Jim Davis

Jim Davis

James L. Davis is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A licensed Professional Engineer, he worked as a chemical engineer in industry, conducted research as a Fulbright Graduate Fellow at Kyoto University, and taught technical Japanese in the College of Engineering at the UW-Madison from 1990-2020. Davis is ATA-certified in Japanese-into-English translation. He previously served as Administrator of the Japanese Language Division of the ATA and as a grader in the J-into-E portion of the ATA certification program. He currently serves as a judge for the J-into-E portion of the JAT Contest for New and Aspiring Translators.

Sessions

Defining Characters in the Fiction of Honda Tetsuya

Honda Tetsuya is an award-winning writer of Japanese detective fiction. The crafting of a complex identity for each major character is a prominent feature of Honda’s novels and short stories. In this presentation the speaker will discuss the techniques Honda uses to create a unique identity for each character and the challenges those techniques present for the translator. Translating...

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