Sep 8

JAT Contest for New and Aspiring Translators

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JetWit job poster Stephen Palanik (Fukushima Ken, 2004-08) learned of the following translation contest through the Japan Association of Translators website and thought that it might be of interest to former JETs. Stephen is a translator based in Hamamatsu city, Shizuoka Ken, and he periodically posts job listings and event information for JET alumni.

Designed to foster, recognize, and reward excellence in commercial, non-literary translation between Japanese and English by new translators, the sixth annual awards will be given in 2010. A 450-member-strong organization of professional freelance and in-house translators and interpreters, JAT is dedicated to promoting the interests of individual translators and interpreters working between Japanese and English worldwide.

SIXTH ANNUAL JAT CONTEST FOR NEW AND ASPIRING TRANSLATORS

Sponsored by: Japan Association of Translators (JAT)
Purpose: To cultivate new talent in commercial, non-literary translation
Qualification: Anyone with less than three years of commercial translation experience. (JAT membership not required. Except for the winners, entrants in the past contests are welcome to enter again.)
Categories: Japanese-to-English and English-to-Japanese
Entry fee: Free

Awards (each category):
The First Place winner in each category will receive a free trip to IJET-21, to be held on April 24 (Sat.) and 25 (Sun.), 2010 in Miyazaki, Japan, including registration fee, round-trip ticket, and hotel accommodations (3 nights), plus a one-year membership in JAT. Each Second Place winner will receive a one-year membership in JAT.

Judges
Japanese-to-English: Malcolm James, Ken Wagner, Lee Seaman
English-to-Japanese: Ayako Sato, Yukari Ishihara, Kiyoshi Chimasu

Contest Schedule
Sep. 1, 2009 – Source texts available for downloading from the JAT website
Sep. 28, 2009 (24:00 Japan Time)- Submission deadline
Nov. 23, 2009 – Five finalists announced on JAT website
Dec. 25, 2009 – Awards announced on JAT website and by direct e-mail to the winners
April 24, 2010 – Winners invited to IJET-21 in Miyazaki.

Interested parties should visit the JAT website for more information and to download the source text.