Nepali boy becomes aide to Japanese scientist (Kantipur Daily)
KATHMANDU, OCT 05 – A Nepali boy has become the translator to a Japanese scientist after the latter was impressed with the boy’s language skills. Eighteen-year-old Sanjeev Ban, Nepal’s youngest Japanese language instructor, was appointed as assistant to Dr. Yoshiaki Kamano, a scientist working on cancer research, and will assist the scientist with translation of scientific documents from English to Japanese.
Sanjeev Ban leaving for Japan,Tribhuvan Airport
Impressed by Ban’s fluency in Japanese, Kamano, known for his research on various plant species and discovery of cancer drugs, made him his aide in Tokyo, Ban’s family members informed.
“I am extremely happy to appoint Nepal’s youngest Japanese language instructor as my personal assistant,” wrote the scientist Kamano in an email sent to family members. “It is a rare case. I have not noticed such a young language trainer even in Japan.”
Kamano has worked with the University of Arizona in the U.S. as department head of science for more than two decades and has conducted research on over 500 different plant species. Kamano is currently conducting research on the plant Kenaf (popularly known as sunpat in Nepal) on its properties to reduce pollution.
Source : Kantipur Daily
