I am a big fan of nonfiction picture books as a way to help Japanese language learners to take the next step after graded readers. Fiction picture books, folk tales, and books for the very young have vocabularies and grammar that native speaker children learn from their parents and grandparents, but nonnative speaking adults wouldn’t […]
More on Permissions, Rights, and Translations – Japan Writers’ Association
August 3, 2020 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Japan Writers’ Association ??????? is listed on several of the publisher home pages as handling rights for many of their authors. On their page for Copyright Clearance there is a great deal of important information for you. To the right there is a list (choice of excel or html) of the authors they represent. When […]
Permissions, Rights, and Translations
August 3, 2020 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
This is a huge topic and yet a relatively simple one. It wasn’t really a problem in the old paper-based world because if you translated something that you loved, it was a private affair. You might share it with your friends or turn it in as an assignment, but it wasn’t public or published. Now […]
What to Read?
July 31, 2020 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
One of the questions I frequently get from students who are thinking about becoming literary translators is what they should read. That is a question that every librarian loves to hear. “Oh let’s talk books!” But this is no easy task. There is so much good literature being published that it is impossible to stay […]
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Figuring Out What Has Been Published in Translation
July 31, 2020 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Student assignments, and even individuals interested in doing JE translation usually start from the proviso – select a story that hasn’t yet been published in English. The standby source used to be the Japan Foundation’s Japanese Literature in Translation database. It doesn’t provide full coverage – you will find some translations missing – but it […]
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JE Literary Translators on Twitter
July 30, 2020 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I am currently working on a library guide for Japanese language learners who are interested in becoming translators. There is so much information out there in interviews, podcasts, tweets, and articles that it can be overwhelming. But the more I read and talk with people earning a living as translators, there are certain patterns that […]
Japanese Learning Manga
March 27, 2020 · No Comments · manga
Crystal Hunters is a new online manga that has been written specifically for Japanese language learners. There is also a pdf guide to accompany it explaining vocabulary and grammar.
Manga websites
March 27, 2020 · No Comments · manga, websites
For people who are looking to try a variety of manga, a number of websites offer free previews, but more importantly free volumes of a whole range of titles. Each website offers different options, and often uses its own proprietary reader, even if the titles are the same. So, it makes sense to do some […]
twitter feeds
March 27, 2020 · No Comments · websites
Here are a handful of twitter feeds that you may find useful for your studies. EasyJapaneseE @EasyJapanesee An Australia-based Japanese teacher from Kyoto. My blog gets updated daily from Mon to Sat. Please follow EasyJapaneseE in Facebook, Instagram & YouTube! Hiragana Ninja Flag of Japan Nihongo @hiragananinja ??????©? / For Everyone to Learn Japanese / […]
online bookstores
March 25, 2020 · 2 Comments · books, websites
Amazon Japan Amazon Japan will ship books to the United States. They come fairly quickly. I have used it in the past when I needed a book and wasn’t making a trip to Japan in the near future. We do use it at work when we have rush requests. Amazon Japan’s Kindle Store is not […]