I get lots of request for new things for the site, and also lots of “thank you”s for having Japanese translations. But strangely enough I’ve never had any requests for Japanese translations of any readers’ games. That’s always surprised me. I’m sure they’d really help with lesson planning and Japanese teachers are always asking for new games. But I always find it too tricky ( and really time consuming), to translate other people’s English into Japanese, as you basically have to re-write the whole explanation to be from a Japanese teachers’ point of view.

But last month I put out a request on the Japanese newsletter for help. The response has been amazing, I can’t believe how many nice, generous and thoughtful people there are out there! These teachers have translated nearly all of the 100+ plus readers’ games. I’ve started editing them up and soon you’ll find “This page in Japanese” appearing on the games over the next few weeks. I’m sure you’ll all join in with me in saying a very big “Thank you” to all those teachers who offered their time!

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