First Step Towards the Future: Small Actions to Further Collaboration with Global Engineers

This is the material which I used at GMO Research & AI .inc's tech conference on 2024 Dec.3rd.

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2. 2024 December 3 Yamashita Kanako First Step Towards the Future: Small Actions to Further Collaboration with Global Engineers
3. First Platform Department, System Division 2, Development Section 4 Kanako Yamashita Career I studied Japanese language education in graduate school. Afterwards, I supported the study of Japanese and school subjects for children with roots abroad in elementary and middle schools. In 2021, inspired by my experience as a Japanese teacher, I joined GMOR&AI. Currently, I am working on the operation and development of panel linkage systems. I like eating delicious food.
4. 1. Background of GMO Research & AI 2. What We Have Done to Support Global engineers 3. What We Want to Improve Our Working Environmental as a Global Team. Outline
5. 1. Background 日本 インド フィリピン ネパール バングラデシュ ベトナム 韓国 ロシア
6. 1. Language Proficiency: Japanese and English ・There is no specific requirement for the Japanese language level as a condition for overseas member applications. ・Being able to work in either English or Japanese is sufficient. ・Having the motivation to learn English or Japanese is desired. 2. Languages Used in the Company ・There is no official language; it varies by team. ・Japanese is primarily used. 3. Support for Learning Japanese and English ・Be available for costs related to online conversation lessons. 1. Background
7. 3. What We Have Done to Support Global engineers 2021 Global engineers are working in Japanese 2023 Offshore development will start in Vietnam 2024 5 new graduate members from India joined Support for dual language adaptation Scaffolding support
8. 3. What We Have Done to Support Global engineers 2021 Global engineers are working in Japanese 2023 Offshore development will start in Vietnam 2024 5 new graduate members from India joined Support for dual language adaptation Scaffolding support
9. 1. Introduce easy and kind Japanese / English 2. Monthly lunch meeting in Japanese / English 3. Translate documents in Japanese into English. 3. What We Have Done to Support Global engineers
10. 例 既存の処理を大幅に変更しなきゃいけなくなっちゃ って、リリース日をリスケさせていただけたりしないで しょうか？ e.g. We need to make significant changes to the existing process. Would it be possible to reschedule the release date? What is Yasashii Japanese
11. Yasashii Japanese： 今の処理を大きく変えます。だから、リリースの日をお そくしたいです。いいですか？ Normal Japanese： 既存の処理を大幅に変更しなきゃいけなくなっちゃって、リ リース日をリスケさせていただけたりしないでしょうか？ What is Yasashii Japanese ⇒ Same meaning, but Yasashii Japanese is easier to understand.
12. 参照: http://www4414uj.sakura.ne.jp/Yasanichi1/nsindan/ We can check how easy a text is to understand by this tool. The normal Japanese is at Level C (Normal).
13. 参照: http://www4414uj.sakura.ne.jp/Yasanichi1/nsindan/ The Yasashii Japanese is at Level A (Very simple).
14. 3S: To Make Sentences Yasashii 1. Short Shorten one sentence. 2. Simple Use simple words and expressions. 3. Straight Clearly communicate straight what you want to mention. Clearly state who does what. 参照: https://yasacommu.or.jp/2024/02/07/leaflet_easyjapanese/
15. e.g Using Yasashii Japanese
16. 3. What We Have Done to Support Global engineers 2021 Global engineers are working in Japanese 2023 Offshore development will start in Vietnam 2024 5 new graduate members from India joined Support for dual language adaptation Scaffolding support
17. 1. Ensure that English-speaking members understand the content at meetings that are mainly in Japanese. 2. Documentation should be diagrammatic and in Japanese and English. 3. Keep increasing documents in English 3. What We Have Done to Support Global engineers
18. 3. What We Have Done to Support Global engineers
19. 3. How To Choose a tool Tool Result Video summarizer for in- house tools ・reflected the time spoken rather than the importance of the content AI Summary by Zoom ・reflected the time spoken rather than the importance of the content tl;dv ・Concerns about security UD Talk ・Free plans are used for AI training ・Paid plans are expensive Translated subtitles by Zoom ・Incorrectly recognized characters cannot be corrected ・Incorrect “Conversational Language” setting prevents correct translation We adopted During the meeting, they remain unsure
20. To get it translated as correctly as possible 1. Use a headset microphone or other means to speak close to a microphone 2. Speak in easy Japanese and Simple English
21. もう夜遅いけど、起きちゃったんなら対応するしかないよね • It's already late at night, but now that you're up, we just have to respond to it. (GPT_4_1106_PREVIEW) • It's already late at night, but since you woke up, I have no choice but to deal with it. (Google Translate) • I know it's late at night, but if it's happened, we have to deal with it. (DeepL) To get it translated as correctly as possible
22. もう夜遅いけど、障害が起きちゃったんなら対応するしかな いよね • It's already late at night, but if an issue has arisen, we have no choice but to deal with it.(GPT_4_1106_PREVIEW) • It's already late at night, but if something goes wrong, I have no choice but to deal with it. (Google Translate) • I know it's late at night, but if there's been a disruption, we'll just have to deal with it.(DeepL) To get it translated as correctly as possible Clearly state the subject in the sentence.
23. Other skills besides language ability are also important. 1. To be able to put yourself in the other person's shoes. 2. Ability to use strategies for successful communication. 3. Build a trusting relationship where you can feel comfortable asking questions and making mistakes.
24. Right now, we rely a lot on teams and individuals. As an organization, we want to create an environment in which everyone can realize their full potential in global teams. 1. Create guidelines to make it easier for global teams to work together 2. Create a system that facilitates the use of translation tools, etc. 6. What We Want to Improve Our Working Environmental as a Global Team.
25. Thank you so much! Our Japanese / English lunch meetings