Messages from Big Island, Hawaii, in Japanese and English
Thanks to my boss, Jay Aeba, who has been doing various projects, I have been interpreting for wide range of fields.
He is a Chairman of JCU. https://conservative.or.jp/index_en/ I have been translating for the talk between him and amazing people in the US. Some are high-profile figures and influential people. My boss’s talk is very logical. He is Japanese, and he talks in Japanese, but I feel like I am talking to an American person who talks logically and makes a point clearly. I remember I had a very hard time to translate while working for various projects in Japan before I started to work for Jay. I met many smart people in Japan, but sometimes it was hard to understand what they want to say. I remember my colleague and I had a hard time to interpret because the points the company workers were trying to make were not clear to us. One time, one colleague, who is Japanese and grew up in the US, finally told to one Japanese man, “I do not understand your Japanese!” It was a little harsh, but I was agreeing with her in my mind. Since my boss is very logical and clear on his points to argue, it makes my translation much easier. His Japanese vocabulary is very wide. He has deep and wide knowledge in so many fields. That has motivated me to read a lot, learn a lot, and get interested in all kinds so that I can interpret for him whatever field he goes into. I have been enjoying increasing my English vocabulary in the US. Living here and interacting with many people really helps me to understand how to make my point to American people and how to communicate more smoothly. Then, I sometimes get aware, “Oh, shoot, I need to catch up with trendy words in Japan too”. I remember I need to keep up high number of vocabulary in Japanese. So, I read Japanese books every day. This interpreting work helps me to make good base of both languages, and that helps me to do my creative work such as writing. Comments are closed.
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An Interpreter for JCU Archives
April 2021
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