Books On Japan In Western Languages

Author : Peter Tse
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462918077
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kansai Japanese written by Peter Tse and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 1993-04-15 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, a systematic approach to learning the language of Kansai's boardrooms, shops, bars, a and boudoirs."—Kansai time Out Kansai Japanese contains everything you need to know about Kansai-ben, the most important dialect of the Japanese language. Spoken in the Kansai region, which includes the well-known cities of Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe, Kansai-ben has long been considered a cryptic dialect even by Japanese. Thus it is no wonder that foreigners who speak only standard Japanese are baffled when they find themselves surrounded by the 21 million Japanese speaking the Kansai dialect. Kansai-ben is said to be earthier and more direct than standard Japanese, but it has its own system of polite language that is not taught in books or schools. In fact, Kansai-ben is rarely taught anywhere, and until now there has been no English text that explains the workings of this colorful dialect. Entertaining and very practical, Kansai Japanese has hundreds of sample sentences and dialogues with both English and standard-Japanese equivalents, covering topics like: Traditional Kyoto dialectMale and female speechLovers' languageKansai honorifics land insultsTV and movie samurai languageAnd much more!

Author : Douglas R. Howland
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824824624
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Translating the West written by Douglas R. Howland and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2001-09-30 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this rich and absorbing analysis of the transformation of political thought in nineteenth-century Japan, Douglas Howland examines the transmission to Japan of key concepts--liberty, rights, sovereignty, and society--from Western Europe and the United States. Because Western political concepts did not translate well into their language, Japanese had to invent terminology to engage Western political thought. This work of westernization served to structure historical agency as Japanese leaders undertook the creation of a modern state. Where scholars have previously treated the introduction of Western political thought to Japan as a simple migration of ideas from one culture to another, Howland undertakes an unprecedented integration of the history of political concepts and the semiotics of translation techniques. He demonstrates that Japanese efforts to translate the West must be understood as problems both of language and action--as the creation and circulation of new concepts and the usage of these new concepts in debates about the programs and policies to be implemented in a westernizing Japan. Translating the West will interest scholars of East Asian studies and translation studies and historians of political thought, liberalism, and modernity.

Author : Tōyō Bunko (Japan)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Selected List of Books on Japan in Western Languages (1945-1960) written by Tōyō Bunko (Japan) and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kokusai Bunka Shinkōkai. Toshoshitsu
Publisher : Tokyo : University of Tokyo Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Classified List of Books in Western Languages Relating to Japan written by Kokusai Bunka Shinkōkai. Toshoshitsu and published by Tokyo : University of Tokyo Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 : 9780642865601
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japan. Books in Western Languages written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Naomi Fukuda
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Union Catalog of Books on Japan in Western Languages written by Naomi Fukuda and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Yoko Kobayashi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351804561
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of English Language Learners in Japan written by Yoko Kobayashi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks a better understanding of the sociocultural and ideological factors that influence English study in Japan and study-abroad contexts such as university-bound high schools, female-dominant English classes at college, ESL schools in Canada, and private or university-affiliated ESL programs in Singapore and Malaysia. The discussion is based not only on data garnered from Japanese EFL learners and Japanese/overseas educators but also on official English language policies and commercial magazine discourses about English study for Japanese people. The book addresses seemingly incompatible themes that are either entrenched in or beyond Japan’s EFL context such as: Japan’s decades-long poorly-performing English education vs. its equally long-lived status as an economic power; Japanese English learners’ preference for native English speakers/norms in at-home Japanese EFL contexts vs. their friendship with other Asian students in western study-abroad contexts; Japanese female students’ dream of using English to further their careers vs. Japanese working women’s English study for self-enrichment; Japanese society’s obsession with globalization through English study vs. the Japanese economy sustained by monolingual Japanese businessmen; Japanese business magazines’ frequent cover issues on global business English study vs. Japanese working women’s magazines’ less frequent and markedly feminized discourses about English study.

Author : Hide Ikehara Inada
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Translations from the Japanese Into Western Languages from the 16th Century to 1912 written by Hide Ikehara Inada and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Douglas R. Howland
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824842723
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Translating the West written by Douglas R. Howland and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2001-09-30 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this rich and absorbing analysis of the transformation of political thought in nineteenth-century Japan, Douglas Howland examines the transmission to Japan of key concepts--liberty, rights, sovereignty, and society--from Western Europe and the United States. Because Western political concepts did not translate well into their language, Japanese had to invent terminology to engage Western political thought. This work of westernization served to structure historical agency as Japanese leaders undertook the creation of a modern state. Where scholars have previously treated the introduction of Western political thought to Japan as a simple migration of ideas from one culture to another, Howland undertakes an unprecedented integration of the history of political concepts and the semiotics of translation techniques. He demonstrates that Japanese efforts to translate the West must be understood as problems both of language and action--as the creation and circulation of new concepts and the usage of these new concepts in debates about the programs and policies to be implemented in a westernizing Japan. Translating the West will interest scholars of East Asian studies and translation studies and historians of political thought, liberalism, and modernity.

Author : Brian Moeran
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136916830
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language and Popular Culture in Japan written by Brian Moeran and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-18 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When this book was originally published it was the first work of its kind to examine the way in which language is used to express the ‘myth’ of advertising slogans and other popular cultural forms. By making use of general theories from the disciplines of anthropology, linguistics, media studies and semiotics, the book attempts to demystify Japanese culture as it has been hitherto presented in the West, and shows how such cultural forms as ‘noodle westerns’ and high-school baseball uphold the well-known ideologies of ‘selflessness’, ‘diligence’, ‘compliance’ and ‘co-operation’ typically associated with the Japanese. Ultimately, the book poses the question: are those whom we call the Japanese ‘real’ people in their own right, or merely a nation acting out a part written for them by Western civilisation?