The Realities and Benefits of Translation as a Full-time Job - An Introduction

May 27, 2012

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Reblogged from What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies?: This week we have a special guest article on translation by Lynn, a professional in the field. Ever wonder what it takes to be a translator? Considering going outside of academia with your Japanese? See what he has to say about where your… [Read more…]

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Arabic Script

May 16, 2012

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The Arabic script looks amazing it has a wonderful flow to it, I have learnt the script used for Urdu and it is a challenge remembering the various rules for joining each letter. Things written from left to right, I guess that adds to the beauty. There are lots of videos online to learn the… [Read more…]

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Learning Japanese through Korean

April 21, 2012

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Learning Japanese through Korean

Video lectures on learning Japanese in Korean

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Learn one language a year

April 4, 2012

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I recently read about this blogger who learns a language every year, this thought has really got me excited. I’m already studying Korean seriously and by the end of the year I would have a good command over the language, 2013 should be Mandarin Chinese probably and with that I should able to complete the… [Read more…]

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Blogging on selfstudykorean.com

March 30, 2012

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This is my first blog post for this website which is about Korean learning etc. Here I shared the notes I make while studying Korean. The benefit of knowing Japanese while studying Korean is immense, similar grammar and sentence structure. Pronunciation is the biggest challenge in Korean.

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Kyōiku kanji practice

March 20, 2012

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Kyōiku kanji practice

Wikipedia - Kyōiku kanji

These are the 1006 kanji taught from grade 1-6, these kanji are a must for JLPT N2 level and above.

Also check

Drill Kanji  (Java based web app)

 

 

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Remembering 11 March

March 12, 2012

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A year has passed since the horrifying events that took place post the earthquake. I had just woken up and while checking out various channels I landed on NHK which was beaming live images mostly from the Sendai airport region. At first I thought it was a past event but when I checked with other… [Read more…]

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iKnow.jp aka smart.fm

March 6, 2012

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I had and old account with the then smart.fm website which had iKnow as one of its feature, it was free back then. At end of 2010 they decided to make it a paid website with a monthly charge. I had just begun my first steps in Japanese and this site then free was a… [Read more…]

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Learning Korean through Japanese

February 27, 2012

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Learning Korean through Japanese

This was what I was looking for, I always wanted to study Korean using Japanese as the language of instruction. These videos are excellent, also check their website for additional videos. Korean and Japanese grammar is very similar, These videos would be ideal for someone who are at JLPT N3 level and higher as all the instructions are in Japanese.

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改定常用漢字

February 25, 2012

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改定常用漢字

An excelent pdf  on the new Jouyou Kanji list with the readings, the ones in larger font are the new ones.

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