A Year in the Life of a Translator
When: Thursday, January 25, 2007
Time: 6:30pm Drinks, 7pm Dinner
Where: 10th Floor Hilton Osaka
Guest Speaker: Juliet Winters Carpenter
Cost: ￥4,000 Members, ￥6,000 Non-members
Join us in January to hear Juliet Winters Carpenter, acclaimed translator and long-term resident of Kansai, speak about some of the unique challenges as well as the fun of being a translator. While some translators devote their entire career to the works of a single author, Juliet finds one of the most exciting things about her work is the chance to tackle a wide variety of projects. In 2006, she had five book-length translations published, including a child's introduction to Mozart, a book on Shin Buddhism, a murder mystery, a memoir of making movies with Akira Kurosawa, and a book of poetry. Each was different in terms of how she became involved in the project, how long it took, and the basic process involved. Of course, other projects were ongoing at the same time (poems for a movie released Nov. 11, called "Tannka"; a 500-page novel tying together Tiananmen Square and the Kobe earthquake; an essay; a bibliography; a haiku a month; etc.)!
Juliet is also a professor in the English Department of Doshisha Women's College in Kyoto. She completed her graduate work at the University of Michigan and has been in Kansai continuously since 1975.
Please RSVP with menu preference (see end of newsletter) to Evelyn Lopez (fax: 06.6347.7008) by Saturday, January 20th.
January 2007 Menus
All menus include coffee or tea with dessert: Yuzu chiboust with dark chocolate ice cream and black pepper sauce.
Regular
Salad of smoked duck breast with baked turnip and leek, balsamic vinaigrette
Pan roasted sea bream and organic brown rice risotto, ginger flavored fish essence
Meat
Salad of smoked duck breast with baked turnip and leek, balsamic vinaigrette
Almond crusted veal fillet with sweet potato mash and tarragon-jus
Vegetarian
Warm tomato caprese with eggplant
Risotto with trevise, red wine flavor
