I Decided to Study English

During my university years, the school assigned us to study Japanese based on our majors. The reason was that Japan has highly developed science and technology. Since this was specialized Japanese, many Japanese vocabulary words were loanwords. We studied Japanese-style English, used katakana, and pronounced it in a Japanese-style English manner. During my middle school years, I learned authentic British English, but when I was learning Japanese, I was required to imitate Japanese pronunciation when reading English. After graduating from university, I decided to relearn authentic British English and imitate the British accent when speaking English.

我在大學時期，學校根據我們所學的專業，指定我們學日文。原因是日本的科學技術很發達。 由於這是專業日文，許多日文詞彙都是外來語。我們學的是日式英文，用的是片假名，發音是日本式的英文。 我在中學時期學的是地道的英式英文， 在學日文的時候，卻要我模仿日本人的發言讀英文。 大學畢業以後， 我決定重新學習地道的英式英文，模仿英國人的口音說英文。