2023/10/8

Kyoto University of Foreign Studies (KUFS) and Kyoto Career College of Foreign Languages (KCCFL) are collaborating on a multilingual project to create the chikan crime prevention leaflet “Zero Handbook for Chikan and Tosatsu” produced by the Kyoto Prefectural Police Railway Police Force. Students mainly translated it in five languages: English, Chinese, Portuguese, Korean, and Vietnamese, guided by the university faculty.

This project, which embodies the founding spirit of the university, needs translation to understand the background behind the language, such as the culture and social background. For that reason, we started translation after a study session on chikan and tosatsu conducted by police members. We tried to make the concept of chikan and tosatsu understandable to people with other cultural backgrounds.

September has been designated by the police as a month to strengthen activities for “ZERO chikan and tosatsu - You can do more than zero'', and the start ceremony for the month was held on September 1 at Kotochika Square, Kyoto Subway Station. The Kyoto Prefectural Police, railway companies, other participating organizations, President Ono and the official character "Patera” from the university attended the ceremony. The police captain presented the university with a letter of appreciation.

President Ono thanked the attendees for their participation in this project and explained the translation process, like what kind of nuances should be applied in translation of the word "chikan" in his speech.

Patera worked with other attendees to distribute crime prevention leaflets after the ceremony.

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