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SWET June Talk: Keeping in Character—From Concept to Product

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 look for a doorway at the left side of the Megane Drug メガネ・ドラッグ store saying “Books on Japan”; take the... more

SWET May Talk Shop

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 left, go 12 steps, and look for a doorway at the left side of the Megane Drug メガネ・ドラッグ store saying... more

Translation and Video Media: A Dialogue with Beth Cary and Taro Goto

Date: April 15, 2017 (Saturday) Time: 4:00–6:00 p.m. (doors open, networking at 3:00) Place: Room 205, Wesley Center, 6-10-11, Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0062. Access map here. Fee: ¥500 SWET/JAT/SCBWI members; ¥1,000 non-members Reservation and Inquiries (日本語 ok): SWET Topic: From opposite shores of the Pacific, Taro Goto and Beth Cary support the presentation of Japanese filmmakers and works on Japan. Cary has translated background works... more

SWET Talk Shop: “Wandering Rooster,” Editing Anywhere

Visitor: Katherine (Roo) Heins, freelance editor, proofreader, tea ceremony teacher and martial artist. Date: March 15, 2017 (Wed.) Time: 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. 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 a doorway at the left side of the Megane Drug メガネ・ドラッグ store saying “Books on Japan”;... more

SWET Talk Shop: February 22, Tokyo

Ideas and Plans for 2017

• Events (plenty of ideas*; making them happen) • Greater interactivity on the SWET website • Compiling Wordcraft: The SWET Files 2017 Date: February 22, 2017 (Wed.) Time: 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. 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 a doorway with... more

Kansai: Working with Japanese Translation Agencies

Presenter: Alex Farrell Date: February 12, 2017 (Sunday) Time: 2:00–5:00 p.m. (followed by dinner nearby; details to come) Place: Room 1, TKP Kyoto Shijo-Karasuma Kaigishitsu, Imon-Shijo Bldg, 7F (access map: http://www.kashikaigishitsu.net/facilitys/kg-kyoto-shijokarasuma/access/) Fee: ¥1,000 SWET/JAT members; 1,500 yen JTF members, 2,500 yen non-members Reservation and inquiries: SWET Kansai Contact: SWET Kansai (Please indicate if you are also interested in attending the post-talk dinner.) Are you looking for translation work... more