SWET RSS Feed http://www.swet.jp/ An RSS feed of the latest content from the SWET Web site. en SWET Copyright 2012 2012-01-19T03:19:01+00:002012-01-19T03:27:49+00:002011-07-09T21:58:32+00:002011-07-04T22:07:14+00:002012-01-20T22:37:48+00:002012-01-05T06:57:00+00:002012-01-19T03:25:58+00:002011-12-16T00:04:28+00:002011-12-16T00:02:00+00:002011-07-08T07:43:54+00:002011-07-09T21:39:25+00:002011-07-09T02:50:13+00:002011-12-14T21:07:36+00:002011-06-08T22:26:31+00:002011-06-09T21:46:29+00:002011-06-08T22:42:04+00:002011-05-28T09:40:30+00:002011-05-16T16:44:52+00:002011-05-12T09:21:29+00:002011-04-10T10:39:55+00:002011-03-23T05:27:25+00:002011-01-13T08:20:21+00:002011-01-13T08:21:19+00:002011-01-13T07:02:17+00:002010-11-16T03:59:57+00:002010-11-16T20:09:26+00:002010-10-30T04:58:25+00:002010-10-30T05:28:54+00:002011-01-27T08:22:42+00:002010-10-06T20:29:54+00:002010-10-03T00:54:08+00:002010-03-21T19:01:45+00:002011-01-13T09:07:57+00:002010-01-27T12:48:38+00:002010-01-15T04:24:50+00:002009-12-15T08:51:19+00:002009-12-15T08:52:21+00:002009-11-18T08:00:39+00:002009-10-23T07:15:00+00:002009-09-29T09:08:35+00:002009-09-24T05:49:17+00:002009-09-20T13:56:11+00:002009-09-14T03:49:28+00:002009-09-04T18:41:54+00:002009-08-29T03:29:56+00:002009-09-05T18:25:57+00:002009-07-28T20:28:09+00:002009-07-21T08:58:56+00:002009-07-17T09:34:41+00:002009-07-15T08:08:37+00:002009-07-17T19:42:00+00:002009-07-17T19:44:50+00:002009-07-07T10:49:56+00:002009-07-11T22:52:22+00:002009-06-14T05:06:22+00:002010-10-30T03:09:40+00:002009-06-10T10:03:03+00:002009-05-27T03:43:13+00:001999-11-30T00:00:00+00:001999-11-30T00:00:00+00:002009-04-19T00:57:13+00:002009-04-02T02:18:40+00:002009-03-27T01:17:10+00:002009-03-15T23:55:24+00:002009-02-26T07:38:57+00:002009-02-21T09:22:46+00:002009-02-15T11:55:17+00:002009-02-03T09:18:07+00:002009-01-27T09:47:09+00:002009-01-25T23:44:02+00:002009-07-21T09:00:09+00:002009-01-10T20:11:37+00:001999-11-30T00:00:00+00:002008-12-22T20:26:07+00:002008-12-14T16:05:43+00:002008-12-12T20:31:34+00:002008-12-11T23:03:33+00:002008-12-05T19:06:08+00:002008-11-12T13:55:23+00:002008-10-28T08:43:33+00:002008-10-14T13:35:13+00:002008-09-22T23:59:48+00:002008-09-14T23:39:00+00:002008-08-22T22:26:28+00:002008-08-21T10:20:42+00:002008-08-21T08:08:18+00:002008-09-11T19:20:06+00:002008-08-14T03:42:50+00:002008-07-15T16:12:54+00:002008-07-13T16:22:34+00:002008-07-09T01:25:08+00:002008-07-07T10:20:33+00:002008-07-06T13:26:27+00:002008-06-28T08:48:22+00:002008-06-25T09:18:59+00:002008-06-24T03:14:25+00:001999-11-30T00:00:00+00:002008-06-09T08:55:04+00:001999-11-30T00:00:00+00:002008-06-03T03:32:40+00:00 The Wordsmith’s Craft Lynne E. Riggs http://www.swet.jp/index.php/weblog/comments/the_wordsmiths_craft 2012-01-16T14:40:59+00:00 SWET Newsletter, No. 129 Richard Sadowsky http://www.swet.jp/index.php/newsletter/content/swet_newsletter_129 SWET Newsletter, No. 129 Japanese to English Translation Slave to the Word, Michael Karpa   March 11, 2011: Continuing Stories After March 11: A Magazine and Local Newspaper Respond to the Disaster, Terri Nii The Silent Citadel: Poetry for 9/11 and 3/11, Higashizono Tadatoshi   SWET Events Orchards: Holly Thompson on Japan in Fiction for Teens, Ann Tashi Slater Joan Ericson on Japanese Children’s Literature, Lynne E. Riggs   From the Steerage SWET Business Update: Looking Ahead   Book Review Tidbits among the Triumphalism, Charles De Wolf Issues, SWET Newsletter, No. 129

