New Taipei congressman questioned the controversy over Jiang Wanan's academic qualifications: What is the mentality of not correcting the mistranslation of SJD for ten years?

Recently, Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan’s English resume page at the Legislative Yuan changed. His original SJD (Juris Doctor) degree has been quietly changed to JD (Juris Doctor), which has aroused doubts from all walks of life. The city government clarified that the Chinese academic information provided by Chiang Wanan when he was a legislator was "always correct" and that the English translation was wrong by a manufacturer commissioned by the Legislative Yuan. Yin Wei, the chairman of the Taipei City Research and Examination Association, went on the show to complain about it and even blamed it on the then Legislative Yuan Yu Xikun. New Taipei City Councilor Yamada Moi questioned, even if the manufacturer mistakenly translated it into SJD, Jiang Wanan has not corrected it for 10 years. What is his mentality?

Yamada Moi mentioned that based on her previous experience in working in the Legislative Yuan, the Legislative Yuan usually logs in based on the information provided by the committee members. If Jiang Wanan provided the Chinese information "Juris Doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law" at that time, and the manufacturer translated it into SJD, "If it is wrong, it will not be corrected for 10 years." What is the mentality?

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Yamada Moi pointed out that Jiang Wan'an currently holds a JD, which is equivalent to a master's degree in Taiwan. His JD degree is often translated into "Doctor of Laws". It took 10 years for him to be caught before he knew he had to correct it. He even blamed the two presidents of the Legislative Yuan, Su Jiaquan and You Xikun. It is really too much. The Legislative Yuan is not the elected committee. It only translates the text materials provided by the members and has no power to check the English degree certificates of the members’ academic qualifications.

Yamada Moi emphasized that now that Jiang Wanan said that his academic qualifications are JD, the problem lies with Jiang Wanan himself, because in the election bulletin, he not only wrote a JD degree from the University of Pennsylvania, but also a master's degree (LLM). However, when he was elected for the 10th Legislative Council, Jiang Wanan did not write a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, but only a JD degree. Will this give the public the perception that "his highest academic qualification is a JD degree", which is misleading?

Yamada Moi said that Jiang Wanan was elected like this and showed no responsibility at all. This shows how anxious Jiang is. Jiang Wanan claims to be a doctor of law from Pennsylvania, but cannot speak "political affiliation" in English. It is as absurd as Li Sichuan claims to be a municipal expert but does not know the most famous 307 bus route that passes by his house. Honesty is very important.