JAT Bulletin Zombie Articles
(April 17, 2024)
The website of the Japan Association of Translators has a very strange webpage that tells a troubling story. Page is a zombie page of the JAT website and appears to present links to 183 articles in the JAT Bulletin, the long-defunct publication of that organization, that were written by numerous authors between the years 1997 and 2007 (11 of them by me, as listed below).
All of the 183 links are broken, however, and it appears that nobody who can speak for JAT knows where the content is, although people have said it is not lost; I am very skeptical, this situation having gone on for a number of years.
The JAT Bulletin was started back in 1985, so this page demonstrates that it was published for at least 22 years. I wonder where all the articles are. I wonder if the JAT leadership is wondering where all the articles are. And I wonder whether they care.
The broken links to my articles appear to lead, but don't lead, to the following articles. I wrote more articles than these, and maybe they're listed on a different zombie page.
- Qualifying Customers: Rescuing Your Valuable Time From Those Bandits Banging at Your Door by Bill Lise, November 2000
- Introduction to J-E Patent Claim Translation by Bill Lise, February 2000
- The For-Filing J-E Patent Translation Market in Japan by Bill Lise, December 1999
- J-E Patent Translation for Filing by Bill Lise, October 1999
- Can I Have an Amen for Patent Translation Being the Only Path Into the Kingdom of Wealth and Fame? by Bill Lise, February 1998
- Manufacturers' Catalogs by Bill Lise, February 1998
- The New Order by Bill Lise, February 1998
- Choosing Information Sources by Bill Lise, February 1998
- The Internet: Will It Save Your Hide or Tan It? by Bill Lise, December 1997
- Show Me the Money: Breaking out of the "Poor Translator" Mindset by Bill Lise, December 1997
- Recommended Magazines by Bill Lise, December 1997