JLPT Level 2 / 日本語能力試驗2級考試

(日本語能力試驗說明書 / JLPT brochure)


I visited my Japanese professor this week. I told her my plan of taking the level 2 test of Japanese Language Proficiency Test. She told me what the most people would tell me " I don't think so. why don't you take the level 3 test? That should be your level."

這禮拜，我去看了我的日文教授，我告訴她說我要去考日文能力檢定考的2級考試，她說：這樣不行啦！！！你為什麼不先去考3級？那比較適合你啦。

I understand that it is very hard for me to take level 2 test. For a guy, like me, only learn basic Japanese for 2 years. The total study hour of Japanese is about 240 hours. (It is counted in this way: I took 4 3-credit Japanese courses. If there are 5 months in a semester, that will be 5*4=20 weeks. 20*3(credits/hours)*4(semester) = 240.)

我知道考2級對我來說，是一件非常難的事情；我只學過基礎日文兩年，學習日文的總時數加起來也不過240小時左右吧。(是這樣算的，如果一學期有5個月，而我修的是3學分的日文課，這樣就是5*4=20個禮拜 20*3(學分/小時)*4(學期)=240小時。)

What is worse is that I did really bad in my Japanese courses. Oh, I think that is the main reason why my Japanese professor does not have faith in me of taking the level 2 test.

更糟糕的是，我在修日文課時的成績都很差，啊！這才是我日文老師不支持我的原因吧，我想。

I just want to do want I think I should do. Interestingly, there is one thing about me. It makes me wanna accomplish a task more when everyone says it is impossible to. :) It is like I say no when everyone else says yes. And it is just because I want to say something different. Something like that, bu not exactly.

不過我就是想要做我要做的事情。有趣的是，我好像在大家都說做某些事是不可能的時候，我就特別會想要去做那些事。就好像當大家都說好時，我會說不好，並不是我真的想說不好。我只是想說一些不一樣的話而已，又一點這種感覺，又好像不是。

Anyway, I need a level 2 certificate to improve my CV. (Level 3 doesn't count much in job-hunting.) Therefore, I applied for the test.

總而言之，我需要2級證書來為我的履歷表加分。(3級證書在找工作時並沒有那麼有份量)所以呢，我就報名了！

I am not going to lie, level 2 is really kind of.....ok....it is very hard for me. I have been really bad on simulating exams. But I will try my best.

不虎爛你，2級真的有點....好啦，不是有點，是對我來說很難，我目前的模擬考都考很爛，但我還是會加油的。

Ps, why Japanese punctuation only has period and coma? No question mark?? No other expression mark in formal article! It is a lot harder to guess what the author trying to say.

附註：為什麼日文只有句點還有逗點啊？沒有問號，在正式文章裡沒有其他的表情符號，這樣我好難猜作者想要說什麼耶。