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23:08 Apr 3, 2006 |
Japanese to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Management | |||||
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5 +5 | all of the above |
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4 +2 | documentation, materials, documents, data, literature |
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3 | documentation |
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3 | you are probably right |
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shiryo (資料) documentation Explanation: Shiryou is generally "documentation." This would pretty much cover the various nuances contained in your text. Good luck! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2006-04-03 23:20:34 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Below are some of the variant translations of "shiryo" from http://trans.glova.jp 資料 data | document | handout | information | literature | material | source material 資料 material | Material | Publication | data | datum | document | file | handout | information | literature | source | source material | written material 資料 written material 資料 data | datum | document | material | materials | sample | resource | documentary literature 資料 source material 資料 data | document | information | literature | material | materials | source material | written material | resource | documentary literature |
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all of the above Explanation: This is a play on words--source materials 資料(shiryo) for the company. But often they are turned into a meaningless pile of paper 紙量(shiryo) or dead weight 死量(shiryo). |
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