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16:31 May 29, 2002

English to Japanese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering / semiconductors

English term or phrase: white goods

household appliances

Tazu Kumano

Japanese translation:大型家電

Explanation:
White goods = large household appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, stoves, furnaces, and water heaters

(because they're usually white, I guess)

So I would use this Japanese term for it.

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Note added at 2002-05-29 16:46:18 (GMT)
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I found out that there¥'s a better term : 白物家電

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tmmmrt

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4 +4

大型家電

tmmmrt

5 +1

白物家電

Maynard Hogg

4 +2

白物家電

Noriko

4 +1

大型家電製品

Yoshiro Shibasaki, PhD

4 +1

白物家電

rsw

3 +1

家電、白物家電、白物、所謂白物

Katsuhiko KAKUNO, Ph.D.

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10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

大型家電

tmmmrt
PRO pts in pair: 17

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16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

大型家電製品

Explanation:
White Goods are electrical appliances which are "normally" painted white such as firdege, wash machine, dryer, etc.

大型家庭電化製品 or for short 大型家電製品

業界の隠語では「白物｣と言うことがあるようです。

Yoshiro Shibasaki, PhD
Local time: 05:41
Native speaker of:

Japanese
PRO pts in pair: 81

49 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

白物家電

Explanation:
一般的な呼び方です。冷蔵庫や洗濯機は通常白い色をしているので。

Noriko
United States
Local time: 00:41
Native speaker of: Japanese
PRO pts in pair: 43

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

白物家電

Explanation:
白物家電 is the official translations, but whether the intended audience understands it or the original "white goods" is a tricky question.

Way back when I first came upon the term--translating in the semiconductor field, note--I immediately thought "white sale" (sheets, etc.).

Depending on the context--in my case, it's usually a laundry list of intended applications for a microcontroller/microcomputer--I would drop the buzzword in favor of "home appliances."

The first URL below has "What do you do with your old or worn out white goods: large appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, stoves, furnaces, and water heaters?"

Note how the second URL includes microwaves: "The UK household appliances (white goods) market encompasses any electrical appliances used in the kitchen or utility room in the home. It therefore includes home laundry appliances, dishwashers, refrigeration equipment, cooking equipment and microwave ovens. "

Reference: http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/wastemgt/nf189.htm
Reference: http://www.keynote.co.uk/showReport.asp?report=HouseholdA696

Maynard Hogg
Local time: 14:41
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 340

6 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

家電、白物家電、白物、所謂白物

Explanation:
This word dose not mean only 大型家電 recently. 家電 can be clacified into 4 category
1. 情報家電 - FAX, phone, small size copy machine, PDA etc.
2. 音響家電 - CD, MD, etc.
3. 白物家電 - electric pot, refrigirator, water purifyer, caffee machine, washing machine, etc.
4. 其の他 - lighting, vantilator, EMS, beauty related,

Mainly this clacification came form the defference of marketing, avagere profit, etc., not came from their size.

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Note added at 2002-05-29 22:35:06 (GMT)
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ex.
「最近では、白物家電と情報家電の販売流通が、堺がなくなって来た。IPv6になると、白物家電もIPが割り振られるようになり情報家電とは商品的差異がなくなってくる。既にTVは、情報家電と白物のの境界を超えている。」

Katsuhiko KAKUNO, Ph.D.
Japan
Local time: 14:41
Native speaker of:

Japanese
PRO pts in pair: 70

20 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

白物家電

Explanation:
白物家電 is used commonly among the employees for the companies that make them. However, among the others, 大型家電 might be more common. Sometimes, 白物家電　might be shortened to 白物　(shiromono),

rsw
Local time: 14:41

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