サイトラワークショップ第二弾

前回に引き続きサイトラワークショップ第二弾を開催したいと思います。進め方は前回と同じでニューズウィークまたはその他の英語雑誌からの記事を丁寧にサイトラしていく、という作業です。日程は今のところ12月12日(日）を予定しています。時間は1時間半から2時間程度。参加費は3000円です。スカイプを使用しますのでスカイプならびにマイクが使えることが条件です。サイトラに参加するのはちょっと自信ないけれど、どんなものか見てみたい…という方はオブザーバーとして参加していただくことも可能です。興味のある方は　[e-mail]　までご連絡下さいませ。どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。

ampersand

It means "&". We were talking about some characters you should not use in a particular format and they said that you cannnot use "<>" or "&" in the format. I paused for a moment to come up with the right word for "&". I was going to say "symble for AND" but my boss saw the mark and said, "it's ampersand." Wow, that is why I love working with foreigners. I can learn so many things every day.

visibility

The translation of visibility is 可視化.　Recently, however, some people started to use 見える化 instead. When I heard the Japanese, I thought that they are just kidding. But it is being used in magazines and sometimes in the newspapers. Does this expression exist? Is it OK to use the word? I know that new words are created every year. Some disappear soon and others stay for a long time. I am not sure if this expression will survive for a long time but it sounds really weird…. I don’t think I can use it in my translation. Or should I be more sensitive to new words?