どうして日本語を勉強する？

I get asked this question a lot (why are you studying Japanese?). Before entering college, there were various technological inventions in Japan that seemed very interesting, and I thought it would be a good place to go for a Computer Science major, but during my time studying Japanese, I became more interested in the culture as a whole. Now, I want to go to Japan and perhaps even work there at a company involved with computers, such as Sony. Also, one more interesting thing that has come out of learning Japanese is that I can better understand anime, sometimes without even reading subtitles!

よくその質問が私に聞きますね。大学に入る前に、日本で色々な面白そうなテクノロジーがあると思いましたけど、日本語を勉強している時、日本の文化に興味があるようになりましたね。今、日本に行きたいで、たぶん日本でコンピューターについて会社に勤めてたいです。日本語を勉強したら、じまくをしないでアニメを見えますよね。