Japanese student translates Trump's tweets to practice English, accidentally gets 90k+ followers

People all around the world have been trying to understand Trump better - his policies, his ideas, and most important of all, what he is saying on Twitter.

Many in Japan had no way of knowing what was coming out of the President's Twitter feed, but then, an anonymous 17-year-old Japanese high school senior who goes by the pseudonym K T-san changed all of that. He started translating almost every tweet Donald Trump made into Japanese.

He says that he created the account in order to improve his English skills for college entrance exams by doing some translation. He was also interested in what the president was saying and had others encourage him to go through with it.

When asked if translating the tweets has helped with his English, he responded that he's learned a lot of useful expressions. He's also gained an interest in politics, and he's gotten many words of thanks from Japanese people for his work with the translation, which are a huge support. As of this writing he has over 90,000 followers.

One aspect in particular that makes K T-san's translations so colorful is his commitment to conveying Trump's casual language. For example, when Trump uses "you" to address the American people, K T-san translates it as anatagata, a very polite "you all". But when Trump says "you" referring to someone he doesn't like, T-san translates it is aitsura (an impolite "those guys") or omae (an impolite "you"), words that Japanese politicians would almost never use.

He plans to study international economics at college and wants to use the English he's learned in projects all around the world. We wish him the best of luck, and his endeavor to translate Trump, and if we ever get the chance to meet up with him, we'd gladly treat him to a Trump burger in Tokyo.

Source: @DonaldTrumpJPN