Glossary entry

Japanese term or phrase:

意思表示

English translation:

declaration of intent

Added to glossary by Troy Fowler
Aug 23, 2002 21:18
22 yrs ago
Japanese term

意思表¥示

Non-PRO Japanese to English Tech/Engineering
Listed above an arrow of a flowchart for device management. The arrow is between two boxes. Right box says ¥"年間計画作成・配布¥" The left box says: ¥"確認¥"

Proposed translations

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Declaration of Intention

Would be translated into Declaration of Intention or Will.

Take a look at:

http://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=79...
Peer comment(s):

agree Nobuo Kawamura : "indication" would also do instead of "declaration".
40 mins
neutral jsl (X) : "Declaratino of Intention" is a legal term, which is not suitable to this context.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Yosh. This translation works best with the feel of the document...I also found the same translation, "declaration of intent" on the net."
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Task TableBox

The literal translation would be "Table of Intentions", however, the way Japanese use the word "ishi" (intention/s)is very wide...
If the right box says "Preparation of Annual Plan" and the left box says "Confirm", I am pretty sure that they are referring to the tasks to be undertaken... I have a long experience translating Japanese to English/Spoanish (more than 20 years) and this kind of expressions are sometimes so buffling to foreigners...
Peer comment(s):

agree Norina (X)
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agree Naomi Ota
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gesture or will

I am not so sure about the context above, but what I can say at least is that "Declaration of Intention" (mostly with upper case letters in D and I) is a legal term, and I do not think that this is appropriate for this context. I would say simply "gesture" or "will". I do not think we have to stick to 表示.

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Note added at 2002-08-24 00:40:20 (GMT)
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FYI, please take a look at the frequency of ¥"Declaration of Intention¥".

http://www.google.com/search?q="Declaration of Intention"&ie...
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Marking (display) of intent

意思:Intent,purpose, will
表示: Mark, display, label, declaration, expression

Given that you are finding an appropriate term for a flow chart, "declaration" may be too heavy, although acceptable.

Option: Labeling of intent

I worked at a warehouse, so, that may be influencing my selection.
Eijiro (see below) provides a broad range of terms for 表示。
I hope this helps.


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Note added at 2002-08-24 03:51:30 (GMT)
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Nobuoさんの ¥"indication¥" も適切だと思います。 (Please his comment on Yoshi¥'s answer.)

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Note added at 2002-08-24 03:54:49 (GMT)
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文字化け: 表¥示

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Note added at 2002-08-24 03:58:35 (GMT)
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EXPRESSION OF INTENT is a good alternative, also.
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declaration of intention.

i do not know that in which context it is used in the technical language ,so please tell me.

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Note added at 2002-08-24 10:08:42 (GMT)
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the sentence means that someone showing their intention but in which sense was not clear.
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Indication of intentions

My Kenkyusha dictionary shows "indicate one's intentions" for the verb form of this expression.

From your explanation, I take it that "Creation and distribution of annual schedule" indicates what the system administrator intends to do and that this is to be confirmed at the next step in the flow.
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expression of intent

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