More On Event Names
Nick’s posting about Japanese and English names for historical events prompted and interesting exchange in the comments. Thomas Ekholm noted that in Kenne...
Category: Translation
Restoration or Renovation?
I’ve always found it interesting how certain events in Japanese history have become indelibly associated with a canonical English translation that often h...
Translation Prize and Gatekeeper Issues
A colleague of mine, Prof. Larry Rogers, just won the 2004 Keene Center translation award for his book of translations of modern stories about Tokyo neighborhoo...