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Thread: Need some honest insight: Too old to become a tranlator? Post: Need some honest insight: Too old to become a tran... Energist Wrote:Just out curiosity, how did you go about learning the languages of your two adopted home countries? In the first country with a western language: 1. Daily self-study using the American... |
rtkrtk | General discussion | 27 | 6,091 | 2015-02-14, 5:53 pm | ||
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Thread: Need some honest insight: Too old to become a tranlator? Post: Need some honest insight: Too old to become a tran... Energist Wrote:So the question I asked myself then was, if all I ever managed to become was an English teacher in Japan who was fluent in the language, would I be happy looking back on my life in the ... |
rtkrtk | General discussion | 27 | 6,091 | 2015-02-13, 1:01 am | ||
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Thread: Need some honest insight: Too old to become a tranlator? Post: Need some honest insight: Too old to become a tran... Energist Wrote:I'm 33-years-old, going back to school this summer to (finally) finish an English degree I started working on when I was 18. This, to me, is the biggest warning sign. I don't know what ... |
rtkrtk | General discussion | 27 | 6,091 | 2015-02-12, 12:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese sentences ending in nouns. Post: Japanese sentences ending in nouns. Saginaim Wrote:どこかにいる子供。。。 最後に見た所？ I'm reading this more literally as "The child, who is somewhere... The place where you saw him last?" and would probably rewrite it in English like "The child is so... |
rtkrtk | The Japanese language | 7 | 1,658 | 2015-01-08, 12:26 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread psyblade Wrote:rtkrtk Wrote:psyblade Wrote:I am new to this forum, but I have some questions to ask. What does 分 in this sentence mean? "しかも、ロボットは生殖機能が無い分 エロに対する耐性が極端に低いのです" I translated it as: "Mo... |
rtkrtk | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,265 | 2014-12-24, 10:30 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread psyblade Wrote:I am new to this forum, but I have some questions to ask. What does 分 in this sentence mean? "しかも、ロボットは生殖機能が無い分 エロに対する耐性が極端に低いのです" I translated it as: "Moreover, robots do not have g... |
rtkrtk | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,265 | 2014-12-24, 3:17 am | ||
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Thread: College or working in Japan as an adult Post: College or working in Japan as an adult gaiaslastlaugh Wrote:Beyond just wanting the degree and being interested in the subject, there are a number of PM and other tech roles in the industry that involve interacting with Japanese employees ... |
rtkrtk | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 23 | 20,283 | 2014-12-23, 7:14 am | ||
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Thread: College or working in Japan as an adult Post: College or working in Japan as an adult gaiaslastlaugh Wrote:But I think I'd really like to get my degree in Asian Studies so that, as I approach my 50s, I can begin shifting more into research and academia. Not to beat a dead horse, but I ... |
rtkrtk | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 23 | 20,283 | 2014-12-21, 12:57 am | ||
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Thread: College or working in Japan as an adult Post: College or working in Japan as an adult Zgarbas Wrote:Things that my postdoc friend in technical also has to go through: Very interesting to read about and compare your experiences. Some additional comments: Zgarbas Wrote:Not sure about the... |
rtkrtk | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 23 | 20,283 | 2014-12-19, 11:03 pm | ||
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Thread: College or working in Japan as an adult Post: College or working in Japan as an adult gaiaslastlaugh Wrote:(2) Anyone have any experience obtaining a degree in Japan as an adult? It would be nice, once money is less of an issue, to get my degree and pursue some research related to Japa... |
rtkrtk | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 23 | 20,283 | 2014-12-18, 5:01 am | ||
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Thread: Anki on a PDA/Handheld Post: Anki on a PDA/Handheld More notes on installing Anki to the SD card on the Zaurus. The instructions in my last post allowed Anki to start, but without an icon in the task bar, meaning that if you changed focus to another wi... |
rtkrtk | Learning resources | 172 | 51,041 | 2008-04-12, 12:14 am | ||
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Thread: Anki on a PDA/Handheld Post: Anki on a PDA/Handheld Heh, you're right: the term "non functional" made me think that the bullet point "works on Sharp ROM" was "non functional", i.e., a different ROM was needed. A possible alternative wording: "Non funct... |
rtkrtk | Learning resources | 172 | 51,041 | 2008-04-11, 6:01 am | ||
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Thread: Anki on a PDA/Handheld Post: Anki on a PDA/Handheld Hi there, First, I wanted to say thanks for getting Anki working on the Zaurus. I installed it and just got it working recently. I wanted to make some comments about the install process. First of all... |
rtkrtk | Learning resources | 172 | 51,041 | 2008-04-11, 5:03 am | ||
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Thread: Post RTK1-What are you guys doing? Post: Post RTK1-What are you guys doing? Terhorst Wrote:This retranslation technique reminds me of the technique Benjamin Franklin used to become a skillful and eloquent speaker. You can read about it in his autobiography, which I would reco... |
rtkrtk | General discussion | 53 | 14,700 | 2008-03-21, 12:16 am | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... Finally finished 2042 today. Naturally, this is just the first step: continuing review and lots of in-context reading are next. But, reaching this milestone is a good achievement that should help moti... |
