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In the same way we don't say "signboard" or "billboard" but say "Kanban"? Or for the same reason we say "jujitsu" but not "gentle, soft, supple, flexible, pliab
by teh_klev 10y ago
In the same way we don't say "signboard" or "billboard" but say "Kanban"? Or for the same reason we say "jujitsu" but not "gentle, soft, supple, flexible, pliable, or yielding art or technique".(see also Judo: "gentle way").
I'll take a stab at this though. The use of "jugyokenkyu" most likely expresses not just a "lesson plan", but also a philosophy and system that a literal translation to "lesson plan" can't express.
- lotyrin 10y agoDefinitely. But if the Japanese usage is as a proper noun, you can translate it and still use it as such. We do this with native words all the time - lower-case agile vs capital Agile, for instance. The question isn't whether or not we should proper-noun-ify things as much as whether or not we are served by doing so with a foreign word -- the meaning of which isn't immediately clear to an uninitiated audience.