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    Thread: AJATT's How To Break Into The Translation Industry
Post: RE: AJATT's How To Break Into The Translation Indu...

$3000 seems like a fair price to me xD Now on a serious note: Being a freelance translator IS a 'real job' and you can earn a lot of money actually. A good start would be to join PROZ and Transla...
Shinichirou General discussion 11 1,512 2016-05-25, 2:00 pm
    Thread: Please help me find a thread (or a similar resource)
Post: RE: Please help me find a thread (or a similar res...

This may be another way of putting it: ---- 突然のメールをどうかお許しください。 まったく知らない人間からのこのようなメールにさぞかし驚かれていらっしゃることとお察しいたします。 私はcountryの○○大学で○○・○○学を専攻している、○○と申します。 ---- And I would also google stuff using keywords...
Shinichirou The Japanese language 3 457 2016-05-09, 7:53 am
    Thread: News Web Easy - difficult language version?
Post: RE: News Web Easy - difficult language version?

Just a quick update on the situation: It seems it really was due to the Golden Week. Now the function 「普通のニュースを読む」 is back again.
Shinichirou The Japanese language 4 778 2016-05-09, 7:43 am
    Thread: News Web Easy - difficult language version?
Post: RE: News Web Easy - difficult language version?

Thanks everyone. @Stansfield123: Yeah, I remember they had this option, as well as a link to the corresponding articles in the non-simplified language variant. Back in 2014 at least I think they did...
Shinichirou The Japanese language 4 778 2016-05-07, 1:34 pm
    Thread: News Web Easy - difficult language version?
Post: News Web Easy - difficult language version?

Hi, everyone.   I have recently been on this Japanese news site called "News Web Easy" - they offer news in Easy Japanese. What I don't understand, however, is where you can find the corresponding v...
Shinichirou The Japanese language 4 778 2016-05-03, 1:51 pm
    Thread: Need Japanese people for survey
Post: RE: Need Japanese people for survey

My advice is: Content is key, but a natural sounding language is important, too, of course. Maybe your survey does not need to be in Japanese. In some cases, English might even be the better option ...
Shinichirou Off topic 3 518 2016-04-05, 1:10 pm
    Thread: "immigration" vs "residency" in Japan
Post: RE: "immigration" vs "residency" in Japan

Thank you very much, everyone, for the detailed information you have shared with me! That was really helpful and now I can work with something.
Shinichirou General discussion 6 741 2015-11-20, 6:46 am
    Thread: "immigration" vs "residency" in Japan
Post: "immigration" vs "residency" in Japan

Is it true that Japan still does not legally recognize "immigration" as such, and instead simply treats all immigrants as so called RESIDENTS with different status? I somehow cannot find any info o...
Shinichirou General discussion 6 741 2015-11-18, 5:18 am
    Thread: Kanji Abolitionism (漢字廃止論)
Post: Kanji Abolitionism (漢字廃止論)

Did I just resurrect a slightly older post? I did xD I would like to give a reading suggestion: Gottlieb, N. (2010) “The Rōmaji Movement in Japan”, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 20 (1): 75-88...
Shinichirou The Japanese language 121 12,093 2015-11-12, 6:12 am
    Thread: Writing to someone you do don't know
Post: Writing to someone you do don't know

Yeah, that's it! Thanks a great deal mate. I expected it to be slightly more elaborate, though, but as an introduction line that will do just fine I think. Thank you.
Shinichirou General discussion 5 846 2015-10-10, 9:56 am
    Thread: Writing to someone you do don't know
Post: Writing to someone you do don't know

Thank you very much. Unfortunately I don't quite remember what page it was on, but I believe it was rather at the beginning of the book, maybe like pages 20-100 or something. And I remember this passa...
Shinichirou General discussion 5 846 2015-10-10, 4:57 am
    Thread: Writing to someone you do don't know
Post: Writing to someone you do don't know

Hi, everyone. Does anyone possibly have a copy of the “The Routledge Course in Japanese Translation” by Hasegawa Yoko? Somewhere in this book there is a wonderful example of how to address a letter ...
Shinichirou General discussion 5 846 2015-10-09, 5:08 am
    Thread: Suggestions for an interesting master's thesis
Post: Suggestions for an interesting master's thesis

@ktcgx: Thanks for the advise. I think I should indeed take a closer look at what the Yakuza's role was in that respect. @Zgarbas: I have heard of 古市 憲寿, but I have never actually read anything by thi...
Shinichirou General discussion 21 4,315 2015-07-31, 6:18 am
    Thread: Suggestions for an interesting master's thesis
Post: Suggestions for an interesting master's thesis

Nah, it's not that serious xD I just thought of presenting a comprehensive view of how the parties involved perceive this conflict of interest, with special emphasis on the different opinions people h...
Shinichirou General discussion 21 4,315 2015-07-24, 8:19 am
    Thread: Suggestions for an interesting master's thesis
Post: Suggestions for an interesting master's thesis

