Current mood:

eheh

lol my japanese no good anymore speaky chinese okay
A month ago I sent the following e-mail to the International Student Advisor of Nagoya University:

"Greetings,

I am currently a student at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. I will be finishing in September 2008.

My major in school is Liberal Studies. My concentration was Chinese philosophy and literature. I have studied abroad in Shanghai at East China Normal University in 2005 and again in 2007 (I am there now, teaching English for a semester) as well as studied abroad in Taipei, Taiwan at National Taiwan Normal University in 2006 studying Mandarin. Before all this I studied abroad in Japan in 2002 during high school (and I am 1/4 Japanese, hence my interest in Japan). I am wondering about your Chinese philosophy programme and whether or not it would more beneficial to try to apply to Nagoya University to study Chinese philosophy there or to study in perhaps Taiwan at National Taiwan Normal University. Most people say Taiwan, but I want to hear more about Nagoya University's programme first.

1.) If I study Chinese philosophy for GRADUATE school, will the classes be in English, Japanese, or Mandarin?
2.) Will I be able to continue studying Mandarin in Nagoya?
3.) Will I be able to try to get a Ph.D after graduate school in Nagoya in a Chinese-speaking country like Taiwan?

Thank you very much"

So, I figured they'd reply in English when they finally got around to it. But instead... yeah. This is their reply:

名古屋大学文学研究科・留学生担当教員の鎌田です。
返信が遅くなりましてすいません。
ご質問の件につきまして、

１．名古屋大学文学研究科の中国哲学研究室の授業は全て日本語で行なわれます。
２．中国語の語学の授業がありますので、学習可能です。
３．当部局での博士号取得が可能かどうかに関しては研究室の担当教員の判断によります。

なお、こちらの中国文学研究室での受け入れを希望される場合は、十分な日本語能力が必要とされますので、ご承知おきください。

...And my face went: "D:"

Then I went to Babelfish and I got this:

"It is Kamata of the Nagoya university literature postgraduate course foreign student charge teacher. Reply becoming slow, it does not inhale. Concerning the case of question,

1. Class of the Chinese philosophy laboratory of the Nagoya university literature postgraduate course is done with all Japanese.
2. Because there is class of Chinese language study, it is study possible.
3. Whether or not doctorate acquisition in this department possibility it is due to the judgement of the charge teacher of the laboratory to in regard.

Furthermore, when the acceptance at this Chinese literature laboratory it is desired, because sufficient Japanese ability is needed, every consent."

I get it mainly. But gosh. I sent it to Shaye because her Japanese is win and mine is fail but my Mandarin is pretty good! D: