Egmont Schröder (asker) Aug 15, 2019:

Yes, I think it is influenced by Japanese There are several terms in this text that seems to be taken from Japanese, apparently the writer is a Japanese native speaker with bad Chinese skills.
Since we don't know what he means I can't give any points, but I want to thank you for your support.

Frank Zou Aug 1, 2019:

The source text must have been translated from Japanese or Korean text by a Japanese or Korean as indicated by the phrase "据点", it most likely refers to a branch company. Just a guess

nlpresearcher Jul 30, 2019:

I know the feeling. Translation becomes one giant jigsaw puzzle when dealing with ambiguous, incomplete or badly written source text. If you can please supply more background information then I can perhaps be of further assistance to you? For example, having access to surrounding text, a paragraph of surrounding text, an entire page of source text or most ideally the entire text in a word-processor format (.docx, etc.) would be most helpful. Of course, due to client confidentiality sending more than just a sliver of surrounding text is most likely an impossibility, I understand. In any case, good luck in solving your jigsaw puzzle!

Egmont Schröder (asker) Jul 30, 2019:

Thanks for the confirmation I am fighting for two days with this text, and it is probably the worst I ever had. "big group stronghold" is just one example.
I was curious how other translators would handle this, but apparently there is no one out there who can make sense out of it.

Frank Zou Jul 29, 2019:

big group stronghold? The source looks bad, it's not good Chinese