Jellyfish Presents: 1st Exclusive Engineering Japanese Seminar

Date: 12/07/2024
Speaker: William L.W. Lu – Jellyfish

We’re excited to share that Jellyfish successfully hosted our very first groundbreaking Engineering Japanese Seminar! With enthusiastic participants, the seminar was a fantastic opportunity to dive into the language skills needed for engineering in Japan.

Here’s a quick recap of the event, which was divided into five main parts:

1. Useful Engineering Japanese Vocabularies:
   • Participants learned essential Japanese vocabulary specific to the engineering field.
2. Useful Engineering Grammatical Points and Phrases:
   • We covered key grammatical points and phrases that are frequently used in engineering contexts and a small tip from the Speaker
3. Introduction:
   • We kicked off with a warm welcome and an overview of what to expect from the seminar.
4. Speaking/Conversation Practice:
   • Attendees practiced speaking and conversing in Japanese, focusing on engineering-related scenarios.
5. Q&A and General Discussion:
   • The seminar wrapped up with a Q&A session and an open discussion, allowing participants to ask questions and share their thoughts.

Contents Discussed During the Seminar

Here’s a detailed look at what we covered during our first Engineering Japanese Seminar

Useful Engineering Japanese Vocabularies

• 上流工程 (じょうりゅうこうてい)
  • 要件分析 (ようけんていぎ)・要件定義 (ようけんていぎ)
  • 基本設計 (きほんせっけい)
  • 詳細設計 (しょうさいせっけい)

• 下流工程 (かりゅうこうてい)
  • 開発 (かいはつ)
  • 実装 (じっそう)
  • 単体 (たんたい)
  • 結合 (けつごう)
  • 導入 (どうにゅう)
  • 運用(うんよう)
  • デプロイ
  • システム移行(いこう)
  • リリース
  • 運用 (うんよう)
  • 保守(ほしゅ)
• Technical Selection (技術選定)
• Specification Document (仕様書)
• Revise (修正)
• Priority (優先(順位))
• Occur (発生)
• To Consider (検討)
• Behavior (挙動)

Useful Engineering Grammatical Points and Phrases

Jamie

To Describe the Development Flow You Were Responsible For

{Technologies}で
+ {Part of the system} + の + {Specific Parts} + を
+ {Development Flow Word}の段階 (だんかい)から
+ {Development Flow Word}まで担当(たんとう)し 
+ {Time frame}で開発(かいはつ)しました

Jamie

To Describe What You Use to Solve {Problem}

{Problem} + (を解決/改善) + (する)/の + ために
+ {The tech you used} + を用(もち)いる/利用する 
+ ことにしました/選択しました

Jamie

To Describe the Reasons

{The tech you used} +を用(もち)いた/利用した 
+ 理由としては、{Describe the reason}
+ ことによって、{Describe the Effect/Result}

Tip from the Speaker: The Ultimate Keigo Trick

・Please Allow me to do Such an Action:
　　～させていただきます。

・I am willing to take on the action to XXX :
　　(ぜひ) + XXXX + させていただきます/させて頂きたいと思います。

・I had the honor to do action XXX:
　　XXX + させていただきました/させていただくことができました。

Stay connected with us for more learning opportunities and events.

• Discord: https://discord.gg/Qjn98vgmfw
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• 微信 ID: jellyfish_Tokyo

If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Thank you again to all who participated!
We hope you found the seminar insightful and useful for your career in engineering.