ATA 2015: “Two Roads Diverged…”: Making Good Choices in Japanese-into-English Translation

ATA 56th Annual Conference Session J2

Thursday, Nov 05, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Session Summary by

Drew Fernando

As you probably already guessed by the allusion to the famous poem by Robert Frost, Session J-2 dealt with choosing between the possible options when translating from Japanese into English. It was presented by Professor James (Jim) Davis, director of the Technical Japanese Program in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Engineering.

ATA 2015: Wrapping up Miami

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. 

ATA 56TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE: JAPANESE<>ENGLISH CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP

--Request practice passage

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J-5: Japanese<>English Certification Workshop

Friday, November 6, 3:30pm-4:30pm

http://www.atanet.org/conf/2015/bylanguage.php#J

If you are planning to participate in the Japanese<>English Certification Workshop, please obtain and translate a practice passage in advance. It is vital that translations be completed in advance in order to receive full benefit from the workshop.

J>E passages can be obtained from David Newby

dave@eigo.us

E>J passages can be obtained from Miyo Tat

miyot@comcast.net

JLD Annual Networking Dinner

RSVP by October 19

Please join us for the 2015 JLD Annual Networking Dinner in Miami during ATA56! Enjoy conversation with colleagues over a light dinner of tacos and margaritas at lovely Rosa Mexicano in Mary Brickell Village, just a half-mile walk or a quick Metromover ride from the conference venue! Bring your spouse and other guests.

How Time Flies! Getting Ready for ATA 56 in Miami

Where did the time go?

Get ready for the 56th Annual American Translators conference in Miami! We hope to see you there.

ATA 56TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Miami, Florida
November 4-7, 2015

Japanese and Japanese Related Sessions
http://www.atanet.org/conf/2015/bylanguage.php#J

We plan to have the JLD Newcomers Lunch (details TBD), and we of course hope you can join us at the JLD Annual Networking Dinner on November 6th. There is also an opportunity to tour the Golf Channel Studio in Orlando (organized by their Japan Operations). See the details after the jump.

Words and 言葉 by Jim Davis

This month we continue with Professor Davis' series of examples illustrating how context provides essential information that can assist the Japanese-into-English translator in producing a translation that is complete, accurate, and natural sounding. In this installment: Example 7 - reaching for specific vs. general; and Example 7 - wanting to maintain vs. improve.

ATA 2014: Minutes of JLD Annual Meeting

The minutes of our Annual Meeting at the ATA conference are now available.

(More after the break....)