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Glossary entry

Chinese term or phrase:

提供6人次参加XX

English translation:

provide six sponsorships

Added to glossary by Denyce Seow
Feb 22, 2008 12:33
16 yrs ago
Chinese term

提供6人次参加会议

Chinese to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
提供6人次参加会议

I'm having difficulty phrasing this one, especially "人次".
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 offer/provide six sponsorships
4 +3 provide sponsorship for six attendances to conferences
4 +1 put forward 6 participants to attend the conference
3 +2 sponsor/invite/nominate 6 delegates for the conference
3 -1 person-time

Discussion

vwkl (X) Feb 25, 2008:
to hc: Thanks for explaining! However if you look at the Merriam-Webster definition 2b (from my link below), attendance = the number of times a person attends. Still, I have no qualms about including "individual" if you want to be really clear.
lhcm Feb 25, 2008:
To vikki: I found your answer after I pressed the submit button, however. Before submitting my answer, I realized that "six attendances" might not convey the exact meaning, that is why I finalized my answer as “individual attendances”, to exclude the possibility that each attendance might include more than one person, such as a group of people as one attendance.
Yet I agree with you on the use of “attendances”. Thanks!
Jason Ma Feb 25, 2008:
Then it's possible some of them might have the opportunity to attend academic conference for more than once in this period of time.
Denyce Seow (asker) Feb 25, 2008:
我们作以下承诺说明： 6) 提供6人次国外参加学术会议（每人5000美元），有效期5年
lhcm Feb 25, 2008:
the sentences before and after this one might help define the meaning of 人次 here, would you pls kindly provide those sentences? the first thing came to me is : count(s). however, translation based on context is always recommended. Thanks
Joyce Curran Feb 23, 2008:
Actiually, I agree with Michael's "delegates" for "人次". "delegates" imply to people who would be actively taking part in the conference, but "participants" or "participation" can be anyone who is in the meeting.
Jason Ma Feb 23, 2008:
It's highly possible the speaker produced a slip of tongue here. Probably what he really meant to say was **6 人**。
vwkl (X) Feb 23, 2008:
I agree with Jason's definition, but have never seen 人次 used for referring to such a small number. Usually in the hundreds/thousands etc.
Denyce Seow (asker) Feb 23, 2008:
I agree with Jason on the definition of "人次". How about "Provide 6 participation spots in conferences"?
Joyce Curran Feb 22, 2008:
我怎么觉得“6人次”实际上就是指“6个人”呢？

Proposed translations

+2
2 days 14 hrs
Chinese term (edited): 提供6人次
Selected

offer/provide six sponsorships

国外参加学术会议 to attend (for attendance at) overseas scholarly conferences

6人次 are the individual sponsorships. They could conceivably all be won by a single person going to six different conferences.
Peer comment(s):
agree Jason Ma : six overseas scholarly conference opportunities will be provided...hmm, a bit too lengthy?
9 mins
heh, thanks!
agree lhcm : individual sponsorships----spot-on!
43 mins
thanks!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, everyone. I think I am most comfortable with Malcolm's answer."
+1
55 mins

put forward 6 participants to attend the conference

there is no equivalent for 人次 - depending on the context, it could be places, or people or participants etc.

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-02-22 14:07:50 GMT)
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the other option is, "provide 6 places for participants to attend the conference"
Peer comment(s):
neutral Jason Ma : The difficult part is 次. By **人次**, it might indicate 3 participants will attend the conference twice, or 2 participants will attend the conference 3 times. Sounds strange, but that's what "人次" means
33 mins
agree Helen Li
15 hrs
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-1
3 hrs

person-time

allow 6 person-time to participate the conference

中国科协系统科技活动情况(2005年)- [ Translate this page ]参加人数. （万人次）. Number of Participants (10 000 person-time) ... （万人次）. Working Staffs and S&T Personnels (10 000 person-time) ...
www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/qtsj/zgkjtjnj/2006/t20061205_40236966... - 594k - Cached - Similar pages

14-31 省科学技术协会及所属学会工作情况(2003年) TECHNICAL AND ...- [ Translate this page ]参加人员 (人次), Participants (person-time), 3650, 11340, 71052 ... 参加人数 (人次), Number of Participants (person-time), 110. 青少年科技竞赛 (次) ...
www.stats-sx.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/yearbook/2004/book/14-31.htm - 38k - Cached - Similar pages

[XLS] 14-41File Format: Microsoft Excel - View as HTML
11, 参加人员 (人次), Participants (person-time), 230, 4587, 8552 ... 36, 参加人数 (人次), Number of Participants (person-time), 150, 200, 400 ...
www.stats-sx.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/yearbook/2001/excel/14-41.xls - Similar pages
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Peer comment(s):
disagree Lucy Hill : there is no such word as "person-time" in English!
12 hrs
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+2
15 hrs

sponsor/invite/nominate 6 delegates for the conference

Normally you are either invited or have to nominate (i.e. register) for a conference. Depending on the preceding text, it could be a company or business sponsoring some to attend the conference to provide a presentation, invitation from the organizer for six people, or six places to fill or to apply for (and the term would be nominate).
Peer comment(s):
agree Lucy Hill
23 mins
neutral Jason Ma : As the additional context shows, there might be more opportunity for a single person.
6 hrs
agree Joyce Curran
11 hrs
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+3
2 days 14 hrs

provide sponsorship for six attendances to conferences

Aha. With the additional information, this finally makes sense.

6人次 = six attendances / six entries

This means it does not matter whether it is the same people or not, i.e. it can be
6 people x 1 time
3 people x 1 time + 1 person x 3 times
and so on.

可能有比 sponsorship 較為適合的。

提供6人次国外参加学术会议:
provide sponsorship for six attendances to academic conferences overseas.
Reference:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attendance

Peer comment(s):
agree Jason Ma : We will provide six opportunities for overseas academic conferences
21 mins
thanks!
agree lhcm : agree with you on the use of "attendances". however, six attendances might mean sth else,for example (3 persons/first att. 2 pesons/sec. att. 5 persons/third att. 3 persons/fourth att. 8 persons/fifth att. 1 person/sixth att.)
28 mins
thanks!
agree Milton Guo : correct
1 hr
thanks!
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