Date； 2007.05.06(Sun)
Neither embarrassment nor pride but just an everyday thing
Whatever the reasons for the start-and-stop attitude to learning, the typically self-effacing attitude of most Japanese is little help in the competitive world of tourism, business and communications, speaking another language must become a cause for neither embarrassment nor pride but just an everyday thing.
Long known for importing a multitude of ideas and technologies from other countries, Japan's innovation and creativity have only rarely been applied to language study. People around the world know they need language skills to perform their increasingly communication-based, international-oriented jobs. For most Japanese, though, using English at work or in life remains a romantic daydream, too tough to make real.
Japan's future standing in the world rests in large part on its ability to speak other languages. Too much really can be lost in translation. People with the best language ability will prosper most into everyday life.
Regardless of how different Japanese may be linguistically from other languages, waiting for some magic computer translation program to solve all the problems is sheer fantasy, don’t you think so?
See you next time. Bye!
Long known for importing a multitude of ideas and technologies from other countries, Japan's innovation and creativity have only rarely been applied to language study. People around the world know they need language skills to perform their increasingly communication-based, international-oriented jobs. For most Japanese, though, using English at work or in life remains a romantic daydream, too tough to make real.
Japan's future standing in the world rests in large part on its ability to speak other languages. Too much really can be lost in translation. People with the best language ability will prosper most into everyday life.
Regardless of how different Japanese may be linguistically from other languages, waiting for some magic computer translation program to solve all the problems is sheer fantasy, don’t you think so?
See you next time. Bye!