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    Kellie Glenn
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    Hello all!

    I actually recently graduated with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Japanese, but am joining this site because I don’t quite feel fluent yet. Haha. It is hard for me to find ways to use and practice my Japanese, so I wanted to explore ways to keep up and learn new things. Plus I found textfugu through wanikani actually and was very interested.

    My goals for using this (and for learning Japanese in general) is to get into the translation/localization field of work.

    And so when I visit Japan I can speak relatively well and explore deeper than just the touristy spots.

    よろしくお願いします~

    Kellie

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    Joel
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    Welcome! I just graduated with a Diploma of Language Studies in Japanese myself. Actually, my graduation ceremony was supposed to be yesterday (didn’t go, though, because pretty much my entire family is overseas…).

    Made any actual plans to visit Japan at any point? =)

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    Just a word of warning, TextFugu is for absolute beginners. It’s the kind of thing that might have helped when you started your degree but definitely not now that you’ve finished. The content that is here could likely be covered in much less than an academic year (maybe even one semester if you worked quickly enough), so unless your university went at an absolute snail’s pace, TextFugu won’t be of any use to you. If you have already spent money on it, have a look at the later lessons and you’ll see my point (then get a refund). Also, there won’t be any more difficult content for the foreseeable future, despite what Koichi says.

    I’m just wondering, shouldn’t a degree in a language leave you with language skills enough to live comfortably in the given country, or enough skill to do translation work (with a little extra specialised training afterwards)? Not necessarily “fluent” but… “semi-fluent” (though I guess it depends how you want to define that). To be fair, I’m going into my 4th year of Computer Science and don’t feel that qualified to do much, but I thought languages might be different… for some reason.

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