Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Interviewing Ichiro & Johjima's Interpreter

On September 9th, we met Anthony Suzuki whose job is to be an interpreter for Ichiro and Johjima of the Seattle Mariners. He talked about what's the interpreter, part of the difficulty of this job, and his future. He was born in Hawaii and grew up there until 16 years old. He comes back to Japan during the off season, occassionally. He said a lot of things about the job of interpreter, but when he interpret Ichiro or Johjima's words, the most important thing is to care about the words he chooses, because he mustn't make a mistake in the process of translation. And also he pays attention to a subtle nuances he uses at a press conference. Then, finally, he told us his future. He wants to get the position of GM (to make a team better.) This interview was beneficial for us! (by Saika)


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