Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term or phrase:
xx 万人日分
English translation:
Number of man-days
Added to glossary by
V N Ganesh
Jan 25, 2008 05:21
16 yrs ago
Japanese term
xx 万人日分
Japanese to English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
This is repeated in a table with varying figures. (It involves persons with disabilities receiving job assistance for continued employment, etc.)
Your help is appreciated.
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Proposed translations
(English)
| 1 +1 | Number of man-hours/days |
V N Ganesh
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| 3 | XX million jobs |
Timothy Miller
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Change log
Feb 5, 2008 17:07: V N Ganesh Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+1
2 hrs
Selected
Number of man-hours/days
The advantage of the man-hour concept is that it can be used to estimate the impact of staff changes on the amount of time required for a task. This is done by dividing the number of man-hours by the number of workers available. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_hour - 23k -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_hour - 23k -
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Comment: "I'd heard of man-hours but this is the first I'd come across man days. Thank you Ganesh!"
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XX million jobs
Looking through the referenced essay, it appears that this means something like "xx million jobs"...as in jobs created for XX million people. But I believe in English this would genereally be written as simply "xx million jobs", as in "created 23 million jobs in the area of manufacture in 20 years"...or something like that.
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-01-25 07:12:06 GMT)
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I realized that this doesn't necessarily have to mean "million"...so please substitute that with the correct number in your case. Sorry!
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-01-25 07:12:06 GMT)
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I realized that this doesn't necessarily have to mean "million"...so please substitute that with the correct number in your case. Sorry!
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