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March 11, 2020
No June IJET—One Year Postponement!
IJET-31, the 31st International Japanese-English Translation Conference, originally set for June 5-7, 2020, will be rescheduled to 2021 to a date to be announced.
The IJET-32 Toronto Organizing Committee has also been asked to prepare to host IJET-32 in 2022 on a date also to be announced later.
Held annually -- one year in Japan and one year in another country (last year in Cairns, Australia),... more
January 30, 2020
SWET Greetings in the New Year!
The hourglass of the year has turned, and the hopes, plans, and possibilities for 2020 hold out their golden glow. How can we better reach out to colleagues and collaborators? What troves of experience and know-how can we draw on and build on? Who will be there for us to answer questions or lend... more
December 5, 2019
Two SWET Members Win Japan-US Friendship Prize!
Congratulations to SWET members Janine Beichman (Tsukuba) and Matt Treyvaud (Chigasaki) on the awards for their recently published translations!
The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture announced winners selected by the jury for this year’s Japan-United States Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature and Lindsley and Masao Miyoshi Translation Prize on November 15, 2019.
Janine Beichman,... more
November 17, 2019
SWET Talk Shop: How to Be Happily, Successfully Self-Employed
Special Guest: Ruth Stevens
Date: November 20, 2019 (Wed.) Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m. (Talk begins at 7:00) Place: Book House Cafe, Jinbocho, Second Floor Osetsushitsu http://bookhousecafe.jp/ See website for map; come out Jinbocho subway exit A1, turn right and walk about 15 meters to the Kitazawa Building. Please take the elevator or stairs to the second floor on the left side of the building. We will be... more
October 24, 2019
SWET Talk Shop, Writing about Japan for the General Reader: A Workshop
Date: October 26 (Sat.), 2019
Time: Writing Clinic 3:00–5:00; Discussion 5:00–6:00 p.m.
Place: Book House Café, Jinbocho, First Floor Gulliver Room http://bookhousecafe.jp/
See website for map; come out Jinbocho subway exit A1, turn right and walk about 15 meters to the Kitazawa Building. Look for the SWET signs.
Fee: Free of charge. Food and drink available at the café (see the "Menu" at the Book House... more
September 6, 2019
Editors Canada Second International Conference, June 2020
Editors Canada is pleased to announce that next year we will host our second international conference. The conference will take place from June 19 to 21, 2020, at Le Centre Sheraton hotel in Montreal, Quebec.
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Our second international conference will once again welcome editors from around the world to participate in a diverse and informative program.