Our heartfelt congratulations go to the prizewinners
First Place: Joyce Wang, University of Auckland
Speech Title: New Zealand society and racism 平等な社会を目指そう
Second Place: Andrea Sevilla, IPU
Speech Title: My Roots and Family History 私のルーツと家族史
Third Place: Samuel Takuya Hanada, Ara institute of Canterbury
Speech Title: Home is where the heart is 家とは心がある場所
These are difficult times and it has been a long process bringing these to you but JSANZ takes the greatest pleasure in finally announcing the JSANZ Japanese Firsts Award winners. There are seven winners over five categories. Not all of the 10 categories received nominations but there were many nominations for the five winning categories. If you missed out this time please try again next year as we would love to see all deserving Japanese stakeholders, teachers, and students recognised. Each winner will receive a print version of their poster to display in their classroom and office. Congratulations. Your awards are very well-deserved.
Five Manawatu secondary schools attended a Bunkasai (cultural festival) on July 7 2021, hosted by the Japanese programme at Massey University, Manawatu Campus. The event was attended by approximately 85 students, teachers, volunteers and Massey and IPU NZ Tertiary Institute staff.
As activities, students took part in a manga drawing contest, trivia quiz, origami contest and a formal Speech Contest (see below). They were also invited to dress in yukata (summer kimono), practise calligraphy, play kendama (a skill game) and take part in a tea ceremony. By good fortune the event coincided exactly with the Tanabata Festival, and students had the opportunity to tie their wishes to branches of sasa bamboo.
Artwork from the students was on display throughout the day
The Bunkasai allowed students to experience aspects of Japanese culture for the first time and enjoy the progress they have made learning Japanese with counterparts from other schools. It is hoped that the time on a university campus and learning more about Japanese at tertiary level from Massey and IPU staff will also encourage students to continue Japanese beyond school.
Speech Contest winners:
Category 1 (Year 11): Jake Cook, Awatapu College
Category 2 (Year 12): Anna Skiffington, St Peter’s College
Category 3 (Year 13): Floor Schalk, Awatapu College
Judges: Mr Toshi Yamauchi and Dr Penny Shino, Massey University.
Are you studying or teaching Japanese at a New Zealand university? Then, here is good news for you: JSANZ Japanese Firsts deadline is now extended for 10 days until 30 June 2021!Thank you to those lecturers and students who have sent in submissions. If you haven’t, you still have time to send us your submissions ヽ(^o^)丿！For more details, please see: https://jsanz.org/1015-2/ (a nomination form can be found here too)
Please make sure you have nominated yourself or others in any of the 10 categories of the competition. The competition deadline is coming up. It is a wonderful way to gain recognition for hard work and excellence in the fields of Japanese teaching and learning. The process is very simple. Just look for the previous post about JSANZ Japanese Firsts and you will find the entry form.
先生方、
いつもお世話になっております。大変お忙しい時期かと存じます。
さて、今年もJSANZ Tertiary Japanese Language Speech Contestを開催する運びとなりました。本年も、昨年同様の内容で、同時期に行うのがいいのではないかという声が一番多くありましたので、ガイドラインもほぼ昨年同様となっております。（Wordとpdfを両方添付してあります）
5 July: Application opens
12 September: Application closes
25 October: Notification of winners
コロナの状況はまだまだ読めず、また日本が現在大変な状況にあることから、本年度も賞品は国内旅行バウチャーということになりました。ビジネス界が困難な状況にあるにもかかわらず、スポンサーである二水会の皆様からの引き続きのご支援には、心より感謝申し上げます。
ガイドラインを添付致しましたので、内容について何かご質問などありましたら、コミッティーまでご連絡いただければと存じます。昨年は難しい状況の中、多くの学生さんからご参加いただきました。学生さんと先生方に深く感謝申し上げます。今年もたくさんの作品をお待ちしております！よろしくお願いいたします。
JSANZ スピーチコンテストコミッティー一同
JSANZ is happy to announce that the call for paper and panel proposals is open for the 24th NZASIA Biennial International Conference 2021, on the theme ‘Asia: Change, disruptions and resilience’ (f2f, November 24-27 at Massey University, Manawatu). Please visit the website https://www.nzasia.org.nz/conferences.html for more information.
The deadline for submitting abstracts is 30 June.
Attached is a flier about the Asia New Zealand Foundation postgraduate workshop which will precede the conference proper – Please forward it to any students or postgraduate supervisors who may be interested.
6th JLPP International Translation Competition
Greetings from the Japanese Literature Publishing Project (JLPP)
Hello, my name is Yasuhiko Ogawa, Chief Director of JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project).
The JLPP is a project sponsored by the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs to promote awareness and appreciation of contemporary Japanese literature.
In the hopes of fostering a new generation of translators of Japanese literature, we have thus far held JLPP International Translation Competitions five times since 2010, translation workshops, and international symposiums.
We are pleased to announce that the 6th JLPP International Translation Competition (English and Spanish) is now underway.
We select three prize winners in each of the target languages, and we award not only prize money but also hold supportive programs for their first step as literary translators.
Some of the previous winners have become active translators of Japanese literature in the world’s publishing community.
For more information, please visit the following website.
https://www.jlpp.go.jp/jp/competition6/competition6jp.html (Japanese)
https://www.jlpp.go.jp/en/competition6/competition6en.html (English)
https://www.jlpp.go.jp/en/competition6es/competition6es.html (Spanish)
The application period is from June 1 to July 31, 2021.
第6回JLPP翻訳コンクール
初めまして。JLPP（Japanese Literature Publishing Project)現代日本文学の翻訳・普及事業）チーフディレクターの小川康彦と申します。
JLPP（現代日本文学の翻訳・普及事業）は現代日本文学の魅力を海外へ発信・普及する文化庁主催事業です。
https://www.jlpp.go.jp/
2010年より日本文学の優れた翻訳家の発掘・育成を目的として、JLPP翻訳コンクール、翻訳ワークショップ、国際シンポジウムを開催してまいりました。
このたび、第６回JLPP翻訳コンクールを英語とスペイン語を対象として開催することとなりましたので、ご案内申し上げます。
本コンクールでは、各言語において３人の受賞者を表彰し、賞金を授与するほか、翻訳家として一歩を踏み出す支援をしております。
これまでの受賞者のなかから、現在世界の出版界で活躍する日本文学翻訳家が誕生しています。
詳細は下記サイトをご覧ください。
和文 https://www.jlpp.go.jp/jp/competition6/competition6jp.html
英文 https://www.jlpp.go.jp/en/competition6/competition6en.html
西文 https://www.jlpp.go.jp/en/competition6es/competition6es.html
応募期間は2021年6月1日〜7月31日までです。