It has already been over a week since our colleagues headed
home from the ATA’s 56th Annual Conference in Miami full of new
ideas and inspiration, wads of business cards, and hopefully some deeper business relationships. This was an election year for the JLD, and I feel privileged to
write this post as your new Administrator and on behalf of Yoshihiro Mochizuki,
who will be the new Assistant Administrator for the next two years.
We are grateful to Jim Patrick for his work on the Leadership Council of the JLD since
2011.
I would also like to thank:
Everyone who submitted
a proposal for ATA56, and our 2015 Planning Committee.
All our speakers at
ATA56.
Our members who volunteered to introduce speakers, write
summaries, or provide comments on the conference: Sarah Lindholm, Drew
Fernando, Miyako Okamoto, Patricia Pringle, Paul Koehler, Phil Soldini, Lindsay
Anderson, Jim Patrick and new attendees Tyler Miller and Peter Standard. Again
to Sarah Lindholm, as well as Connie Prener, Hiroki Fukuyama, and Hiro Tsuchiya
for lending a hand wherever necessary – penning minutes, guiding people to
dinner, taking care of our DDS, joining panels, giving out stars (you had to be
there). To Izumi Suzuki, Hiro Tsuchiya, Paul Koehler, and Jim Patrick for
volunteering for our new last minute session (J8).
Special Thanks to our colleagues at the Japan Association of Translators for providing us copies of the latest issue of
their anthology, “Translators Perspectives”.
Special Thanks to Prof. Juliet Winters-Carpenter and Prof.
Mariko Okada who traveled from Japan to present.
By many accounts, members old and new enjoyed the seven sessions presented at this
year’s conference. We were delighted to have Prof. Juliet Winters-Carpenter as
the Division Distinguished Speaker. She presented two standing-room-only sessions
on racially sensitive passages, and finding your voice. In fact, there were a
few JLD sessions that were attended by non-Japanese-language speakers,
including deposition interpreting. We will be posting summaries of all the
sessions on the JLD Times, so watch this space. And, if you haven’t submitted
your reviews of the sessions, please do so! It serves as feedback for the
speakers as well as your Planning Committee.
Of course, what would a great event be without a fiasco? For
this year’s Annual Networking Dinner Jim Patrick and I opted for a more casual
event -- Tacos and Tequila -- to give people the chance to move around. To be
honest, we had trouble finding a venue to serve a sit-down dinner at the time and
price we desired. The adventure began when there was some miscommunication on
our part and the restaurant didn’t give us chairs! Kudos to Jim Patrick for
springing into action on site. You’ll be relieved to know that by the time we
toasted all 43 attendees including spouses, cute toddlers, and significant
others were able to sit comfortably if they chose.
At our annual meeting we were given several ideas for
sessions next year (more to come on the JLD Times Blog and the JLD Yahoo Group). Did you know? We have a Facebook page! Look out for pictures and polls there. We even had a suggestion for small local gatherings, and for an offsite event
besides our popular Newcomers Lunch and Annual Dinner. If you see some ideas
you are interested in, or haven’t seen something you think would be of benefit get in touch, leave a comment, or start a discussion.
Looking ahead, next year’s conference (ATA57) will be in November
2 – 5, in San Francisco at the Hyatt Regency Embarcardero. We estimate there
will be twice the number of JLD attendees both to the conference and possibly
to our Annual Dinner. Please look for ways to contribute. I am looking
forward to serving the JLD as Administrator, and to hearing from and collaborating with you in 2016.
今後とも、何卒、よろしくお願い申し上げます。
Nadine A. Edwards
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