Mangajin No. 39
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| Mangajin No.39 | |
| Published October 1994 | |
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| Cover by Kazuko | |
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Contents |
Features
14 Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Software as sensei–Mangajin presents a comprehensive listing of CALL programs available for Macintosh and PC.
24 There's a New Game in Town
With its fresh attitude and snazzy image, J-League soccer provides a striking contrast to the spartan tradition of baseball in Japan–and wins the favor of the new generation.
34 Interview with Award-Winning Translator Wayne Lammers
Mangajin's own Wayne Lammers has won two prestigious awards for his translation of Still Life and Others Stories. Here he talks about his life as a translator.
44 Translation Contest
Win a trip to Japan in the Fourth Babel International Japanese/English Translation Contest: instructions, entry form, and text to be translated inside.
Departments
4 Letters & Bloopers
9 Brand News (Innovative uses of the Japanese language)
Panasonic tunes in to J-League marketing madness with this line of partable radios.
11 Political Cartoon
Prime Minister Murayama wonders whether he can play sheriff in Asia armed with a holster full of cash.
30 Video Review
My Neighbor Totoro: an enchanting Japanese animated film now available in English.
46 Basic Japanese: The Many Faces of "Face" (I)
"Face" is used in a variety of idiomatic expressions in Japanese; some translate literally into English, while others are uniquely Japanese.
100 Vocabulary Summary
102 Classifieds
Manga
41 The Far Side by Gary Larson
42 Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
52 Obatarian by Hotta Katsuhiko
54 Beranmei Tochan by Tachibanaya Kikutaro
56 Selected Works of Ishii Hisaichi
61 Shoot! by Oshima Tsukasa
80 Yuyake no Uta by Saigan Ryohei
89 Naniwa Kun'yudo (Part V) by Aoki Yuji
