Basic Technical Japanese

Daub, Edward E.; Bird, R. Byron; Inoue, Nobuo

ISBN 10: 0299127346 / ISBN 13: 9780299127343

Published by University of Wisconsin Press, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Basic Technical Japanese
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0299127346
• ISBN 13: 9780299127343
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Even if you have had no Japanese-language training, you can learn how to translate technical manuals, research publications, and reference works. Basic Technical Japanese takes you step by step from an introduction to the Japanese writing system through a mastery of grammar and scientific vocabulary to reading actual texts in Japanese. You can use the book to study independently or in formal classes.
    This book places special emphasis on the kanji (characters) that occur most often in technical writing. There are special chapters on the language of mathematics and chemistry, and vocabulary building and reading exercises in physics, chemistry, biology, and biochemistry. With extensive character charts and vocabulary lists, Basic Technical Japanese is entirely self-contained; no dictionaries or other reference works are needed.

About the Authors

Edward E. Daub is professor emeritus of engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is author of Kanji for Comprehending Technical Japanese, coauthor of Basic Technical Japanese and Comprehending Technical Japanese, and coeditor of Reflections on Science by NAKAYA Ukichiro: An Advanced Japanese Reader.

R. Byron Bird is professor emeritus of chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Nobuo Inoue was professor of mechanical engineering at the Science University of Tokyo.