The tools, professional organizations, and contacts listed below should be useful for Japanese/English translators. Please note that no association with me is implied or expressed by the inclusion of any individual or organization on the list. In addition, the resources listed here are not a comprehensive list of the sources of information I use during translation.
Dictionaries
http://www.alc.co.jp/ The venerable Eijiro...beloved yet reviled
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tongermark/bhv2k.htm Metallurgy and such
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/schlecht/Japanese.html All and sundry
http://www.columbia.edu/~hds2/BIB95/ch22.htm Law
http://www.court-law-office.gr.jp/ More law
Educational Institutions
http://deall.osu.edu/programs/undergrad/jaLgProg.cfm
http://appling.kent.edu/
Professional Organizations
http://www.atanet.org/
http://www.jat.org/
Translations
Translation Sample - Technical
Translation Sample - Literary
Translation Sample - Legal
Translation Sample - Political