Then I decided to move to Japan to study for four years and eventually ended up working for various companies (at least 5 or 6 of them for the last ten years or so). I have been working on my present job for 6 years now and in the process have had some great experiences and good friends along the way.
Language translations has been one of my out-of -work acitivity. I do mostly Tagalog to English (and vice versa) in various fields and topics. I used to do a lot of Tagalog song translations for a karaoke company in Tokyo (back when karaoke was such a big thing here). Occassionally there would be some Tagalog letters and documents that need to be translated to English.
For me, language proficiency is a never-ending process and perhaps the best way to master it is not just to communicate with people in their native tongue but also to understand their culture, history and way of thinking. .
