James L. Davis Professor Address/E-mail Program Affiliations Education Fields of Interest Publications Awards & Honors Summary Files and Links

Contact Information

Room M1056D Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive Madison, WI 53706

Tel: 608/262-4810 Fax: 608/265-4734 E-mail: davis@epd.engr.wisc.edu

Program Affiliations

• Engineering Professional Development

• Certificate in International Engineering
• Certificate in Japanese Studies for Engineering Students

Education

• B.S., University of Rochester
• M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Fields of Interest

• technical Japanese
• technical Chinese

Publications

Selected Publications and Presentations

• "Designing Japanese Language Courses for Professional Purposes"; J. L. Davis; Presented at the Symposium on Teaching Japanese for Professional Purposes; University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2010.
• "Taken Out of Context: The Importance of Context in Japanese-into-English Translation"; J. L. Davis; Presented at the 50th Annual Conference of the American Translators Association (ATA); New York, New York. 2009.
• "Moving Beyond the Literal: Translating Japanese Idiomatic Expressions"; J. L. Davis. The ATA Chronicle; 36(4): 39-44; 2007.
• "Designing Foreign Language Courses for Professional Schools"; J. L. Davis; Presented at the 14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics; Madison, Wisconsin. 2005.
• "Japanese-to-English Translation: When the Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts"; J. L. Davis; Presented at the 45th Annual Conference of the American Translators Association (ATA); Toronto, Canada. 2004.
• "More than Meets the Eye: Solving Puzzles of Grammar and Context in Japanese-to-English Translation"; J. L. Davis; The ATA Chronicle; 32(5): 36-39; 2003.
• Intermediate Technical Japanese, Volume 1: Readings and Grammatical Patterns; J. L. Davis; The University of Wisconsin Press. 2002.
• Intermediate Technical Japanese, Volume 2: Glossary; J. L. Davis; The University of Wisconsin Press. 2002.
• "Professional Development"; J. L. Davis, G. Gooding, K. Saegusa, A. Tomii, Y. Seltzer. In Introduction to the Professions of Translation and Interpretation; Y. Morita, G. Hartmann and M. Kite (Eds.); American Translators Association, Alexandria, Virginia. 1999.
• "The Patent System in Japan"; J. L. Davis. In Japanese Patent Translation Handbook; Y. Morita, G. Gooding and M. Yuasa (Eds.); American Translators Association, Alexandria, Virginia. 1997.
• Progress in Japanese Linguistics and Pedagogy; M. Hubbard, T. Sakamoto and J. L. Davis (Eds.); ALC Press, Tokyo. 1997.
• Technical Japanese Supplement Series, Vol. 2: Biotechnology; J. L. Davis; The University of Wisconsin Press and The University of Tokyo Press. 1995.

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

• Professional Engineer (New York, Wisconsin)
• American Translators Association Certified Translator (Japanese into English)
• Outstanding Instructor Award, National Technological University (1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01)
• Outstanding Instructor Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison Polygon Engineering Council (1997-98)
• Distinguished Credit Program Award, Association for Continuing Higher Education (1995)
• Fulbright Research Fellowship to Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (1985-88)

Summary

In the Technical Japanese Program we focus on methods for learning about Japanese technology, Japanese business practices, and the system from which Japanese technology and products emerge. Courses in technical Japanese are available for people with and without previous experience with the Japanese language. Our courses are offered to students on campus and to professionals anywhere in the world via distance education technology.

Files and Links of Interest

• Current Courses

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