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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Why Kan must stay (2)
The media are busily filling time and space by asking people, “Who do you think should replace Kan as Prime Minister?” And even though the same media are busily denouncing Kan and running call after call for him to step … Continue reading
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Presentation Zen
I read this Garr Reynolds book when it first came out. Which was several years ago. So I am not going to critique individual points. Instead, I will simply state my two main recollections. 1. Yes, he’s right. People should … Continue reading
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The Entrepreneurial Linguist
I call it “being in the translation business” and say it’s just a hobby unless you also do the business part. Judy and Dagmar Jenner call it being an entrepreneurial linguist and have written a whole book about it – … Continue reading
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Category intro
I have forgotten the details of many, many of the books I have read. When I wrote a review for someplace, it is reprinted here. When I just have a single comment on a book, it is here. And In … Continue reading
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Rengo joins the pack
Oddly, the head of the Rengo labor federation has called for PM Kan to resign. Why? Because we have a political impasse. But why call on the good guy to resign? Why not call on the nay-sayers to quit saying … Continue reading
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Why Kan must stay (1)
The damage from March 11’s earthquake/tsunami, has been vastly compounded by the Tepco (Tokyo Electric Power Company) fiasco with its nuclear reactors in Fukushima. While trying to speed the recovery, PM Kan has also been working to lessen the likelihood … Continue reading
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Not Word Substitution
People who do not do translation tend to think of it as a pretty mechanical process. You have a word in one language. You look it up in the bilingual dictionary. And you replace it with whatever the dictionary says … Continue reading
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