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.
Streamlining and Professionalizing Your Translation
Special guest: Beth Cary
Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m. Discussion starts at 7:00.
Place (new venue): Book House Cafe, Jinbocho
http://bookhousecafe.jp/
See website for map; come out Jinbocho subway exit A1, turn right and walk about 15 meters to...
Date: March 14, 2018
Time: 6:00-9:00 p.m. (Discussion starts at 7:00)
Place: new venue: Book House Cafe, Jinbocho
http://bookhousecafe.jp/
(See website for map; come out Jinbocho subway exit A1, turn right and walk about 15 meters to the Kitazawa Building. We will...
December's Early Bird Talk Shop Special
With Leza Lowitz and Holly Thompson
Date: December 5, 2017 (Tues.)
Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m. (Doors open for visiting at 6:00)
Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo;
At the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at...
With Jeff Robbins
Date: October 28, 2017 (Sat.)
Time: 2:00-5:00 p.m. (Dinner afterward at Italian restaurant Pacioccone. Set meal is 3500 yen.)
Place: (near Kyoto Station) Omiya campus of Ryukoku University (Ask at the gate)
Fee: 500 yen for members of SWET and...
Date: October 18, 2017 (Wed.)
Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 for social hour)
Place: Books on Japan Library, Jinbocho, Tokyo
At the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn left, go 12 steps, and look for...
This year, the 11th annual Japan Writers Conference will be held in Tokyo at Ekoda Campus of the Nihon University College of Art, October 8 & 9. (Please note that this is a Sunday and a Monday, with Monday being a national holiday.)...
Text for Tourism: Knowing the Audience, Tending the Details, Using Good Style (This event will be held in both Japanese and English.)
観光客向け資料の考え方：誰が相手か・細部へのこだわり・見てくれの良さ
このイベントは日本語と英語で行います。
Date: September 20, 2017 (Wednesday)
Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 for set-up and socializing)
Place: Room...
SWET Kanto Summer Party and Book Fair: Special Guest Fred Schodt
Highlight your summer with an afternoon in good company, sharing the pleasures and surprises of potluck and refreshments, hearing the story of a veteran wordsmith's career that speaks to all...
With Wendy Uchimura
Date: June 21, 2017 (Wed.)
Time: 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 for visiting)
Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo;
At the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn left, go 12 steps, and...
Workshop: Cultural Translation and the Information Gap
Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Time: 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 p.m. for visiting)
Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo; at the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn...
