By Ken Y-N (
December 4, 2009 at 00:26)
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Probably my favourite data provider, MyVoice, have recently changed their web site to require free registration for access to the full data from their monthly reports. My requirements for selecting what to translate for What Japan Thinks is to only choose freely-viewable pages, so sadly I have to drop them off my roster. By requiring registration to read the full results they are obviously wishing to expand their email lists, so by translating the whole thing on my site I could be judged to be interfering with their business practices. I hope you understand.
Talking of MyVoice, one survey from last month that I wanted to translate on biscuits and cookies was previously summarised by Mari of Watashi to Tokyo.
Oh, and you may have noticed that I have recently upped the translation pace to basically two per day - my new netbook is just right for a quick translation on the train home. I’d welcome comments on that, and on the new comments format with Gravatars and nesting.
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By Ken Y-N (
September 4, 2009 at 00:36)
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No, I’ve not decided to go into publishing, but instead I’ve just noticed that Google have digitised a book entitled “What Japan Thinks”, written by Kiyoshi Karl Kawakami in 1921 and are offering it in various formats on the Internet Archive for free.
The book is a collection of essays from various authors of various backgrounds written in the years just after the Great War, and provide a fascinating insight into thoughts on socialism, militarism, anti-racism and Christianity at that point in time.
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By Ken Y-N (
July 5, 2009 at 00:23)
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July 5, 2009 at 00:23)
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June 28, 2009 at 00:23)
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June 21, 2009 at 00:23)
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By Ken Y-N (
June 16, 2009 at 22:35)
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They’re calling them 自画自賛, jigajisan, or tooting one’s own horn. The first three (conducted in conjunction with the Yomiuri Shimbun) are on Tokyo hotels people want to stay in, foreign cars people want to ride, and favourite coffee shops.
I’ll be Twittering them for your enjoyment.
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By Ken Y-N (
June 14, 2009 at 00:23)
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June 7, 2009 at 00:23)
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May 31, 2009 at 00:23)
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