Past Events
Past event notices are listed here in chronological order. Detailed summaries or reports of most past events have been published in the SWET Newsletter between February 1981 until April 2012; for these older events, check the Newsletter Archive.
Date: December 26, 2016 (Monday)
Time: 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Fee: Potluck and BYOB
RSVP: Please let us know you are coming!
Place: Sumida Riverside Tower, 2F Meeting Room, Shinkawa 1-28-7, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-003. About 10 minutes walk from Kayabacho (Hibiya and Tozai Line)...
Another year is drawing to a close, and it’s time for the annual gathering of local wordsmiths. Catch up with friends and colleagues, and make new acquaintances and connections. If you’re interested in getting into the translation, interpreting and editing...
Professional Proofreading, "Koetsu Gal," and Us
If you feel that your arts and your angst as a proofreader or copyeditor never get any respect or appreciation, think of SWET as a community that is there for you. The currently...
WHEN: Friday, November 4, 2016 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
WHERE: Chinatown Restaurant, 744 Washington Street, San Francisco
COST: $58.62 per person (includes tax, gratuity, fees)
Make your reservation at:
http://2016jldnetworkingdinner.eventbrite.com
...
With Robert Blasiak and Stuart Ayre
Date: October 23, 2016 (Sunday)
Time: 2:30–5 p.m. (followed by early dinner nearby, details to follow)
Place: Room 3, TKP Kyoto Shijo-Karasuma Kaigishitsu, Imon-Shijo Bldg 7F (Map)
Fee: 1,000 yen SWET/JAT members, 1,500 yen...
Discounted for SWET Members
Date: October 22, 2016
Place: Yokohama International School, Yokohama
Fee: Advance registration 3,500 yen for current SCBWI or SWET members; 5,000 yen for nonmembers. At the door 4,500 yen for current SCBWI or SWET members; 6,000 yen for nonmembers.
Advance registrations...
Bring your professional news and views, entertaining stories, wonderings, and woes for a workout among wordsmiths. Join us, where the paths of editors, translators, and writers cross at the quiet Books on Japan library in Jinbocho.
Date: October 19, 2016 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:00...
Presenter: Susan Jones
Date: September 25, 2016 (Sunday)
Time: 2:30–5:00 p.m. (followed by early dinner nearby, details to follow)
Place: 西宮市国際交流協会, Frente Nishinomiya 4F (Just south of JR Nishonomiya Sta.) (Map)
Fee: 1,000 yen SWET/JAT members, 1,500 yen JTF members, 2,000 yen...
At this time of year in Japan, all you can think about is how to keep cool. When you live in the countryside, there must be a very good reason to go into the city, even a city as wonderful...
Date: Sunday, July 24, 2016
Time: 5:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Place: Koishikawa Korakuen Garden (Iidabashi area; see here for a map and how to get there by train or subway)
Fee: Free of charge
RSVP: By July 23, 2016 (Saturday) to events@swet.jp
We...
