Moving on up
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Shannon Quinn, who has served as a JETAA USA Country Representative for the past 3 years, has stepped down from her position after moving to Tokyo this past fall to start her new job as an ALT Advisor at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
O-tsukare-sama deshita, Shannon, and ganbatte kudasai!
Job: Alumni Coordinator and English Tutor – American University (D.C.)
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Via JETAA DC:
Alumni Coordinator and English Tutor
Description: American University Washington College of Law International Legal Studies Program (ILSP) is seeking an Alumni Coordinator and English Tutor who will report directly to the ILSP Director. The incumbent will provide English tutorial help, including research paper review, pronunciation workshops, and help with clear and accurate expression to the ILSP LLM students. In addition, the incumbent will be responsible for writing and publishing a bi-annual alumni magazine and will edit and oversee the publication of the ILSP Law Journal, a student-run law magazine. Finally, the incumbent will maintain contact with ILSP alumni through the Alumni listserv, social websites such as Facebook and InCircle, and alumni reunions. Read More
Thanks to Friend of JET Nina Morgenlander for sharing the job listing from her company, ELS Educational Services, Inc., which provides English language and educational exchange services:
TITLE: International Recruitment and Placement Services Coordinator
LOCATION: Princeton Headquarters
DEPARTMENT: International Recruitment and placement Services Read More
Roland Kelts speaking at Sakura-Con in Seattle
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Here’s the link to his page on the Sakura-Con site: http://www.sakuracon.org/programming/guests/kelts.php
Job: Large J>E Translation Project
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Here’s a big translation assignment, courtesy of WIT member and NY JET alum Marc Carroll. If you apply to work on the project and you heard about it through JetWit, please make sure to let them know, as indicated in the text below.
Yoroshiku and ganbatte.
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SUBJECT: Large Japanese into English Translation Project
Transperfect Translations is recruiting translators to work on a large-volume, Japanese-into-English translation project for a multinational electronics firm.
Subject matter includes technical translation, general company literature, legal documentation and internal correspondence.
This project is scheduled to run from mid-April through the end of June, but may possibly run longer.
All translators are required to sign confidentiality and independent contractor agreements. Once signed, sample files can be sent for preview and the scope of work will be explained.
Interested parties send should a response with CV and rate information to cv@transperfect.com.
Please also be sure to include in the subject line, “JetWIT Translator“.
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JET Alum Zach LeNarz has set up a Facebook group called “JETAA Law” for JET alums who work in the legal profession, are in law school or are in any other way connected with the law. (If the link doesn’t work for any reason, just do a search for “JETAA Law” on Facebook.)
So go ahead and sign up. No contract, waiver or non-disclosure agreement required. :-)
By Kirsten Phillips (Niigata-ken, 2005-08)
Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered…
A newly arrived ingénue sits on the 2nd floor of a local coffee dive in her adopted 田舎 dwelling. Birds are chirping. Squid is drying. All seems right with the universe.
Without warning, the earth trembles.
Delicately ejecting the coffee just inhaled a mere moment ago, our ingénue dives Bruce Willis style under the nearest table, taking out an entire shelf of neatly-stacked, carefully-categorized dog-earedまんが.
Her Japanese companion raises an eyebrow. She hasn’t even put down her cup.
“Uh…大丈夫?”
“No!” Ingenue blurts, biting down on a freshly polished nail to stay the hysteria. “This is it! Doomsday! The roof’s gonna cave, we’re all gonna perish-”
“ええじゃん? A little one like this?…” The owner, a puckish man named Kurochan, laughs as his establishment sways to and fro.
That was my first earthquake ever. Read More
By Kirsten Phillips (Niigata-ken, 2005-08)
Japan is known to the world at large for its countless and enduring cultural contributions from the over-appreciated 茶の湯 to the oft overlooked (but sorely missed) heated toilet seat. However, there is one thing I’d like to scrawl into every guide book; one nuance of Japan that I’d like forever engraved in the minds of curious tourists: Excess noise.
What exactly is meant by excess noise?
It’s not something one cannot become desensitized to in time. But it is yet another reminder you are no longer in Kansas.
いっらしゃいませ！For the timid/under-informed, this customary holler of welcome and professional integrity is as intimidating as a car honk. Haplessly wander into any establishment in Japan and you will have to grow accustomed to multiple people welcoming you with bellowing. At least you know you’ve got their attention? But I’ve heard some dudes get creative with their shouting. Almost made me want to inch away from all that tempting スルメ they were peddling。
Let’s not even get into election time, shall we? Oh man, oh man.
Jingles. It seems like everything in Japan from coal to second hand stores has a mind-numbing jingle to it. I bet they even have a jingle for jingles! Augh! I pitied the dudes who had to work at Off House the recycling center. I have witnessed the slack jaws and desperate gazes of Disney employees trapped in their kiosks and made to listen to the Pocahontas soundtrack on an endless loop. So, too, was the fate of the Off House worker. But the fun did not stop there. Oh no.
