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Broadcast Announcement
ATA Division Event: Asian Networking Dinner in San Francisco
Make plans to attend!
The Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Language Divisions cordially invite ATA Members to join them for an Asian Networking Dinner at the Oriental Pearl on Thursday, November 1. Cost will run approximately $26-$38, payable at the restaurant. You do not need to be a division member to attend, but hurry ... reservations must be made by October 18 and space is limited.
- When
Thursday, November 1, 2007
6:30pm-9:30pm - Where
Oriental Pearl Restaurant
760 Clay Street (8-block walk from hotel)
San Francisco, CA
Make Your Reservations by October 18
We need to give the restaurant a head count, so please get your reservations in. Just email your RSVP to one of the three division leaders below.
- Chinese Language Division members should RSVP to Garry Guan at Garry@aals.com
- Japanese Language Division members should RSVP to Carl Sullivan at masacatranslations@gmail.com
- Korean Language Division members should RSVP to Vania Haam at vhaam@instepis.com
Not a division member? Send your RSVP to Garry Guan at Garry@aals.com.
Korean Language Division Annual Dinner
After our Asian Networking Dinner on Thursday, you'll want to save Friday, November 2, 6-9:00pm, for the KLD's Annual Dinner – and this time around it's a full seven courses at Borobudur. That's appetizers, soup, four entrees, dessert, and one non-alcoholic drink. Cost is just $25.00 with tax and tip included! Borobudur is located at 700 Post Street.
To make your reservation, make your $25 check or money order payable to Jisu Kim and mail to Jisu Kim, 65 Duer Lane, Staten Island, NY 10301. For questions or additional information, email Jisu at Korean.trans@hotmail.com. We'd like to get a head count to the restaurant by October 18, so please get that check in the mail now! Late-comers will be welcome as space allows.
ATA 48th Annual Conference
With over 150 educational sessions and workshops, this is the preeminent professional development conference for translators and interpreters. You'll find unparalleled networking, publications, job opportunities, and vendors. Take a minute now to check out the sessions planned for your language combination and division. Remember, the meeting rooms will be listed in the final program which conference attendees receive onsite at the registration desk.
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Chinese<>English Sessions
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C-1:
Parts of Speech and Syntax in Chinese>English
Translation
Zhesheng Cheng (Thursday, 1:30-3:00pm) - C-3:
Three Major Developments in China's Translation Sector
Huang Changqi (Friday, 3:30-5:00pm) - C-6: Chinese Language Division Annual Meeting
Garry X. Guan (Saturday, 1:30-3:00pm ) - NEW C-8:The Translation of English Attributes
Xuanxi Ma and Frank Mou (Friday, 10:00-11:30am) - NEW C-9: Chinese Information Technology: Has the Language
Made It to the 21st Century?
Bruce G. Hyman (Saturday, 8:00-9:30am)
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Japanese<>English Sessions
- J-1: International Patenting Strategies and How They
Determine the Patents Translators Encounter
T. David Reed (Friday, 10:00-11:30am) -
J-2: Localizing Japanese Programming Manuals at Nintendo
of America
John H. Zimet (Friday, 1:30-3:00pm) -
J-3: Japanese<>English Certification Workshop
James L. Davis, Yuri C. Davis, Diane L. Howard, Connie Prener, Izumi Suzuki, and Kendrick J. Wagner (Friday, 3:30-5:00pm) - J-4: Understanding Basic Statistics for Japanese<>English Translations
Masae Y. Sullivan (Saturday, 8:00-9:30am) - J-5: Japanese Language Division Annual Meeting
Carl T. Sullivan (Saturday, 10:00-11:30am) - J-6: The Nuts and Bolts of Japanese>English Legal Translation
Carol Lawson (Saturday, 1:30-3:00pm) - J-7: Role of the Japanese>English Court Interpreter
Kaoru Tamura (Saturday, 3:30-5:00pm)
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Korean<>English Sessions
- K-:1 Korean>English Patent Translation Basics: Some
Correlations with J>E Patent Translations
Carl T. Sullivan (Thursday, 1:30-3:00pm) - K-2: Structural Challenges in East Asian Language Interpreting and Translation
Garry X. Guan, Jisu Kim, Ji E. Lee, and Izumi Suzuki (Thursday, 3:30-5:00pm) -
K-3: Korean Grammar: Observing the Rules
Jacki J. Noh (Friday, 10:00-11:30am) - K-4: Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Characteristics of
English and Korean
Yun-Hyang Lee (Friday, 1:30-3:00pm) - K-5: Korean Language Division Annual Meeting
Vania H. Haam (Friday, 3:30-5:00pm) - K-6: Notating Korean Proper Nouns
Don W. Shin (Saturday, 8:00-9:30am) - K-7: Software Localization: A Translator's Perspective
Keumhee Jeong and Yun-Hyang Lee (Saturday, 10:00-11:30am)
It's all at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco from October 31-November 3, 2007. Visit the ATA 48th Annual Conference website for details and registration information. For questions, email Maggie Rowe, ATA Membership Services Manager, or call (703) 683-6100, extension 3001.
See you in San Francisco!
