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data-interaction-id=\"7fa8c538\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"7fa8c538\">CREATOR<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"e-6a1fed9e-fb410b3 e-paragraph-base\" data-interaction-id=\"6a1fed9e\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"6a1fed9e\">Iwamoto Jir\u014d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<hr class=\"e-6da5019-5471a69 e-divider-base\" data-interaction-id=\"6da5019\"  data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"6da5019\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3406c0cc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3406c0cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"e-425b6e53-9a26da7 e-paragraph-base\" data-interaction-id=\"425b6e53\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"425b6e53\">DATE<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"e-7aad6780-fc1b1ce e-paragraph-base\" data-interaction-id=\"7aad6780\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"7aad6780\">Meiji 11 (1878)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<hr class=\"e-539b4c34-7546ba2 e-divider-base\" data-interaction-id=\"539b4c34\"  data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"539b4c34\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7425bdd4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7425bdd4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"e-3d22f132-7c9a220 e-paragraph-base\" data-interaction-id=\"3d22f132\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"3d22f132\">ACCESS<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"e-e35973a-667b794 e-paragraph-base\" data-interaction-id=\"e35973a\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"e35973a\">Reference for The Street had no Name<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2492e110 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2492e110\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ea5654a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ea5654a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"e-72a7247c-a7d2426 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data-end=\"575\">ki<\/em>.<\/p><p data-start=\"578\" data-end=\"748\">It is not to be treated as an auxiliary function, nor as a dependency upon external parties, but as a capability to be established and maintained within the House itself.<\/p><p data-start=\"750\" data-end=\"842\">In recent years, the volume of foreign material entering the country has increased steadily.<\/p><p data-start=\"844\" data-end=\"956\">This includes technical documents, mechanical specifications, instructional texts and commercial correspondence.<\/p><p data-start=\"958\" data-end=\"1100\">Such materials arrive with precision in their own language, yet when mediated through others they become subject to delay, omission and error.<\/p><p data-start=\"1102\" data-end=\"1181\">In matters of trade and manufacture, even minor inaccuracies carry consequence.<\/p><p data-start=\"1183\" data-end=\"1278\">Where the House relies upon external translators, it places itself at a remove from the source.<\/p><p data-start=\"1280\" data-end=\"1302\">Knowledge is filtered.<\/p><p data-start=\"1304\" data-end=\"1335\">Interpretation is uncontrolled.<\/p><p data-start=\"1337\" data-end=\"1368\">Timing is determined by others.<\/p><p data-start=\"1370\" data-end=\"1429\">This introduces uncertainty into both judgement and action.<\/p><p data-start=\"1431\" data-end=\"1539\">It is the position of the House that such uncertainty should be reduced wherever it is practicable to do so.<\/p><p data-start=\"1541\" data-end=\"1649\">By establishing translation within the <em data-start=\"1580\" data-end=\"1584\">ki<\/em>, the House gains direct access to the language of foreign works.<\/p><p data-start=\"1651\" data-end=\"1710\">Technical documents may be read in full, without reduction.<\/p><p data-start=\"1712\" data-end=\"1752\">Instructions may be followed as written.<\/p><p data-start=\"1754\" data-end=\"1804\">Correspondence may be conducted without mediation.<\/p><p data-start=\"1806\" data-end=\"1929\">In this, both speed and accuracy are improved, and the House is no longer required to defer to the understanding of others.<\/p><p data-start=\"1931\" data-end=\"2045\">Of particular importance is the application of this capability to the acquisition and use of foreign technologies.<\/p><p data-start=\"2047\" data-end=\"2146\">Where machinery, processes or methods are imported, their value depends upon correct understanding.<\/p><p data-start=\"2148\" data-end=\"2182\">Partial knowledge leads to misuse.<\/p><p data-start=\"2184\" data-end=\"2220\">Approximation leads to inefficiency.<\/p><p data-start=\"2222\" data-end=\"2311\">With proper translation, the House may adopt such technologies fully and with confidence.<\/p><p data-start=\"2313\" data-end=\"2367\">Further, early and correct adoption creates advantage.<\/p><p data-start=\"2369\" data-end=\"2450\">Where others hesitate, or proceed through error, the House may move with clarity.<\/p><p data-start=\"2452\" data-end=\"2534\">The knowledge gained through this process need not remain solely for internal use.<\/p><p data-start=\"2536\" data-end=\"2618\">It may be ordered, retained and, where appropriate, extended outward as a service.<\/p><p data-start=\"2620\" data-end=\"2680\">In this, the House does not merely employ foreign knowledge.<\/p><p data-start=\"2682\" data-end=\"2755\">It becomes a point through which such knowledge is made usable to others.<\/p><p data-start=\"2757\" data-end=\"2803\">Commercial dealings are likewise strengthened.<\/p><p data-start=\"2805\" data-end=\"2935\">Direct correspondence with foreign companies permits clearer negotiation, firmer terms and reduced dependence upon intermediaries.<\/p><p data-start=\"2937\" data-end=\"3022\">The position of the House is thereby strengthened in both understanding and standing.<\/p><p data-start=\"3024\" data-end=\"3142\">For these reasons, the establishment of a translation function within the Iwamoto <em 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