長崎原爆戦災誌

A statement on the activities of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Bombing and Wartime Damage


In 2006, the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims began work on an English translation of Volume 1 of the Revised Critical Edition of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage (a book originally published by Nagasaki City in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the bombing) in order to convey the realities of the damages caused by the bombing to people around the world.

For the release of the translated version of this important literary work, it was deemed necessary to conduct an evaluation of the English wording used to translate specific terms related to the atomic bombing, the wartime situation, historical conditions and cultural aspects, as well as that for proper names of governmental bodies or institutions of the day. For this purpose, the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims assembled the noted experts listed below to form the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Bombing and Wartime Damage, under whose supervision translation work on this volume then proceeded.

Board members:
Hideo Tsuchiyama
 Former President of Nagasaki University
Brian Burke-Gaffney
 Dean of the Faculty of Environment and Architecture at Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science
Mariko Mine
 Associate Professor of the Division of Scientific Data Registry at Nagasaki University's Atomic Bomb Disease Institute
Noboru Tasaki
 Lecturer at the International Student Center of Nagasaki University

Meetings of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage

1st Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: July 20 (Tues), 2010

2nd Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: August 13 (Fri.), 2010

3rd Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: September 24 (Fri.), 2010

4th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: October 21 (Thurs.), 2010

5th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: November 25 (Thurs.), 2010

6th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: December 16 (Thurs.), 2010

7th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: January 20 (Thurs.), 2011

8th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: February 24 (Thurs.), 2011

9th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: March 24 (Thurs.), 2011

10th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: April 22 (Fri.), 2011

11th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: May 20 (Fri.), 2011

12th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: July 1 (Fri.), 2011

13th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: August 12 (Fri.), 2011

14th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: September 22 (Thurs.), 2011

15th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: November 24 (Thurs.), 2011

16th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: January 26 (Thurs.), 2012

17th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: March 29 (Thurs.), 2012

18th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: May 29 (Tues.), 2012

19th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: July 27 (Fri.), 2012

20th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: September 27 (Thurs.), 2012

21st Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: November 29 (Thurs.), 2012

22nd Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: January 31 (Thurs.), 2013

23rd Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: March 28 (Thurs.), 2013

24th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: May 28 (Tues.), 2013

25th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: July 30 (Tues.), 2013

26th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: September 26 (Thurs.), 2013

27th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: November 21 (Thurs.), 2013

28th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: January 30 (Thurs.), 2014

29th Meeting of the Committee to Review the Translation of Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage: March 17 (Mon.), 2014