a little more on the folks over at japatoday

it just so happens that the editor of the japantoday news forum that responded to the exchange of emails posted in the preceding blog entry, chris betros, has also published an interview with mr. gain, his (current) boss, in another foreign media outlet in tokyo, 2007.

the article can be found here:
http://metropolis.co.jp/features/upfront2/q-a/erik-gain/

mr. gain describes his background in computers and engineering, but says he started working as a translator in japan.

it takes a god deal of study to achieve the linguistic competence to translate, so mr. gain's story in this interview rasises questions from the early going.
such a small, networked world among the foreigners here...