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2009年 05月 23日

Dissing Japan

著名若手ブロガーのYS氏の引用記事を英語学習用として、ここでもUPさせていただく。
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZjQ2OTllZTkwYThkZTBlYmZhNDM2NDJiMTY5NzE3N2U=
Originally, という簡単な単語を自分が英作文をしたとして果たして思いついただろうかと思ったので、この記事を熟読することで印象付けたい。

もうひとつ。political scientist とという表現だ。直訳すると政治科学者というところだ。まあ、多少知恵が働いて政治学者と訳せるだろう。問題はscience=科学ではないということだ。副島隆彦氏が、何度もいっていたように、science=学問なのである。もっといえば、論理的な方法論による学問的態度といったところか、・・・・。しかし、海外の新聞にこんな風にあっさり出ているというのに、scienece=科学の公式が抜けきれない日本人に英語を頑張れというのは酷かもしれない。

しかしJohn Roosという人。格好良い華麗な裏情報など出てきそうにない任命でしょうな。最高支配層と結びつけたい皆様方、頑張ってください。

Friday, May 22, 2009

Dissing Japan? [Jonathan Adler]

A friend sends along some interesting (if disturbing) news on the Obama administration's recent change of heart regarding who will be Ambassador to Japan.

Originally, Obama was supposed to appoint Joseph Nye, a political scientist from Harvard, as ambassador to Japan. This rumor, which clearly came from the Obama administration, was widely publicized in the Japanese media.

The Japanese were very pleased, and liked the fact that Nye was a well respected academic who had authored the well-received Nye-Armitage report on the importance of the US-Japan alliance. Now, after appointing Huntsman as ambassador to China — a former governor who actually speaks Mandarin — the Obama administration has decided against Nye, and is instead putting forth someone named John Roos.

Perhaps you are familiar with him (he is apparently a high-powered silicon valley attorney), but his only qualification seems to be that he raised a ton of money for Obama in California. He has no expertise in international affairs and doesn't appear to know anything about Japan.

Essentially, this is political payback. Imagine how the Japanese feel about this, particularly after all the reporting on Huntsman. As they like to remind people, they, and not China, are the second largest economy in the world. So we send them a fundraiser? This is a real "slap-in-the-face" to a country that is already beginning to reevaluate our relationship after we took such a hands-off attitude to the N. Korean missle launch.

by fifa5963 | 2009-05-23 21:31


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