  • March 11, 2011: Continuing Stories
    • After March 11: A Magazine and Local Newspaper Respond to the Disaster, Terri Nii
    • The Silent Citadel: Poetry for 9/11 and 3/11, Higashizono Tadatoshi
       
  • SWET Events
    • Orchards: Holly Thompson on Japan in Fiction for Teens, Ann Tashi Slater
    • Joan Ericson on Japanese Children’s Literature, Lynne E. Riggs
       
]]> 2011-11-29T23:59:47+00:00 SWET Newsletter, No. 128 George Bourdaniotis http://www.swet.jp/index.php/newsletter/content/swet_newsletter_no._128 Remembering March 11, 2011: Stories • Bob Gavey, Anna Husson Isozaki, William Wetherall, David Gilman-Frederick, Asakura Kazuko SWET Events Editing for Better Nonfiction Translation • Lynne E. Riggs David Moreton on Publishing the Diaries of an English P.O.W. • David Gilman-Frederick From the Trenches Newsletter News • SWET Newsletter Editorial Team Important Notice Book Review Awa Naoko in Translation • Misa Dikengil Lindberg Issues,
  • Remembering
    • March 11, 2011: Stories • Bob Gavey, Anna Husson Isozaki, William Wetherall, David Gilman-Frederick, Asakura Kazuko
  • SWET Events
    • Editing for Better Nonfiction Translation • Lynne E. Riggs
    • David Moreton on Publishing the Diaries of an English P.O.W. • David Gilman-Frederick
  • From the Trenches
  • Book Review
    • ]]>     2011-07-05T02:55:30+00:00     SWET Newsletter, No. 127 Richard Sadowsky http://www.swet.jp/index.php/newsletter/content/swet_newsletter_no._127 Translating from Japanese to English Translation as a Teaching and Learning Tool • Ann Cary English Writing in Japan Japan Writers Conference 2010: Highlights • John Gribble There’s No Business Like Po’ Business • John Gribble and Bern Mulvey EFL Publishing in Japan: Myths and Realities • Todd Jay Leonard Publish and Perish: Lessons in the Magazine Market • Peter Mallett Seven Things I’ve Learned About Writing a True Story • Margi Preus Freelancing to Periodicals • Hillel Wright SWET Events How the Heck Do You Write About Japan? • Alice Gordenker Thinking Forward: SWET Starts Its Fourth Decade • Lynne E. Riggs SWET Cyber Matters Stonewalling Clients and Timely Usage • Torkil Christensen From the Trenches A Writer’s Look at the iPad • Lem Fugitt Book Reviews A Pair of Fun, Passionate, Self-Published Thrillers • Bob Poulson and Jens Wilkinson The delay in printing and delivery of SWET Newsletter, No. 127 was part of the testimony of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. We thank members for waiting patiently for it to appear. The Komiyama Printing Company factory that does the actual printing of the SWET Newsletter is located in Motoyoshi-machi, Miyagi Prefecture, in the mountains along the line between Sendai and Kessenuma, the area devastated by the tsunami. On March 11, just as the PDF for printing No. 127 was sent to the factory, the powerful main quake occurred. Electricity was cut off and the employees of the factory scattered to check the safety of their families and homes. The safety of all the employees and their families was later confirmed and the factory suffered no damage, but 36 of the 200 employees lost their homes and are living in shelters. Transport to and from the area was severely restricted for three weeks, but as of April 4, all services were restored. We would like to express our sincere thanks for the good work of the employees of the Komiyama factory and our hope that their difficulties will soon be overcome. Issues,
  • Translating from Japanese to English
    • Translation as a Teaching and Learning Tool • Ann Cary
  • English Writing in Japan
    • Japan Writers Conference 2010: Highlights • John Gribble
      There’s No Business Like Po’ Business • John Gribble and Bern Mulvey
      EFL Publishing in Japan: Myths and Realities • Todd Jay Leonard
      Publish and Perish: Lessons in the Magazine Market • Peter Mallett
      Seven Things I’ve Learned About Writing a True Story • Margi Preus
      Freelancing to Periodicals • Hillel Wright
  • SWET Events
  • SWET Cyber Matters
    • Stonewalling Clients and Timely Usage • Torkil Christensen
  • From the Trenches
  • Book Reviews
    • A Pair of Fun, Passionate, Self-Published Thrillers • Bob Poulson and Jens Wilkinson