rtkrtk | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,674 | 2008-03-18, 10:26 pm | ||
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Thread: Initial Questions Post: Initial Questions zdude255 Wrote:I just started RtK v1 and I think I'll be able to do it at about a lesson a day. Welcome. One lesson a day sounds a little fast, though. At the beginning you can probably do it, but aro... |
rtkrtk | Remembering the Kanji | 10 | 1,716 | 2008-03-18, 8:18 pm | ||
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Thread: Questionnaire - your input requested! Post: Questionnaire - your input requested! Hi folks, Thanks so very much to people who have replied so far. This is academic research, for the record, and here are some of my humble publications to date. Search google and you can find them. ... |
rtkrtk | General discussion | 7 | 1,767 | 2008-02-27, 12:34 am | ||
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Thread: Questionnaire - your input requested! Post: Questionnaire - your input requested! Hi everyone, As part of my Ph.D. studies I'd like to ask for your input on a questionnaire to understand how Heisig students study and what difficulties you encounter or processes you use. I would ap... |
rtkrtk | General discussion | 7 | 1,767 | 2008-02-26, 12:00 pm | ||
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Thread: Is the stroke order for "sickness" wrong in RTK v.3? Post: Is the stroke order for "sickness" wrong in RTK v.... Here's the stroke order according to Jim Breen's WWWJDIC using Jack Halpern's data: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-b...277_%C9%C2 |
rtkrtk | Remembering the Kanji | 8 | 2,134 | 2008-02-21, 9:05 pm | ||
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Thread: Nagoya-area Heisig students wanted (experiment) Post: Nagoya-area Heisig students wanted (experiment) Since it looks like there's a tiny bit of interest, please contact me by e-mail if interested for more information. Here's my e-mail address. Thanks |
rtkrtk | General discussion | 6 | 1,577 | 2008-02-13, 3:26 am | ||
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Thread: Nagoya-area Heisig students wanted (experiment) Post: Nagoya-area Heisig students wanted (experiment) Hi folks, Is anybody here in the Nagoya area? I'm doing some research on Heisig-based kanji learning for my Ph.D. thesis and might need some experimental subjects. Is anyone here in the Nagoya area w... |
rtkrtk | General discussion | 6 | 1,577 | 2008-02-12, 4:42 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT 2007 Results Post: JLPT 2007 Results Failed 2級, slightly better than 50%. On the other hand, I didn't study at all. Having spent most of my time studying RTK, I wasn't prepared for the kanji-readings section and didn't know enough vocabu... |
rtkrtk | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 53 | 19,987 | 2008-02-06, 9:05 pm | ||
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Thread: So, do you all remember your dreams? Post: So, do you all remember your dreams? pm215 Wrote:I think the major trouble I had last time around was that the keywords didn't really suggest the stories to me ... I think the stories that start with the kanji's keyword and go on from th... |
rtkrtk | Remembering the Kanji | 24 | 6,105 | 2008-02-06, 1:32 am | ||
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Thread: New motivation to study Japanese? Post: New motivation to study Japanese? radical_tyro Wrote:Quote:Last year an opinion poll carried out for the government found that more than half the foreigners who live in areas where they mix with Japanese people would like more opportu... |
rtkrtk | General discussion | 13 | 2,539 | 2008-01-30, 1:32 am | ||
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Thread: Post RTK1-What are you guys doing? Post: Post RTK1-What are you guys doing? Thanks for the explanation and the keyword of "retranslation". A web search turned up this article with some more information on the technique: http://www.llas.ac.uk/resources/goodprac...urceid=427 |
rtkrtk | General discussion | 53 | 14,700 | 2008-01-29, 10:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Post RTK1-What are you guys doing? Post: Post RTK1-What are you guys doing? stehr Wrote:The other method I use for speed learning, which I have never seen mentioned on this forum, is a trick that I learned from a person I met in Vietnam who had amazingly good English. (...) ... |
rtkrtk | General discussion | 53 | 14,700 | 2008-01-29, 8:10 pm | ||
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Thread: HOW TO SPEAK? Post: HOW TO SPEAK? Quick answer: In book 2. You are supposed to (according to this kanji learning style) first finish book 1 to learn the writings and meanings - this can take anywhere from 3 months to over a year. Afte... |
rtkrtk | General discussion | 2 | 1,016 | 2008-01-29, 3:12 am | ||
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Thread: Spanish keywords Post: Spanish keywords Pcsl88 Wrote:I got authorization from the translator into spanish to share that file. Can I put it here now? Not to rain on anybody's parade, but is the translator the current copyright holder, or doe... |
rtkrtk | Remembering the Kanji | 20 | 8,060 | 2008-01-22, 12:20 am | ||
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Thread: Stroke direction, heaven 天 radical Post: Stroke direction, heaven 天 radical It seems that the stroke direction (left-to-right or right-to-left) for the first stroke of the 天 radical follows some rules that I don't yet grasp. Using the default font on my computer (which may ad... |
rtkrtk | Remembering the Kanji | 7 | 2,084 | 2008-01-17, 2:42 am | ||
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Thread: using laptops mouse pad as a kanji recogniser Post: using laptops mouse pad as a kanji recogniser Interesting idea. To do this you need to get absolute coordinates from the touchpad, not relative coordinates. I think in normal operation mode the touchpad only detects the direction of your finger m... |
rtkrtk | Learning resources | 6 | 5,250 | 2008-01-12, 12:01 am | ||
