User:Dekimasu

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Languages and Locales

en-∞

This user speaks English at a godlike level.

ja-3

この利用者は流暢な日本語を話すことができます。

大阪弁-2

この利用者はある程度大阪弁を話すねんで。

de-2

Dieser Benutzer hat fortgeschrittene Deutschkenntnisse.

This user lives in Japan.
この利用者は日本に住んでいます。

This user lives in Osaka.

This user comes from the
United States of America.

Education

IB	This user is a graduate or student of the International Baccalaureate.

D	This user attends or attended Dartmouth College.

BA	This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology.

BA	This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Earth Science.

TEFL

This user is a teacher of English as a foreign language.

This user considers himself self-educated.

Politics, Attitudes, Beliefs

This user advocates pacifism.

This user supports the United Nations.

This user is interested in Buddhism.

This user is interested in existentialism.

This user does not believe in the existence of human races, except as a social construct.

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[edit] Who I am

My name is Nick. I'm a 24-year-old American who moved to Japan after graduating from college. I have been in the Osaka area for more than two years. I teach English at junior high schools, and I study Japanese language and culture in my free time (and at work too!). I am currently in the process of applying for graduate school, where I hope to study modern Japanese fiction and film. At this stage in my life, I live and breathe Japanese media.

I have done work for commercial and non-commercial print publications for several years; in college, I was the editor of a social science journal. I enjoy editing more than writing, and I find that I am better at adjusting and improving existing text than creating my own. In translation I find a happy medium; it is absolutely necessary to convey both the intended tone and the intended meaning of the author. I am interested in the philosophical questions presented by translation and I consider it an art form. I would like to have a Rosetta barnstar more than any other.

I translate things, but I don't consider myself a translator... yet. Because of these interests, a job translating Japanese artworks into English is my holy grail.

On Wikipedia, I am a strong advocate of exclusionism.