Speaker | IJET-33 (May 9–11, 2025)

James 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.

IJET-33 Sessions:
[Pre-IJET Friday] Dealing with Ambiguity in Japanese-into-English Translation [Requires Separate Ticket]

Sessions

[Pre-IJET Friday] Dealing with Ambiguity in Japanese-into-English Translation [Requires Separate Ticket]

Ambiguity in the source text is one of many challenges faced by Japanese-into-English translators. In this presentation the speaker will focus on two specific types of ambiguity: 1) the Japanese writer’s use of terms that appear to be ambiguous or overlapping (when translated into English) to make what is intended to be a clear distinction in Japanese, and 2) a Japanese sentence that could...

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