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English translation: Salary calculation of Japanese expatriates

15:06 Aug 31, 2006

Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)

Japanese term or phrase: 日本人駐在員の給与計算

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English translation:Salary calculation of Japanese expatriates

Explanation:
駐在 is the word Japanese use when they talk about being stationed or sent to work overseas (temporarily).

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Kurt Hammond
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salary calculation of employees (sent) from Japan

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Salary calculation of Japanese expatriates

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Salary calculation of Japanese expatriates

Explanation:
駐在 is the word Japanese use when they talk about being stationed or sent to work overseas (temporarily).

Kurt Hammond
United States
Local time: 15:30
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Yo Mizuno

50 mins

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Can Altinbay: Expat is generally someone who moved outside his/her country, so I can't support this answer./I guess we agree to disagree. Expats is often used as I stated - in many cases, they did not do it for work - so it wouldn't convey the sense properly.

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-> this term refers to Japanese who are relocated outside of Japan. If you are implying that expat refers to people who have permanently located, I disagree. I hear people talking about "expats" all the time, and nearly always they return home after some yrs

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conejo

1 hr

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michiko tsum (X)

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agree

casey

8 hrs

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Joe L: I lived in the heart of the Japanese expat community in So. California for 2 years -this IS the correct term. Personally, would say "for" instead of "of", however.

16 hrs

32 mins confidence:

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salary calculation of employees (sent) from Japan

Explanation:
駐在員 is a person sent to an overseas branch from the home country of the company.

Keep in mind the distinction between 駐在員 and 現地採用者 (locally hired people). If a Japanese company hires a local resident in a overseas branch, s/he is not considered a 日本人駐在員 even if s/he is a Japanese national.

You might want to use one of the following alternatives that best suits the context:
employees from the head office
(Japanese) employess stationed abroad

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Yo Mizuno

26 mins

-> Thanks, Yo!

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Can Altinbay

49 mins

-> Thanks, Can!

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V N Ganesh: One more option is "Representatives stationed abroad".岐阜県ニューヨーク駐在員事務所 Gifu Prefectural Government New York Representative Office;www.pref.gifu.jp/s11129/kokusai/repoffice.htm - 10k

1 hr

-> Yes. Many 駐在員 are representatives, so that is certainly another option.

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KathyT

5 hrs

-> Thanks, Kathy!

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casey

8 hrs

-> Thanks, casey!

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Joe L: Your translation is fine. The distinction between 駐在員 and 現地採用者 is really only done in Japanese, however. (Only Japanese care about such things.) "Expatriate" is a legitimate translation for either, in English.

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-> Thanks. I would have no objection to expatriate if the original term was 海外赴任者/勤務者. The problem is that 駐在員 has a very particular connotation that is lacking in more neutral words like 海外勤務者 and expatriate. I just wanted to clearly express the connotation

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