    • The delay in printing and delivery of SWET Newsletter, No. 127 was part of the testimony of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. We thank members for waiting patiently for it to appear.
    The Komiyama Printing Company factory that does the actual printing of the SWET Newsletter is located in Motoyoshi-machi, Miyagi Prefecture, in the mountains along the line between Sendai and Kessenuma, the area devastated by the tsunami. On March 11, just as the PDF for printing No. 127 was sent to the factory, the powerful main quake occurred. Electricity was cut off and the employees of the factory scattered to check the safety of their families and homes. The safety of all the employees and their families was later confirmed and the factory suffered no damage, but 36 of the 200 employees lost their homes and are living in shelters. Transport to and from the area was severely restricted for three weeks, but as of April 4, all services were restored.

    We would like to express our sincere thanks for the good work of the employees of the Komiyama factory and our hope that their difficulties will soon be overcome.

    ]]>     2011-04-17T06:39:12+00:00     SWET Open Forum 2009: Wordsmithing in Japan SWET Web Site Editor http://www.swet.jp/index.php/newsletter/content/swet_open_forum_2009_wordsmithing_in_japan1 Where to go for translators’ resources, how to control your computer’s Japanese inputting settings, what an editor needs to know about word processing and other software, how to market your professional skills and carve your niche, how to get your work published, what to tell a Japanese author who wants his/her work published—these were some of the questions that were asked and answered on April 21, 2009 at the SWET Open Forum on wordsmithing in Japan. Articles, Where to go for translators’ resources, how to control your computer’s Japanese inputting settings, what an editor needs to know about word processing and other software, how to market your professional skills and carve your niche, how to get your work published, what to tell a Japanese author who wants his/her work published—these were some of the questions that were asked and answered on April 21, 2009 at the SWET Open Forum on wordsmithing in Japan.

    ]]>     2012-01-21T03:32:46+00:00     Happy New Year from SWET George Bourdaniotis http://www.swet.jp/index.php/weblog/comments/happy_new_year_from_swet Happy New Year from SWET! [Sado Island (c) 2011 George Bourdaniotis]

    ]]>     2012-01-05T11:42:58+00:00     From the Steerage Lynne E. Riggs http://www.swet.jp/index.php/newsletter/content/from_the_steerage Articles, 2012-01-05T11:11:57+00:00 Tidbits among the Triumphalism George Bourdaniotis http://www.swet.jp/index.php/newsletter/content/tidbits_among_the_triumphalism Globish: How the English Language Became the World’s Language, by Robert McCrum. (New York: Penguin Books, 2010). ISBN 978-0-141-02710-4. Reviewed by Charles De Wolf Articles, Globish: How the English Language Became the World’s Language, by Robert McCrum. (New York: Penguin Books, 2010). ISBN 978-0-141-02710-4.

    Reviewed by Charles De Wolf

    ]]>     2011-12-15T02:46:27+00:00     Slave to the Word • Michael Karpa George Bourdaniotis http://www.swet.jp/index.php/newsletter/content/slave_to_the_word In an efficiency-first, high-tech world, will human translators soon be transformed into skilled slaves? We bring to the task of translation understanding and consciousness, exactly what both rule-based and statistically based MT translation lack, and the completeness of our understanding becomes the measure of what we do. Karpa recalls the history of reading text when there were no spaces between words (scriptura continua), a laborious task sometimes assigned to slaves. He cites studies illuminating how different parts of the brain are mobilized for reading ideographic characters and alphabetic characters. He discusses the processes involved in reading and understanding, mobilizing complex components and functions of the brain. By understanding how we understand, we can transcend the slave. Author of Translating in the Deep End (The ATA Chronicle, American Translators Association, Alexandria VA, Jan 2011), Michael Karpa is a long-time Japanese-to-English translator based in San Francisco, California. Articles, In an efficiency-first, high-tech world, will human translators soon be transformed into skilled slaves? We bring to the task of translation understanding and consciousness, exactly what both rule-based and statistically based MT translation lack, and the completeness of our understanding becomes the measure of what we do. Karpa recalls the history of reading text when there were no spaces between words (scriptura continua), a laborious task sometimes assigned to slaves. He cites studies illuminating how different parts of the brain are mobilized for reading ideographic characters and alphabetic characters. He discusses the processes involved in reading and understanding, mobilizing complex components and functions of the brain. By understanding how we understand, we can transcend the slave. Author of Translating in the Deep End (The ATA Chronicle, American Translators Association, Alexandria VA, Jan 2011), Michael Karpa is a long-time Japanese-to-English translator based in San Francisco, California.

