"Paul Blay" <ranma@saotome.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Hallvard Tangeraas" wrote and I slightly rearranged ...
> > Having visited Japan and liked it a lot I've given thought to the idea
> > of staying there for a year or two (and who knows what next). Speaking
> > to other gajins along the way I've understood that the easiest way to
> > get work is to apply for an English teaching position when you don't
> > speak any Japanese.
>
> I'm not sure what else you could do without speaking _any_ Japanese.

You could get a job butt-wiping^H^H proofreading translations into English
by native Japanese speakers with a questionable grasp of the English
language.

But those people generally become even more bitter than English teachers.

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Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom
ryang@gol.com