Hello!
I am currently working as a software engineer with a proficiency level of N3. For applying to japanese companies, I see application requirements of > N1/ fluent japanese and from what I gather, communication within a typical japanese company is a completely different beast and the JLPT doesn’t accurately cover these topics.
My question is: besides different levels of keigo, are there any books/resources that deal with technical terms in japanese, preferrably related to software engineering within the games industry?
Are there any courses I can follow that teach japanese business etiquette, writing formal templates for specification/design documents etc.?
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I have some programming books written in Japanese which are full of tech terms, basically go to amazon.jp and buy books on programming.
For instance, you probably don’t need a book “Intro to programming in C” anymore, but you could read an easy intro book in Japanese, C言語.
https://www.jmooc.jp/ (if it throws you onto th English page the toggle to Japanese is at page bottom)
Check out the resources by IPA:
https://www.ipa.go.jp/publish/index.html
Example page on software requirements:
https://www.ipa.go.jp/archive/digital/iot-en-ci/jyouryuu/sys_upper.html
They publish a ton of pages and pdfs online for free on top of their books.
They also hold a few exams you can take in Japan, some of which are multiple choice formats that do not require you to write in Japanese.
Also, check out [this anime](http://newgame-anime.com) if you haven’t already.
Vocab list for software devs: https://github.com/mercari/engineer-vocabulary-list