book House Café, Jinbocho, 2nd Floor, Osetsushitsu
http://bookhousecafe.jp/
See website for map; come out from Jinbocho subway exit A1, turn right and walk about 15 meters to the Kitazawa Building. Look for the SWET signs.
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