    ]]>     2011-12-15T01:52:58+00:00     E-book: Tsunami: Japan’s Post-Fukushima Future Richard Sadowsky http://www.swet.jp/index.php/weblog/comments/e_book_tsunami_japans_post_fukushima_future 2011-07-08T05:16:52+00:00 Book Review: Awa Naoko in Translation Richard Sadowsky http://www.swet.jp/index.php/newsletter/content/book_review_awa_naoko_in_translation A Fox’s Window and Other Stories, by Awa Naoko. Translated by Toshiya Kamei. (New Orleans: UNO Press, 2009). ISBN-13: 978-1-60801-006-6. $22.95. Reviewed by Misa Dikengil Lindberg A Fox’s Window and Other Stories, by Awa Naoko. Translated by Toshiya Kamei. (New Orleans: UNO Press, 2009). ISBN-13: 978-1-60801-006-6. $22.95.

    The Fox's Window

    Reviewed by Misa Dikengil Lindberg

    ]]>     2011-07-08T05:11:24+00:00     News: Toward a New Phase • SWET Newsletter Editorial Team George Bourdaniotis http://www.swet.jp/index.php/newsletter/content/toward_a_new_phase Articles, 2011-07-08T01:35:11+00:00 Editing in Japan: Three Perspectives • Damon Shulenberger George Bourdaniotis http://www.swet.jp/index.php/newsletter/content/editing_in_japan_three_perspectives The June 25, 2005 SWET on Saturdays featured three veteran editors of English in Japan presenting the perspectives of freelance editing, editing of translations, and book editing to 23 working and aspiring editors. The presentations by Phil Ouellet, Lynne E. Riggs, and Ginny Tapley included stories from their experiences, general advice about editing in Japan, and specific pointers basic to all kinds of editing. The June 25, 2005 SWET on Saturdays featured three veteran editors of English in Japan presenting the perspectives of freelance editing, editing of translations, and book editing to 23 working and aspiring editors. The presentations by Phil Ouellet, Lynne E. Riggs, and Ginny Tapley included stories from their experiences, general advice about editing in Japan, and specific pointers basic to all kinds of editing.

    ]]>     2011-07-05T02:10:34+00:00     Translation and Editing • Lynne E. Riggs George Bourdaniotis http://www.swet.jp/index.php/newsletter/content/translation_and_editing On average, an editor (if he or she cares at all about the book) must spend two to three times as much time working on a translation than on a book originally written in English; most editors I know have argued, at one time or another, that they—rather than the translator—have translated the book, given how much rewriting the translation requires. --John O’Brien in Context, No. 15 Articles, On average, an editor (if he or she cares at all about the book) must spend two to three times as much time working on a translation than on a book originally written in English; most editors I know have argued, at one time or another, that they—rather than the translator—have translated the book, given how much rewriting the translation requires.

    --John O’Brien in Context, No. 15

    ]]>     2011-06-08T13:03:30+00:00     Thinking Forward: SWET Starts Its Fourth Decade • Lynne E. Riggs Richard Sadowsky http://www.swet.jp/index.php/newsletter/content/SWET_fourth_decade Only a few blocks away from the apartment building in Aoyama where, in November 1980, 100 writers, editors, translators, and others of their kind had gathered and founded SWET, 33 SWETers—young, not-so-young, and 30 years older—gathered at the Wesley Center on November 3, 2010 to celebrate the beginning of SWET’s fourth decade. Remarks by James Baxter, Janine Beichman, Juliet Winters Carpenter, Andrew Horvat, Lynne Riggs, Mark Schreiber, and Fred Uleman noted the strengths of the organization and made suggestions for the future. Messages were also received from Anne Bergasse, Torkil Christensen, and Leza Lowitz. Only a few blocks away from the apartment building in Aoyama where, in November 1980, 100 writers, editors, translators, and others of their kind had gathered and founded SWET, 33 SWETers—young, not-so-young, and 30 years older—gathered at the Wesley Center on November 3, 2010 to celebrate the beginning of SWET’s fourth decade. Remarks by James Baxter, Janine Beichman, Juliet Winters Carpenter, Andrew Horvat, Lynne Riggs, Mark Schreiber, and Fred Uleman noted the strengths of the organization and made suggestions for the future. Messages were also received from Anne Bergasse, Torkil Christensen, and Leza Lowitz.

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