Major / Curriculum
Major / Curriculum
Finance and IR Translation Major (Major 2)
In the Finance and IR Translation major, the program will have students obtain skills and proficiency to carry out competent, idiomatic and businesslike translation as professional translator majoring in finance and IR translation.
The required and elective credits are 36 for graduation.
E-J:English to Japanese
J-E: Japanese to English
| Competence | Courses | Required / Elective | Credits | Required |
| Specialise in Financial and IR Translation (Expert Competence) |
Translating Annual Reports and IR Papers (E-J) | Elective | 2 | 14 |
| Translating Financial & Securities Documents (E-J) | Elective | 2 | ||
| International Finance Translation (E-J) | Elective | 2 | ||
| Course of Other Major | Elective | 2 | ||
| Language-Common Technical Courses (Language Competence) |
Translation Grammar: Basic Rules | Required | 1 | 1 |
| Translation Grammar: Written Expression | Required | 2 | 2 | |
| Plain Written English | Elective | 2 | 1 | |
| Summarize Translation Grammar (E-J) | Elective | 1 | ||
| Translation Business Courses (Managerial Competence) |
Practical Legal Knowledge for Translators | Required | 1 | 1 |
| Translation Business Management | Elective | 1 | 1 | |
| Starting up Translation Business | Elective | 1 | ||
| IT Courses (IT Competence) |
Building Web Pages | Elective | 1 | 2 |
| Text Processing for Translators | Elective | 1 | ||
| Translation Research Studies | Required | 1 | ||
| Cultural Courses (Cultural Competence) |
History of Translation in the World | Elective | 2 | 4 |
| Intercultural Communication | Elective | 2 | ||
| Translation Studies | Elective | 2 | ||
| Graduation Projects | Graduation Projects I | Required | 2 | 2 |
| Graduation Projects II | Required | 8 | 8 | |
| Total | 36 | |||
First year: 18 credits (Including “Translation Grammer: Basic Rules” and “Graduation Projects I”) Second year: 18 credits
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Akinori Nakajima MS, Management, Translating Annual Reports and IR Papers (E-J) |
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Sugao Kawamura PhD, Former Lecturer of Tokiwa University, History, Translation History |
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Peter M Skaer PhD, Hiroshima University , Linguistics, Translation, Plain English |
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Yoshihide Kouno BA, Former President of Apparel Industry , Investor Relation , Translation |