Intermediate technical Japanese

493 Pages·2002·43.478 MB·English

by  Davis, James L

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Intermediate Technical Japanese
Volume 1:
Readings and Grammatical Patterns

Intermediate
Technical Japanese
Volume 1:
Readings and
Grammatical Patterns
James L. Davis
University of Wisconsin-Madison
The University of Wisconsin Press
The University of Wisconsin Press
1930 Monroe Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53711
www.wisc.edulwisconsinpress/
Copyright © 2002
The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
All rights reserved
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Printed in the United States ofA merica
Cataloging-in-Publication data is available from the Library of Congress
ISBN 0-299-18554-0
Table of Contents-Volume 1
Preface vii
Explanatory Notes ix
Lesson 0: Review of Verbs and Verb Forms 1
Lesson 1: Mathematics I (numbers and sets) 7
Lesson 2: Mathematics IT (matrices, variables and functions) 17
Lesson 3: Mathematics ill (solutions, statistics and models) 29
Lesson 4: Computer Science I (fundamentals; part I) 45
Lesson 5: Computer Science IT (fundamentals; part IT) 61
Lesson 6: Computer Science ill (applications; part I) 75
Lesson 7: Computer Science N (applications; part IT) 89
Lesson 8: Mechanics I (pressure and vacuum) 105
Lesson 9: Mechanics IT (motion and flow) 119
Lesson 10: Thermodynamics I (fundamentals) 133
Lesson 11: Thermodynamics IT (applications) 145
Lesson 12: Light I (fundamentals) 155
Lesson 13: Light IT (wave properties) 165
Lesson 14: Light lIT (applications) 177
Lesson 15: Sound I (fundamentals) 189
Lesson 16: Sound IT (applications) 199
Lesson 17: Magnetism I (fundamentals) 209
Lesson 18: Magnetism IT (applications) 221
Lesson 19: Electricity I (fundamentals) 231
Lesson 20: Electricity IT (applications) 243
Lesson 21: Electricity ill (semiconductors and superconductors) 255
Lesson 22: Electronics I (transistors and diodes) 265
Lesson 23: Electronics IT (other circuit elements and basic circuits) 275
Lesson 24: Electronics ill (ICs) 285
Lesson 25: Electronics IV (other circuits and devices) 295
Lesson 26: Signals and Signal Processing I (fundamentals) 305
Lesson 27: Signals and Signal Processing IT (applications) 317
Lesson 28: Computer Hardware I general) 327
Lesson 29: Computer Hardware IT (memory and recording) 335
Lesson 30: Polymers I (fundamentals) 343
Lesson 31: Polymers IT (MW, DP, viscosity and processing) 353
Lesson 32: Polymers ill (properties and applications) 363
Lesson 33: Materials I (ceramics; fundamentals) 373
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Lesson 34: Materials IT (ceramics; applications) 383
Lesson 35: Materials ill (glass, carbon and diamond) 393
Lesson 36: Materials IV (metals) 403
Lesson 37: Materials V (material processing) 415
Lesson 38: Materials VI (material properties) 425
Lesson 39: Interdisciplinary Topics I (magnetic and electrical interactions) 435
Lesson 40: Interdisciplinary Topics IT (electrochemical, biochemical and bioelectronic
interactions) 445
Index of Grammatical Patterns 455
Kanji Index 461
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Preface
This two-volume set is designed to prepare scientists, engineers and translators to read Japanese
technical documents. The reader is presumed to have already studied Japanese for at least one year.
These volumes were prepared for use in a two-semester sequence of technical Japanese courses at
the intermediate level, but they are also well suited for use as self-study materials. The primary
objectives are to help the reader build a technical vocabulary in Japanese, to reinforce the reader's
understanding of important grammatical constructions, to improve the reader's reading
comprehension ability, and to provide practice in translating technical passages from Japanese into
English. Authentic materials have been incorporated, so that the reader will gain exposure to
realistic examples that include frequently used grammatical patterns and essential vocabulary items.
The disciplines covered in these volumes are mathematics, computer science, physics, mechanical
engineering, electrical and computer engineering, and advanced materials.
Volume 1 contains a review of verb forms and forty field-specific lessons, which have been
grouped into fourteen units. Each of the forty lessons features fifteen KANn that are important in
the field that is the focus of that lesson. In addition to ON and KUN readings and the various
meanings for the KANn, each entry includes two important terms that contain the KANn in .
question. Experience has shown that memorizing KANn in the context of specific terms (rather
than attempting to memorize the KANn in isolation) increases the likelihood that the learner will
remember both the KANn and the terms. All of the readings listed in the current Japanese
.
government document, 'Mmm*~ ~-R{&i5~l/~ (1987) (ISBN 4-17-214500-0), are
included for each of the six hundred KANn featured in this volume. A complete KANn index
(with entries arranged in d6lt ~ '5 ;t.t5 order) may be found at the end of this volume.
Each of the first nine field-specific lessons also introduces a number of grammatical patterns that
the reader should master in order to understand Japanese technical documents. At least three
example sentences accompany each grammatical pattern, so that the reader can understand the
usage of the grammatical pattern in context. To ensure that the reader will gain the maximum
amount of reinforcement in vocabulary building, each example sentence has been taken from an
essay that is included in one of the lessons. A complete listing (in a combination of alphabetical
order and d6lt ~ '5 ;t.t5 order) of the one hundred grammatical patterns appears after Lesson 40.
The major portion of each lesson is devoted to reading selections on topics related to the theme of
the lesson. The essays within a lesson have been arranged so that the reader may apply knowledge
and vocabulary from earlier essays when reading subsequent essays. More fundamental topics are
presented early in the lesson; applications and more specialized topics appear later. A list of the
sources from which the reading selections were taken is included in the Explanatory Notes.
Volume 1 contains seven hundred twenty-one technical essays of various lengths. Lesson 0 and
the first nine field-specific lessons should be studied by all readers. The reader may then select
topics of interest from the remaining thirty-one lessons to produce a customized course of study.
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