Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term or phrase:
個時/年
English translation:
Man hours required to manufacture 2 million/ year
Added to glossary by
Deborah Edwards
Mar 20, 2012 03:56
12 yrs ago
Japanese term
Australia
個時/年
Japanese to English
Tech/Engineering
Automotive / Cars & Trucks
Context is:
"Productivity: 2,000千個時/年"
For productivity, "2 million items /year" makes sense to me. But I don't understand where the hour fits in. Or am I missing something?
"Productivity: 2,000千個時/年"
For productivity, "2 million items /year" makes sense to me. But I don't understand where the hour fits in. Or am I missing something?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | Pieces man hours/Year |
Bikrant Singh
|
| 4 | working hours/year |
Nashwa Hussien
|
| 1 | pieces per hour for the year |
cinefil
|
| 1 | man-hours per year |
V N Ganesh
|
Proposed translations
5 hrs
Bikrant Singh
Native in English
Specializes in field
Native in: English 
, Hindi
Works in: Japanese to English, English to Japanese, Hindi to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
Pieces man hours/Year
It means available capacity of man hour in terms of quantity of product which could be produced in a year.
"Man hours required to manufacture 2million"
"Man hours required to manufacture 2million"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for your help!"
37 mins
pieces per hour for the year
3 hrs
man-hours per year
These benefits increase workforce productivity on a per-hour basis. ..... working time rose from 121 billion man hours per year to 398 billion man hours per year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_time
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_time
7 hrs
Nashwa Hussien
Works in field
15 Years Exp. Japanese >EN-AR Translator
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: Japanese to Arabic, English to Arabic, Japanese to English
Related KudoZ points
:
4
working hours/year
that defines human work without mentioning it
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