Hello,
I am Harsh Sheth. As of Fall of 2019, I am a second year doctoral student under the Industrial Engineering and Operations Research department at Columbia University, and a budding student of the Japanese language who is loving every minute of it!
I was introduced to Japanese culture at a very early age through rewatching Naruto episodes when I was as little as 12 years old. However, I was only introduced to the Japanese language when I started watching those same Naruto episodes in Japanese at age 16. Since then, I have watched thousands of hours worth of anime, and have come to adore both the culture and the language.
I was able to pick up a few words and sentences here and there, however, I was deeply unsatisfied with how unstructured and limited knowledge of Japanese was. After failing to study Japanese during my undergrad, coupled with the fact that I had not picked up a new skill in ages, I decided it was high time to fulfill this long-standing dream before the opportunity slipped away forever.
So, here I am, finally preparing myself to write my own subtitles and translations to anime episodes and manga chapters! But it has not been an easy ride. With classes 4 days a week, the language lab on the 5th, and daily homework assignments and quizzes, this course is comfortably the most demanding course I am doing this semester, something my advisor would certainly not be happy about. Speaking I think I can manage just fine, since the sounds are very similar to those of the Indian languages; and it helps that I have been listening to Japanese for seven years, but the script is something I am very uncomfortable with. It is not uncommon for me to take 30-45 minutes per homework sheet, and even after all that, there are mistakes aplenty! My historically terrible handwriting does not do me any favours either, never thought I would have to worry about that again; nor did I think I would ever have to go back to using pencils! It's almost like I am ten years old again.
That's all from me for today, nice to meet you all!
I am Harsh Sheth. As of Fall of 2019, I am a second year doctoral student under the Industrial Engineering and Operations Research department at Columbia University, and a budding student of the Japanese language who is loving every minute of it!
I was introduced to Japanese culture at a very early age through rewatching Naruto episodes when I was as little as 12 years old. However, I was only introduced to the Japanese language when I started watching those same Naruto episodes in Japanese at age 16. Since then, I have watched thousands of hours worth of anime, and have come to adore both the culture and the language.
I was able to pick up a few words and sentences here and there, however, I was deeply unsatisfied with how unstructured and limited knowledge of Japanese was. After failing to study Japanese during my undergrad, coupled with the fact that I had not picked up a new skill in ages, I decided it was high time to fulfill this long-standing dream before the opportunity slipped away forever.
So, here I am, finally preparing myself to write my own subtitles and translations to anime episodes and manga chapters! But it has not been an easy ride. With classes 4 days a week, the language lab on the 5th, and daily homework assignments and quizzes, this course is comfortably the most demanding course I am doing this semester, something my advisor would certainly not be happy about. Speaking I think I can manage just fine, since the sounds are very similar to those of the Indian languages; and it helps that I have been listening to Japanese for seven years, but the script is something I am very uncomfortable with. It is not uncommon for me to take 30-45 minutes per homework sheet, and even after all that, there are mistakes aplenty! My historically terrible handwriting does not do me any favours either, never thought I would have to worry about that again; nor did I think I would ever have to go back to using pencils! It's almost like I am ten years old again.
That's all from me for today, nice to meet you all!
I am also an anime fanatic! I didn't completely finish Naruto episodes but I've been on that One Piece grind since I was a kid. We should have some movie nights as a class and watch animes together.
ReplyDeleteワンピースは とても たのしい ですね。いい ですね、いっしょに みましょ！
DeleteI love the idea of watching anime together. I can't call myself a One Piece fan anymore as I haven't picked it up again since I caught up with the anime and manga back in 2014!
Deleteにほんご を かくのが むずかしい ですね。でも、れんしゅう しつづければ、きっと じょうず に なる と おもいます。がんばって くださいね。
ReplyDeleteTAゆうゆう
こんにちわ ハルシュさん。わたしも アニメが とても すきです。ナルトは とても たのしい アニメ ですね。たじつ(someday) いっしょに にほんごで みませんか。
ReplyDeleteいいですね。いっしょに みましょう！わたしも ナルトが すきです。みましょう！わたしも ナルトが すきです。ちゅうにん
Deleteしけんが 大好きですよ、だってばよ！
ハルシュさん こんにちは。TAの あけみ です。がいこくご（foreign language)の クラスは たいへん ですよね。にほんごを がんばって べんきょうして いますね。わたしも にほんで えいごを べんきょう しました。えいごの うた や えいが が だいすき だったので えいがの じまく(subtitles) を かく ひとに なりたかった です。
ReplyDeleteあけみさん こんにちは。にほんごは とても たのしい です から、まいにち にほんごを べんきょうします。
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