Dear non-Japanese readers

Naoki Satoh
Jul 27, 2017 · 2 min read

Sometimes I found there’s someone on the Medium (oh I am not sure if I should say “the” Medium or drop “the” as Mark Zuckerberg was advised by Sean Parker in the movie ?) follows me.

I have never posted any English posts on my Medium although sometimes I highlight/mention posts written in English.

I know some people would understand Japanese (although not Japanese) as I understand English (and little Dutch) but I assume nowadays Japanese language is kind of on the bottom of your wish list to learn as there’re more attractive and practical languages (such as French, Spanish, or German, and Chinese is booming of course).

I also know computer translation technology getting dramatically better and better so maybe you can use the power of google to read my posts… ? However, as far as I’m concerned, the translation from Japanese to English is still not coming up to practical standard especially for not super-formal type of article like my blog-posts.

So there’s a question. What makes you to follow me or visit my posts if you do not understand Japanese language? Or I might be wrong, Japanese language is understood in wider range than I assume, or the Power of Google now can make impossible be possible like sliver bullet of multi-language blog world?

Or maybe my mind is too narrow to think. There must be some reason I have never hit.

Anyway, my Medium posts are (and will be) basically written only in Japanese. I hope you enjoy it with or without translation.

Have a nice holiday.

Naoki Satoh

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オランダ在住 ITリスク屋さん。ガジェット好き。ホームタウンのコンサドーレ札幌を応援している。タッチラグビーをやっている。語学マニア。専門はIT監査、IT統制、リスク管理、SAPセキュリティなど。

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