“Why is the food singing at me?” I wondered aloud as I stared at the onigiri. Read More
Via the Society for Writers Editors and Translators (SWET) e-mail list. Several workshops/discussions/presentations that seem to be very useful for writers and translators in Japan:
SWET News, April 8, 2009
For details on the following upcoming events, see below:
1) April 21 (Tues)–SWET OPEN FORUM: Wordsmithing in Japan (Tokyo)
2) May 16 (Sat)– WRITING MULTICULTURAL FAMILIES (Tokyo)
3) May 17 (Sun)–SWET KANSAI: THREE POETS IN JAPAN (Kyoto)
4) June 23 (Tues)–WRITING NEWS ON JAPAN with Elaine Lies (Tokyo)
5) July 18 (Sat)–SWET (Kanto) Summer Party – details pending. Read More
Donald Keene Center presents: Royall Tyler – The Honor of Translating the Tale of Genji
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Via Kia Cheleen (CIR, Aichi-ken 1996-98, ALT 1998-1999), Associate Director at the Donald Keene Center on Japanese Culture at Columbia University. To get on their e-mail list for future events, send an e-mail to donald-keene-center at columbia dot edu.
2009 Annual Soshitsu Sen XV Distinguished Lecture on Japanese Culture
“The Honor of Translating the Tale of Genji”
Royall Tyler
6:00 PM, Wednesday, April 22nd
The 2008-2009 academic year marks the one-thousandth anniversary of that remarkable classic of Japanese literature, Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji. In order to commemorate the occasion, the Keene Center has invited the renowned Genji scholar and most recent translator of that work into English, Dr. Royall Tyler, to deliver this year’s Soshitsu Sen XV Distinguished Lecture on Japanese Culture.
Miller Theater, Columbia University (116th Street and Broadway)
Please go to http://www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/map/miller_theater.html for a campus map
Reservations are required by April 15th. To RSVP for a reservation-only event,
please email dcc2119 at columbia dot edu or send a fax to 212-854-4019. Read More
Jobs: International Education Programs – via Chronicle of Higher Ed
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Via the Chronicle of Higher Ed’s international program job listings:
4/1/2009
- Western Illinois University (Illinois) : Assistant Director of Study Abroad – Center for International Studies
- Learn more in our Employer Profiles
3/30/2009
- St. John’s University (N.Y.) (New York) : Associate Director of International Admission; Office of Admission (Undergraduate)
- University of Kansas (Kansas) : Director Office of Study Abroad
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Texas) : Registrar and Director of International Services
Recent publications by JET alum Michael Auslin
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Two recent publications by JET alum Michael Auslin, a professor of Japanese history and politics and currently the Director of Japanese Studies for the American Enterprise Institute in D.C.
The Sick Man of Asia
Posted Date: Monday, April 6, 2009
It might not be possible for Tokyo to maintain the type of global role it has played so far. If that happens, the world may finally understand just how vital that role was. http://www.aei.org/publication29667
Can Japan Thrive–or Survive?
Posted Date: Monday, April 6, 2009
Despite its political sclerosis, economic stagnation, and demographic worries, Japan is a resilient nation that has much to contribute to the world. http://www.aei.org/publication29666
Michael will also be moderating a panel on Tuesday, April 14 at the AEI offices in Washington, D.C. on the topic of “Are Alliances Enough: The Role of the U.S.-Japanese Alliance in Maritime Asia.” The panel is part of an all-day conference titled Protecting the Seas: Maritime Security in the Asia Pacific, America’s Interests, and Asia’s Future.
Job: Japanese Language and Culture Teacher (short-term) – Youth For Understanding (CA)
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Update: The deadline for applying for this position has been extended to April 17.
Apparently, Youth For Understanding has had a good experience hiring JET alums in the past for this position, so they’re looking for JET alums again.
YOUTH FOR UNDERSTANDING USA POSITION DESCRIPTION
Short-Term Position JAPANESE CULTURE AND LANGUAGE TEACHER The Culture and Language Teacher is a paid contract position with YFU, and reports directly to the Site Directors and indirectly to the Assistant Site Director.
Click link for more information and contact info (PDF): http://my.yfu.org/dept/eandt/Orientations/JPDO/Teacher_Position_Description_2009.pdf
Robert Weston’s (Nara-ken, 2002-04) rhyming novel Zorgamazoo has just received another honor. Below is the post by Rob on his blog wayofthewest.wordpress.com:
Unbelievable. My little black book simply won’t stop slapping me in the face with the most pleasant of surprises.
GET THIS: Zorgamazoo is on the shortlist for the 2009 E.B. White Read Aloud Award. And here’s what I have to say about it:
EEEEEEEEEEGAD!
(ahem. )
Now then. What this means: E.B. White, as I’m certain you already know, is the author of Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little (he’s also the eponymous “White” of Strunk and White’s Elements of Style).
Co-working links
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The following links are from the article on co-working by freelance translator Joel Dechant (CIR Fukuoka-ken, 2001-04).
- Coworking Google Group http://groups.google.com/group/coworking
- I’m Outta Here E-Book http://www.imouttaherethebook.com/
- Coworking Wiki http://coworking.pbwiki.com/
- Web Worker Daily –http://webworkerdaily.com/
- Independents Hall, Philly –http://www.indyhall.org
- CoLab Tokyo –http://co-lab.jp/about/index.html
- Jelly –http://www.workatjelly.com
