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September 18, 2015

Translating and Illustrating: The Hand of Craft

With Robert Blasiak and Stuart Ayre

Date: September 27, 2015 (Sunday) Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m. (doors open 6:00 for socializing) Place: Wesley Center, Minami Aoyama (Tokyo) Room 204 (Map) ([url=http://wesley.or.jp/english/access/index.html]http://wesley.or.jp/english/access/index.html[/url]) Fee: No charge

This SWET talk will feature presentations by German-to-English translator (Robert Blasiak) and illustrator (Stuart Ayre) of Kellermann’s 1910 account Ein Spaziergang in Japan (A Walk in Japan), published by Fine... more

July 20, 2015

Japan Writers Conference Update

Date: October 24 and 25, 2015 Place: Kobe Women's University, Suma Campus

The organizers of the Japan Writers Conference report that they received a great selection of presentation proposals again this year and promise a full and stimulating event, with new topics, new faces, and several panel discussions on all sorts of things.

Announcement as of July 20, 2015:

If... more

July 8, 2015

One-Day Literary Translation Workshop in Tokyo

Translation and Japanese Literary Studies

An International Workshop Presented by the Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture

Saturday, July 18, 2015, 13:30-17:30 Room 301, Building 10, Sophia University

The third workshop under the collaborative research project “Japanese Text in Motion” (lead investigator: Shion KONO) will feature presentations on the translation of Japanese literature and a discussion on the state of the studies of translation... more

June 19, 2015

Two SWET Summer Parties

People interested in the SWET community of wordsmiths are invited to our annual summer social events, happening in both Kanto and Kansai.

Please see details for the SWET/JAT Summer Party 2015 and the SWET Tokyo Summer Party and Special Lecture.

See you there!

Sincerely,

SWET Staff  

May 21, 2015

June SWET Talk Shop: Translation Workshop Journalism

Date: June 17, 2015 (Wednesday)

Time: 6:00-9:00 p.m. Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo; Use the A2 exit of Jinbocho subway station; turn left at street level and walk about 12 steps; look for the (very) small “Books on Japan” flag over the doorway and a narrow stairway leading up to the library on the second floor. Fee: No fee will be charged. RSVP: Please let us... more

April 23, 2015

Meeting of the Central Japan Literature Society

The Central Japan Literature Society announces its inaugural event, details below. Please join them for an afternoon of discussion and sharing involving literary works. (For this meeting, most work will be in English; other languages are possible if accompanied by English or Japanese translations.)  This meeting is open to everyone; all are welcome.

Date and time: Saturday, May 9, from 3:00... more