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Biographical note

Yanabu Akira is professor of Comparative Cultures at St.Andrew's University (Momoyamagakuin Daigaku) in Osaka, Japan. His primary research interest is science of translation. He has researched cultures through languages. He has published numerous books and papers in Japanese, include: "The thought of Translation − Shizen versus Nature (翻訳の思想−自然とnature)" 1977, Tokyo: Heibon Bookstore, "The history of Translating words in Japan (翻訳語成立事情)", 1982, Tokyo: Iwanami Bookstore. This book was translated into German by Florian Coulmas: "Modernisierung der Sprache" 1991. Mｦnchen: iudicium. "God versus Shangdi (ゴッドと上帝) 1986, Tokyo: Chikuma Bookstore. 'The Translation of modern Western terms in Cultural circle of Chinese characters; China,Japan, Korea, Vietnam (漢字文化圏；中国・日本・韓国・ベトナム における近代西洋語の翻訳)", 1991, In "Dokkyo International Review, No.4, (獨協国際交流年報 ４号)" pp.197-220