So, you know Japanese?

Well,....yes,..no,..maybe...sukoshi (a little).

At my prior company we worked on software that had to be internationalized and localized for the Japanese, Korean, and Chinese languages.

i18n  =  i + "the18 middle letters that make up nternationalizatio" + n
and
L10n  =  L + "the 10 letters that make up ocalizatio" + n

It's easier to walk around and saying "L10n" and "i18n" than "localization" or "internationalization".

Anyway, I had been studying Japanese on my own and I wanted to take some formal classes.
Fortunately, my company paid for me to go to school (Ramapo College) to take classes in Japanese.
I'd like to tell you it was easy,..but it was not.
I did however enjoy learning the language even though the other students were half my age.

Here are some of the books/tools that I brought on Amazon that really helped me learn Japanese.

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