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Translate back and forth between English and Japanese until it reaches "equilibrium". See how far that is from the original. The site over at translation party is designed to show how machine translation still has a way to go. It shows how, when you translate into from either Japanese or English into the other language, and [...] What Japan Thinks Ken, over at What Japan Thinks, is doing a great job of deciphering polls and consumer studies in Japan. Today he looks at what people regret telling lies about. First comes Rich, then comes being able to speak English. Be careful about stretching the truth. It can get you [...] So Many Girls…so many ways Luis over at Blog from another Dimension found a really creepy High School advertisement. For my students: There are different ways of doing things, and when you think of doing many things with many girls, it usually [...] Danny Choo loves Japan Danny Choo loves Japan. Born in England, he has come to Japan recently, and with incredible energy, posts regularly about Japan in his blog. A great way for our students to see what foreigners think [...] Japanese emoticons Icons in your email, or SMS, or mobile mail, can indicate your emotions much more quickly than words. With programmable phones these days, you can set longer ones to memory and recall them with a few keystrokes. Here is a bunch of these emoticons, or kao-mohi (face-icons) with a quick English translation. These are [...] Lisa is bilingual Lisa Katayama is a successful young writer for tech magazines like Wired. In her blog she shows interesting sides of Japan with unusual products. If I ever need something interesting to discuss in class, I can usually find it here in a matter of seconds. She also has a [...] Rikai is free I constantly tell my students they should use their dictionaries as little as possible. They are ultimately frustrating. Far better to find material that students feel is comfortable, where they know about 95% of the words, so they don’t have to use the dictionary, and can still guess the meanings of the other [...] nioibu.com lets people warn others of smelly places According to the new Social Networking website that relies on Google Maps to point out smelly places in the world, Tokyo must be the smelliest place on earth. That is, until you realize that the site is in Japanese, and that it is almost brand new. Of course, those [...] On the backs of babes. It seems since the scores are falling in international tests, and Japanese kids aren’t learning stuff you can test as much, there is a panic to find a solution. About 10 years ago there was a move to restrict time at school because kids were not very well-rounded. They tend not to play [...] While you are waiting to be successful. Watch this short clip of Alan Watts, a 1960′s “guru” of eastern religions, recorded with visuals made and produced by the makers of South Park. [...] |
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