Yen Ching Research Institute - Yen Ching Research Institute

Japanese: イエンチン研究所 - いえんちんけんきゅうじょ
Yen Ching Research Institute - Yen Ching Research Institute

...He remained at Columbia University until 1954, and D. Keene and E. Seidensticker, who are now known as the leading scholars of Japanese literature in America, studied under him. Furthermore, the Yenching Institute at Harvard University established a Japanese language course in 1926, and by 1934, eight universities, including the University of Michigan, Stanford University, and the University of Chicago, had opened Japanese language courses. However, when the Pacific War broke out, America was shocked by the extreme lack of Japanese language proficiency, and hurried to establish the Navy Japanese Language School. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Yen Ching Laboratory" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…彼は54年までコロンビア大学に在職し,現在,アメリカにおける日本文学研究の第一人者として知られるD.キーン,E.サイデンステッカーは彼に学んだ。さらに,ハーバード大学のイエンチン(燕京)研究所が1926年に日本語講座を設け,34年までにミシガン大学,スタンフォード大学,シカゴ大学を含む八つの大学が日本語講座を開いた。しかし,太平洋戦争勃発のとき,日本語のできる人材のあまりの乏しさに驚かされたアメリカは,海軍日本語学校の設立を急いだ。…

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