The communication network (the Internet) commercialized in the 1990s, unified communication itself on a worldwide level instantaneously.

　If the twentieth century was a century of oppositions between countries, cultures and ideologies, the twenty-first century is surely to be called the age of globalization where the world becomes one. This means a world where people and enterprise cross the boundaries of countries and cultures to a place of mutual exchange. This requires harmonious communication based upon mutual dependency.

　The term "translation" means continuing respect for diversity of languages and cultures, overcoming these differences, deepening values of cultural equivalencies, and creating new linguistic expressions. This is Babel’s philosophy. The Age of Global Communication of the 21st century is also the Age of Translation.

　Babel has sent translation professionals out into the world to meet the needs of the times, and has established the BABEL UNIVERSITY Professional School of Translation in the state of Hawaii to develop translators for the 21st century. Babel utilizes an online educational system based on the Internet. Using the 5 Literacies as its foundation, the school offers a multi-faceted program based on a framework of industrial-educational cooperation.

　BABEL UNIVERSITY Professional School of Translation is a school where professionals to future enhance their practical professional skills. Graduates who complete the program are awarded the MST, Master of Science in Translation, as a proof that they have acquired the necessary skills as a translator to work in the United States and Japan. In the future, we are hoping to widen the scope of the MST so that it will be recognized around the world.

Miyoko Yuasa