Interpreter Jam: Interpreting as interaction

In this collegiate, experiential session, you will share and learn from each other, and try out interpreting techniques and concepts...

The Princess Kaguya Paradox: Translator as Cultural Consultant

In this presentation, I will draw on my recent work with Hōjōki (方丈記) and Taketori monogatari (竹取物語) to discuss how the rigors of...

Workshop - Exploring the potential for collaboration between subtitlers and filmmakers through direct communication or briefing

This workshop will guide participants through a structured discussion aimed at exploring experiences with and opinions of collaboration...

JAT新人翻訳者コンテスト受賞者によるパネルセッション

JAT設立20周年を記念して2004年に始まった新人翻訳者コンテストは、2025年で第22回を迎えた。今回のセッションでは、コンテストの概要(応募資格、日程、課題文、審査員、審査方法、応募者・入受賞者等)を振り返った後、第21回・22回コンテストの受賞者をパネリストとして招...

オルタナティブ投資の翻訳:リスク管理と価値創造の最前線─AI時代における翻訳者の役割

翻訳業界が急速に変化する中、翻訳品質の重要性はこれまで以上に高まっています。私の担当する翻訳分野では、誤訳は法令違反、金銭的損害、レピュテーションの失墜を招く可能性があります。本講演では、AI翻訳が金融分野で引き起こす3つの主要リスクについて解説します: 1....

パネルディスカッション『翻訳・通訳業界のこれからを考える』

本セッションでは、第一線で活躍する3名の翻訳者・通訳者・エディターが登壇し、カンファレンスを通して得られた知見や印象的なテーマを振り返りながら、大きな変化の時代にある翻訳・通訳業界のこれからについて語り合います。 会場からの質問を交えたディスカッションも予定しています。 モ...

特許翻訳における重要な「視点」

特許翻訳ではMTPEが主流になりつつありますが、MTPEであっても特許翻訳におけるキーポイントは不変です。特許翻訳における「人にしかできないこと」とは、そのような根本的なことを理解した上で作業をするということではないでしょうか。私個人の経験や失敗談、知財関連の試験の標準解答...

Practical tools and JAT website for personal branding

This 60-minute practical session will demonstrate how freelance translators can use simple, affordable tools to create content for...

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翻訳と通訳ガイドの両立 ― その利点と課題、そこから探る唯一無二の領域

翻訳、通訳、通訳ガイドは、いずれも言語を扱うプロフェッショナルという共通点から一括りで語られることも多いが、似て非なる仕事であることは言うまでもない。本セッションでは、翻訳者からスタートし、のちに通訳ガイドも始めた実体験に基づいて、通訳ガイドに生かせる翻訳のスキル、両立の課...

「おらおらでしとりえぐも」 〜人間の心模様を言葉にする〜

人工知能 (AI)...

Workshop: Optimise your creative workflow with PerfectIt for translators, editors, and writers

PerfectIt is a professional proofreading and consistency-checking tool used by translators, editors, writers, and organisations in more...

Rethinking human interpreter ethics through consultation interpreting (相談通訳)

In the age of AI, the question ‘What can translators and interpreters do?’ must be accompanied by a more pressing one: ‘How should they...

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Adding value to your practice: Building medical writing skills as a translator

The translation landscape is shifting rapidly. For Japanese-to-English medical and pharma translators, the rise of artificial...

Offence as intimacy: Understanding mock aggression in cross-cultural communication

In Japanese interpersonal communication, intimacy is typically signalled through softened speech, indirectness and careful attention to...

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Film screening - Japarta

In 1966, 200 Gurindji workers on the Wave Hill cattle station in the Northern Territory walked away from the station, back to their own...

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The human connection: Thriving together in the age of AI

What do wordsmiths and programmers have in common? As a solutions architect, I listen to a customer describe a problem – often...

Panel: Windows on literary translation

Literary translation is a field about which many are curious. In this session, three high-profile literary translators, Tomoko Aoyama,...

Working beyond borders: How to grow your international client base

People choose where they live for many reasons: family, lifestyle, or simply the place they call home. Historically, these life decisions...

"Gender" is a verb - working with pronouns in entertainment translation

Japanese has a wide variety of first-person pronouns that convey a rich depth of information about a speaker's gender presentation,...

Workshop - Why we need a pilot to fly a plane: Testing the capabilities and limitations of AI in the translation classroom

This interactive workshop will incorporate AI into learning activities in innovative ways. Participants will discover what sets human...

Contractual intention as a meeting of the minds – seeing what others miss

In one prediction of the near future, the primary role of translators will have shifted to verifying AI work, thereby eliminating the...

On the balance of probabilities

Court can be an overwhelming environment. A lot is at stake. The interpreter’s role is a delicate one and the court environment is...

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作家・作品との語らい:オーストラリア児童文学の翻訳

著名な比較文学者でポストコロニアル批評も論じるガヤトリ・C・スピヴァクは、かつて「translation is the most intimate act of...

The Translator as Wordsmith: Writing, Editing, and Style in Your Language Life

“Translation" can be viewed as incorporating editing, copyediting, and writing; indeed, it must. Approaching translation as a...

Language professionals and international marketing: The Tourism Australia perspective

Presentation at Zenyasai by Derek Baines, Regional General Manager - Japan and Korea, Tourism Australia