Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term or phrase:
後席人体保証%ile
English translation:
Rear passenger physique comfort guarantee percentile
Added to glossary by
sea_turtle
Sep 19, 2013 01:37
10 yrs ago
Japanese term
Works in: Japanese to English
後席人体保証%ile
Japanese to English
Tech/Engineering
Automotive / Cars & Trucks
seat/cabin designing
このタイトルの後に、保証する身長および60%ile, 90%ile等のパーセンタイルが出てきます。
後席において、これだけのパーセンタイルの体型の人が物理的、空間的にラクに座れることを保証する、ということで、保証すべき（カバーすべき）人体の％ileというニュアンスだと推測します。
後席において、これだけのパーセンタイルの体型の人が物理的、空間的にラクに座れることを保証する、ということで、保証すべき（カバーすべき）人体の％ileというニュアンスだと推測します。
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 +1 | Rear passenger physique comfort guarantee percentile |
Kurt Hammond
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| 3 | Rear seating space guaranteed for the xxth percentile of the passenger dimensions range |
Marc Brunet
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Proposed translations
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Kurt Hammond
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Related KudoZ points
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128
Selected
Rear passenger physique comfort guarantee percentile
Boy, that's a confusing one...
If the meaning is summarized in English as "the percentage of body sizes that can comfortably sit in the rear seat," then the title should be something like Rear passenger physique comfort guarantee percentile...
If the meaning is summarized in English as "the percentage of body sizes that can comfortably sit in the rear seat," then the title should be something like Rear passenger physique comfort guarantee percentile...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Chrisso (X)
: Rear seat ergonomic guarantee percentile
1 day 16 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you for summarizing it this into a short expression. (I only had a limited space to put this translation in.) "
1 hr
Marc Brunet
Australia
Australia
Works in field
Australia
To seize the 'point' beyond the words
Native in: French
Works in: Japanese to English, Japanese to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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40
Rear seating space guaranteed for the xxth percentile of the passenger dimensions range
The rear seat(s) guarantee seating space and elbow room sufficient to accommodate any individual belonging to those percentiles of the population range.
If so, this specification presumably nuances the seating space that should guarantee (cover) seating occupancy for individuals from the defined proportion(s) of the passenger population range[namely, as you stated] that within the 60th percentile and 90th percentile of the stature range...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-09-19 03:40:51 GMT)
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In the passage you quoted, the reason for those two different percentiles is not mentioned. It must have been so beforehand. Suspect they stem from the difference in body size ranges between men and women: 90th percentile for women, 60th for men. Can you confirm? Cheers.
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Note added at 4 days (2013-09-23 08:56:42 GMT) Post-grading
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If advised at the outset that space was an issue would have proposed:
"Guaranteed Rear passenger comfort percentile"
clearer sense and better English with 5 words instead of 6, don't you think? :-)
If so, this specification presumably nuances the seating space that should guarantee (cover) seating occupancy for individuals from the defined proportion(s) of the passenger population range[namely, as you stated] that within the 60th percentile and 90th percentile of the stature range...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-09-19 03:40:51 GMT)
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In the passage you quoted, the reason for those two different percentiles is not mentioned. It must have been so beforehand. Suspect they stem from the difference in body size ranges between men and women: 90th percentile for women, 60th for men. Can you confirm? Cheers.
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Note added at 4 days (2013-09-23 08:56:42 GMT) Post-grading
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If advised at the outset that space was an issue would have proposed:
"Guaranteed Rear passenger comfort percentile"
clearer sense and better English with 5 words instead of 6, don't you think? :-)
Example sentence:
Minimum safety requirements were set out using anthropometric data for 5th percentile female and 95th percentile male values which aimed to minimise the effects of lower seat pitches upon the quality of seatoccupancy and the ease of egress from the seats.
Reference:
Note from asker:
| Thank you for your suggestion and very helpful explanation. Actually there are more than two different percentiles appearing in the table (e.g. 85, 33, etc. ) along with the corresponding heights, and nothing about men/women is mentioned. (My apologies if my explanation was not enough.) The example sentence was also helpful, thanks again. |
Discussion
Had you mentioned that 'space' was an issue, would have proposed:
"guaranteed passenger comfort percentile"
(Clearer and shorter still (5 words instead of 6) and better English for ready comprehension, don't you think? No drama, anyway :-) )