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EASC Career Event: Japanese Interpretation Demonstration

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September 7, 2018
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Page Hall Room 10 (1810 College Rd.)

East Asian Studies Center presents:
 
Kenneth Lantz 
Senior Manager/Chief Engineer, Power Plant Division, Hybrid Dept/Engine Design Dept, Honda R&D Americas, Inc.
 
Koji Sasamoto (on assignment from Honda R&D, Tochigi, Japan) 
Senior Engineer, Transmission Division, Honda R&D Americas, Inc.
 
Kay Nason 
Senior Manager/Chief Interpreter, Language Services, Honda R&D Americas, Inc.
 
RSVP Requested. Space Limited. Registration Link 
 
This simultaneous interpretation demonstration, given by Ms. Kay Nason (Head Interpreter at Honda Americas), will show how interpretation is done in a highly technical and business context. Mr. Lantz will present "Honda R&D Overview," and Mr. Sasamoto will present "How Super-Handling All Wheel Drive works (SH-AWD)." Ms. Nason will simultaneously interpret their presentations and the entire event from English to Japanese and Japanese to English. Also, she and the engineers will discuss what is required of interpreters to survive and exceed at highly technical and fast-paced environment that constantly requires innovations.
 
Co-Sponsors: East Asian Studies Center, Honda R&D Americas, Inc., U.S. Department of Education Title VI Grant to the East Asian Studies Center
 
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Janet Smith, East Asian Studies Center, smith.12674@osu.edu, 614-292-3345, http://easc.osu.edu