News
October 2, 2015
October SWET Talk Shop: What We Have Learned
We've switched to Fridays! Date: October 16, 2015 (Friday) Time: 6:00–9:00 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 a small flag over it saying “Books on Japan”; take the stairs to the 2nd floor. http://www.booksonjapan.org/location/ Fee: Free of charge RSVP: Please let us know if you... more
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
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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