May 6, 2013 19:58
11 yrs ago
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Japanese term
United States
Punctual, Personable, Perfectionist
Native in: English 
Works in: Japanese to English, Spanish to English
現業機関
Japanese to English
Tech/Engineering
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Trains
This appears in a JR Freight organizational chart:
現業機関（総合鉄道部、駅、操車場、信号場、機関区、車両所）
It seems to encompass all their branch offices in various regions of Japan. I'm thinking it may mean their facilities that are *currently in operation*, but I've not been able to confirm it yet. Anyone familiar with the term?
現業機関（総合鉄道部、駅、操車場、信号場、機関区、車両所）
It seems to encompass all their branch offices in various regions of Japan. I'm thinking it may mean their facilities that are *currently in operation*, but I've not been able to confirm it yet. Anyone familiar with the term?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 | Railway Operations Group |
KingoIshigami
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| 3 +1 | operational/field- facilities (of a public utility) |
Marc Brunet
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Proposed translations
1 day 4 hrs
KingoIshigami
Native in Japanese
Native in: Japanese 
Works in: Japanese to English, English to Japanese, Tagalog to Japanese, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
Railway Operations Group
During JNR period, 現業機関 indicated operations group which involved 85% of employee.
URL is JR east and reference
http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/organization/index.html
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Note added at 2 days2 hrs (2013-05-08 22:34:05 GMT)
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http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/日本国有鉄道#.E7.8F.BE.E6.A5.AD.E6.A9...
Sorry I forgot to introduce one more URL. Please find the description for 現業機関 in above URL which belonged to operations group(s).
URL is JR east and reference
http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/organization/index.html
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Note added at 2 days2 hrs (2013-05-08 22:34:05 GMT)
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http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/日本国有鉄道#.E7.8F.BE.E6.A5.AD.E6.A9...
Sorry I forgot to introduce one more URL. Please find the description for 現業機関 in above URL which belonged to operations group(s).
Note from asker:
| Ishigami-san, I can't find either the source term or your suggested translation in the URL you provided. Can you give more info re. your explanation, please? Thanks! |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to both of you; it's still rather fuzzy, but I have a little better idea now."
+1
5 hrs
Marc Brunet
Australia
Australia
Australia
To seize the 'point' beyond the words
Native in: French
Works in: Japanese to English, Japanese to French, French to English
operational/field- facilities (of a public utility)
Short for 現場業種
The service units delivering to the public the actual services coordinated by the central office of the (public/government) organisation
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Note added at 2 days17 hrs (2013-05-09 13:45:14 GMT)
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Raitei is right. I tried to clean up this pretty poor Weblio entry on the run, yet could have looked at it a bit more critically and clean up this ridiculous literal translation of 区 as "District" which does not fit the context at all.
This said, would not throw the baby with the bath water. True, Weblio's entries can be of very uneven standard but still find them useful, not for their English translations, but for their pointers and suggestions on the possible fields involved, when really short of ideas or flair to pick up a trail ...
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Note added at 7 days (2013-05-14 10:13:18 GMT)
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My suggestion is generic and tentative.
Ishigami-san's is more specific and I consider it better than mine.
I would recommend it as, IMHO, it circumvents the objection raised by Raitei.
The service units delivering to the public the actual services coordinated by the central office of the (public/government) organisation
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Note added at 2 days17 hrs (2013-05-09 13:45:14 GMT)
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Raitei is right. I tried to clean up this pretty poor Weblio entry on the run, yet could have looked at it a bit more critically and clean up this ridiculous literal translation of 区 as "District" which does not fit the context at all.
This said, would not throw the baby with the bath water. True, Weblio's entries can be of very uneven standard but still find them useful, not for their English translations, but for their pointers and suggestions on the possible fields involved, when really short of ideas or flair to pick up a trail ...
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Note added at 7 days (2013-05-14 10:13:18 GMT)
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My suggestion is generic and tentative.
Ishigami-san's is more specific and I consider it better than mine.
I would recommend it as, IMHO, it circumvents the objection raised by Raitei.
Example sentence:
a railroad operations facility called the Electric Power District
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
V N Ganesh
13 hrs
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| neutral |
Raitei
: Not so simple. I attempted to answer this yesterday but decided not to. First, the example sentences on Weblio are garbage. Second, to add to the complexity, JR uses 「現業機関」 in slightly different ways. J-to-E is a mind-blowingly difficult pair!
21 hrs
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