by isaokato | Aug 8, 2003 | Post
Everybody more than 30 years old are supposed be grown up with this Sakuma Drops, packed in a metal can. This is another series of snacks which retains its original style and they are abundant in the convenience store. I do not like this merchandising using...
by isaokato | Aug 8, 2003 | Post
Listened to this mildly built man’s presentation at EA-Tokyo seminar. This was first introduced in the newsletter I subscribe. Since I read Japan.inc every month, I was looking for some funny anecdotes regarding his experience in Japan. There were very few of...
by isaokato | Aug 8, 2003 | Post
３年前に転職活動を行っていたとき、とある会社でSPI検査なるものを受けさせられた。 簡単な学力検査と、性格診断の２つにわかれている。学力検査はやや難易度の高い知能診断といった感じ。問題は次の性格診断だった。...
by isaokato | Aug 7, 2003 | Post
あらかじめ結論を先に用意した上で、質問をしてくる人がいる。 こちらが何か言うと「そうだよね、だから〜なんだよね」 「そうか、それじゃあ〜をしなければいけない」 と定められた結論にまとめられる。 それを否定するためにはかなりエネルギーが必要で、しかも下手をするとあたかも口うるさい、細かいところを気にしすぎる人間であるかのようにとられそうになり（言っている本人にはあまり自覚がないからだろうか）、よほどの場合以外は否定をしない。...
by isaokato | Aug 7, 2003 | Post
From Chanpon.org’s entry: Translator’s job This seems to be one of the most concise comment that articulates the essense of translating. “The most important factor is how well the person is grounded in the target language. This is not something that...
by isaokato | Aug 6, 2003 | Post
I’m reading The Magus, a bizarre but fascinating novel based on an isolated Greek island in the 1950s. This first started out of necessity, not out of choice, as the September’s required reading in a book-reading club. In this story, an old millionaire who...
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