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Q: I’m wondering if multilingual learned languages by some specific ways other than their parent’s mother tongue. I think that it is very advantageous for children if their parents speak different language in each. If parents are multilingual speaker, children would be able to speak much more languages than them. For example, mother speaks French, Irish and English, father speaks Chinese, German and English. Their child can learn 5 languages from them. I guess many people who live in country such as EU are in that environment. Additionally, the languages using alphabet have many common grammar and similar words. Though I like Japanese, I wanted to be born in Multilingual country. It is very hard for me to learn other languages. Does this sound natural?
Q: Now let me introduce myself. I am a professional multilingual Japanese translator. I, however, did not grow up in a multilingual environment by any means. I am simply a typical modern Japanese who grew up in the notoriously oppressive Japanese school system.

But I was unique in one respect. I grew up with abundant of comics and animated cartoons. I think one of the reasons why Japan saw the comic book and cartoon market grow so abundantly for decades is that it served as a temporary escape for those Japanese children, and even for the people who were those children. At least, that was the case for me. On the other hand, I was a good student of English, so I was delighted when I later delved into the world of English via the Internet and realized that there were fans of Japanese comics and cartoons all over the world. I began to enjoy interacting with these people in my shaky English. Today, my English is at a high level for a non-native English speaker, thanks to this experience of interacting with admirers of Japanese comics and cartoons, or "manga and anime", all over the world. It is through these international exchange experiences that I have learned French, Chinese and other languages on my own. I think it is also thanks to these humble experiences that I grew up to be hailed in some established book reviews as an excellent book translator. In fact, my translations have been featured in book reviews several times in major Japanese national newspapers.

Personally the most impressive translation work so far has been a book called "Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson". The author was one of the most talented animators in Hollywood, having worked at Disney Studios on such animated masterpieces as "Beauty and the Beast". At the same time, he was a former president of the animation workers' union in Hollywood and had experience in various labor disputes and strikes in the American animation industry. Does this sound natural?
A: × Now let me introduce myself.
✓ Now, let me introduce myself.

× At the same time, he was a former president of the animation workers' union in Hollywood and had experience in various labor disputes and strikes in the American animation industry.
✓ At the same time, he's a former president of the animation workers' union in Hollywood and had experience in various labor disputes and strikes in the American animation industry.

× I am simply a typical modern Japanese who grew up in the notoriously oppressive Japanese school system.
✓ I am simply a typical modern Japanese who grew up midst the notoriously oppressive Japanese school system.

× I grew up with abundant of comics and animated cartoons.
✓ I grew up with abundant comics and animated cartoons.

× I think one of the reasons why Japan saw the comic book and cartoon market grow so abundantly for decades is that it served as a temporary escape for those Japanese children, and even for the people who were those children.
✓ I think one of the reasons why Japan saw the comic book and cartoon market grow so abundantly for decades is because it served as a temporary escape for those loaded Japanese children, and even for the grownups.

× On the other hand, I was a good student of English, so I was delighted when I later delved into the world of English via the Internet and realized that there were fans of Japanese comics and cartoons all over the world.
✓ On the other hand, I was a good student of English, so I was delighted when I later delved into the world of English via the Internet and realized that there were countless fans of Japanese comics and cartoons all over the world.

× I began to enjoy interacting with these people in my shaky English.
✓ I began to enjoy interacting with these people in my nebulous English.

× Today, my English is at a high level for a non-native English speaker, thanks to this experience of interacting with admirers of Japanese comics and cartoons, or "manga and anime", all over the world.
✓ Today, my English has reached a high level for a non-native English speaker, thanks to this experience of interacting with admirers of Japanese comics and cartoons, or "manga and anime", all over the world.

× It is through these international exchange experiences that I have learned French, Chinese and other languages on my own.
✓ It is through these international exchanges of experiences that I have learned French, Chinese and other languages on my own.

× Personally the most impressive translation work so far has been a book called "Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson".
✓ Personally, the most impressive translation work so far has been a book called "Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson".

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