March 9, 2016

March SWET Talk Shop: Academic Translation and Editing

Date: March 23, 2016 (Wednesday)
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 plan to come by dropping us a line at events@swet.jp

6:00–7:00 Social hour (Feel free to bring a bento, snack, and/or beverage to fortify yourself.)
7:00–9:00 Discussion

The March Talk Shop will welcome veteran translator and editor Patricia Murray of Brookline, Massachusetts. She and Lynne Riggs will start the discussion by reporting briefly about the “Reevaluating Translation as a Driving Force of Scholarship” symposium held in Kyoto, February 27–28. The focus of the discussion is likely to be knotty problems of translation and editing.