Thank you everyone! I am very sorry for my late reply. I have been traveling abroad for some time now and when I came back I kind of forgot I have had posted this question here. Thanks for all the hel...
Shinichirou General discussion 21 4,315 2015-07-19, 8:06 am
    Thread: Suggestions for an interesting master's thesis
Post: Suggestions for an interesting master's thesis

Thank you for all the great suggestions so far! Personally, I specially like the idea of investigating current attitudes and trends with regard to the ハーフ concept, and of course, contrasting the topi...
Shinichirou General discussion 21 4,315 2015-04-06, 5:02 am
    Thread: Suggestions for an interesting master's thesis
Post: Suggestions for an interesting master's thesis

Hi, everyone. I'll have to submit my master's thesis (that would have to deal with Japan in one way or the other) in a few months, however there are so many topics I'm interested in, I can't quite d...
Shinichirou General discussion 21 4,315 2015-04-04, 12:45 pm
    Thread: Samsung Galaxy tab S SM-T700 (japanese support)
Post: Samsung Galaxy tab S SM-T700 (japanese support)

Thanks everyone, guys. Your support has been really useful.
Shinichirou General discussion 6 1,854 2014-10-12, 1:31 pm
    Thread: Samsung Galaxy tab S SM-T700 (japanese support)
Post: Samsung Galaxy tab S SM-T700 (japanese support)

Thanks. Ah, sorry, what I meant was not really a Japanese input method (IME) - there's Simiji for that - but rather a way to install Japanese as an additional language and set it as your "system lan...
Shinichirou General discussion 6 1,854 2014-10-08, 1:58 pm
    Thread: Samsung Galaxy tab S SM-T700 (japanese support)
Post: Samsung Galaxy tab S SM-T700 (japanese support)

Hi, everyone. I'm looking for a way to install Japanese support for the Samsung Galaxy tab S SM-T700. I've googled, but have not really found any helpful results yet. I would be really grateful if...
Shinichirou General discussion 6 1,854 2014-10-08, 7:20 am
    Thread: Translation Battle contest
Post: Translation Battle contest

aldebrn Wrote:I translate for Digital Manga and would have to say this is really common. Sometimes the resolution of the files you're sent isn't that great, so you have to be able to read blurry or sm...
Shinichirou JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 8 1,791 2014-10-06, 2:01 pm
    Thread: Translation Battle contest
Post: Translation Battle contest

Sounds like an interesting contest. But the characters are way too small for me to read properly, is there a way to zoom in or something?
Shinichirou JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 8 1,791 2014-10-03, 11:21 am
    Thread: what's their weight? - DOBJG etc..
Post: what's their weight? - DOBJG etc..

Thanks a lot! This information was really crucial for me.
Shinichirou General discussion 2 760 2014-07-17, 12:05 am
    Thread: what's their weight? - DOBJG etc..
Post: what's their weight? - DOBJG etc..

Hi, I recently got all 3 of them, so just wondering, how much do they weigh roughly speaking? Thank you! PS: Unfortunately I cannot weigh them myself right now.
Shinichirou General discussion 2 760 2014-07-16, 10:17 pm
    Thread: Can someone translate these?
Post: Can someone translate these?

If you transform those colloquial patterns into textbook Japanese, it would probably look somewhat like this: ee! koitsu ga |kakashi-sensei ya sakura-chan yori |sakusen WO neru koto/no GA umai |to wa...
Shinichirou General discussion 3 629 2014-05-29, 9:54 am
    Thread: Speech Contest 4-5 min - how many pages?
Post: Speech Contest 4-5 min - how many pages?

I see. 2 pages then, ey. Thanks a lot for sharing.
Shinichirou General discussion 2 582 2014-03-29, 9:50 am
    Thread: Speech Contest 4-5 min - how many pages?
Post: Speech Contest 4-5 min - how many pages?

Hi, I was just wondering. If it says your speech should be around 4 min and 5 min max - how many pages would that approximately be with MS Mincho 12? Thanks xD
Shinichirou General discussion 2 582 2014-03-28, 4:23 pm
    Thread: MEXT short-term stipends
Post: MEXT short-term stipends

Hi, Do you know any short-term stipends by MEXT (preferably 1-2 months) if there are any? I would like to apply but there seem to be only longer programs available. Any ideas or advice? Thank yo...
Shinichirou General discussion 0 451 2013-12-04, 3:45 pm
    Thread: How do japanese people percieve/remember/operate Kanji?
Post: How do japanese people percieve/remember/operate K...

I don't know if that will of any help, but you might find interest in the following books: 1. Japanese Psycholinguistics: A Classified and Annotated Research Bibliography (Library and Information So...
Shinichirou Remembering the Kanji 28 14,461 2013-11-01, 6:55 am
    Thread: Manzai!
Post: Manzai!

I also am a big fan of Manzai and Rakugo. Great performance!
Shinichirou Off topic 7 1,912 2013-09-14, 2:06 pm