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[JIF2017] Learning from Figure Skating: “Perfect” Interpretation Considered

Miki Hirai Miki actually started as a part-time translator for ESPN Sports Center as a college student and later found her way into the world of interpreting. She went on to interpret in telecasts ...

[JIF2016] Bridging the Cultural Gap: Interpreting for the Japan National Rugby Union Team

Hidenori Sato Relocated to Gold Coast, Australia at the young age of 10 with his sister and mother (1990-1999). After graduating from a local high school, Sato returned to Japan, and worked for an ac...

[JIF2016] Simultaneous Interpreting for Beginners

Simultaneous Interpreting for Beginners Generally, students at a regular interpreting school in Japan would learn consecutive first and work their way up to simultaneous over time. However, ever si...

[JIF2016] Diplomatt School: The Way We Teach

Diplomatt School: The Way We Teach Diplomatt School Principal Fujiko Hara believes that “interpreters need to have the ability to communicate,” because interpreting is more than a simple act of wor...

[JIF2016] Learning Medical Interpreting by Concept Association

Learning Medical Interpreting by Concept Association Many doctors and researchers in the 1980s believed that interpreting is not possible in all matters medical. True or not, professional interpr...

[JIF2016] Evolution of the Interpreting Market: A Personal Perspective

Evolution of the Interpreting Market: A Personal Perspective The environment surrounding conference interpreters has changed dramatically, particularly in the past couple of decades. There are more...

[JIF2016] Deposition Interpreting: A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery inside an Enigma

Deposition Interpreting: A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery inside an Enigma Deposition interpreting is essential to discovery in US civil litigation, but presents interpreters with problems that are usua...

[JIF2016] What to Add and Subtract: Communicating the Communicator in Broadcast Interpreting

Tomoyuki Shibahara Instructor at the Kanda University of International Studies and broadcast interpreter. After completing a Master’s program in translation and interpreting at the University of Ba...

[JIF2016] Simultaneous Interpreter AMA: Our Story

Simultaneous Interpreter AMA: Our Story Every year at the Japan Interpreting Forum, we organize a simultaneous interpreter AMA session in addition to an agency session to observe the realities of o...

[JIF2016] How to Achieve Success as an IR Interpreter

Bobby Hirasawa After Graduating from Meiji Gakuin University (BA in English literature), Hirasawa worked as an in-house translator/interpreter for a securities firm before becoming a securities bro...

[JIF2016] Japan Interpreting Forum 2016

Japan Interpreting Forum 2016 Time/Date: 9:30-18:45 on August 27, 2016 Venue: Forum 8 (Shibuya) Admission: JACI member: 3,500 yen / Non-Member: 8,000 yen Register from here (Japanese only) ...

[JIF2016] Have We Exposed Market Forces to the Interpreting World?

Have We Exposed Market Forces to the Interpreting world? This presentation will look at how other freelance services (lawyers, accountants, etc.) are procured in the world and whether or not interpre...

[JIF2015] Finding Work: Nuts and Bolts

Finding Work: Nuts and Bolts How can I find work if I have no experience whatsoever? The biggest concern many students studying at various interpreting schools might be not knowing how to develop the...

[JIF2015] Because Your Voice Matters: Introduction to Voice Training

Because Your Voice Matters: Introduction to Voice Training In a way, the interpreter is only as good as her voice. But how many of us actually take good care of our throat on a daily basis, and make ...

[JIF2015] Simultaneous Interpreter AMA: Welcome to the Trenches

Simultaneous Interpreter AMA: Welcome to the Trenches In addition to an agency AMA, we have an AMA from deep in the trenches as well, because it is always good to have both sides of the story. Paneli...

[JIF2015] Agency AMA: What They Really Think

Agency AMA: What They Really Think Most interpreters meet and actually have a substantial conversation with their agency rep only once in their career: when they sign up. Because we rarely ever hav...

[JIF2015] Medical English: Shadowing-based Learning

Medical English: Shadowing-based Learning There are not many professional and aspiring interpreters who would drool over the thought of interpreting at a medical conference. Medical English itself, h...

[JIF2015] (Hopefully) Getting to Yes: Negotiating Your Way Up

(Hopefully) Getting to Yes: Negotiating Your Way Up Many interpreters are not familiar with the idea of negotiating to get what they are really worth. In some cases, they do not even know what they a...

[JIF2015] IPO’s and PO’s – How they work, and how interpreters can join in the fun (and contribute)

IPO’s and PO’s – How They Work, and How Interpreters Can Join in the Fun (and Contribute) In 2014, the amount of equity financing by companies around the world reached a record high. In Japan alone, ...

[JIF2015] Only a Start: Add Value to Interpreting

Only a Start: Add Value to Interpreting The medical device industry is booming. Prime Minister Abe and his government see it as one of the growth drivers to propel Japan out of years of economic stag...

Japan Interpreting Forum 2015

Japan Interpreting Forum 2015 Time/Date: 9:00-16:30 on August 29, 2015 Venue: Alcadia Ichigaya Admission: JACI member: 3,500 yen / Non-Member: 7,000 yen Register from here (Japanese only) [...