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政府公館

English translation: diplomatic mission(s)

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Japanese term or phrase:	政府公館
English translation:	diplomatic mission(s)
Entered by:	KNielsen

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06:48 Dec 8, 2005

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Social Sciences - Government / Politics / diplomacy/government offices

Japanese term or phrase: 政府公館

...of a particular country. How would you translate this, exactly? Thanks in advance!

KNielsen KudoZ activity Questions: 33 (none open) Answers: 82 Japan
Local time: 04:01

Diplomatic missions

Explanation:
Diplmatic missions in China.

Selected response from:

snowbees
Japan
Local time: 04:01

Grading comment

This is the term I decided to go with, though Seika's answer also gave more specific examples. Thank you very much, everyone!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

embassy/Consulate-General (general consulate)/Consulate/Permanent Mission of Delegation

seika

4 +1

overseas establishments

kokuritsu

3 +1

Diplomatic missions

snowbees

Public building

Can Altinbay

legislative assembly

V N Ganesh

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

45 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

overseas establishments

Explanation:
Terms given to 在外公館 by dictionaries are as follows:

government establishments abroad, diplomatic missions abroad,etc

There's a division "在外公館課," in Foreign Ministry, Japan, which is officially called:

"Overseas Establishments Division"

Hope it helps.

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Note added at 2005-12-08 07:40:56 (GMT)
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See the official Website of Foreign Ministry :

http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/annai/honsho/sosiki/daijin.html

kokuritsu
Japan
Local time: 04:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

政府公館

Diplomatic missions

Explanation:
Diplmatic missions in China.

snowbees
Japan
Local time: 04:01
Native speaker of:

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

This is the term I decided to go with, though Seika's answer also gave more specific examples. Thank you very much, everyone!

1 hr confidence:

政府公館 legislative assembly

Explanation:
legislative assembly or parliament- just a guess.

V N Ganesh
India
Local time: 00:31
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

政府公館 embassy/Consulate-General (general consulate)/Consulate/Permanent Mission of Delegation

Explanation:
政府公館には、

大使館　Embassy、総領事館　General Consulate、領事館　Consulate、政府代表部　Permanent Mission of Delegation　があります。
総合的に言う場合はOverseas Establishmentsでよいと思います。

seika
United States
Local time: 15:01
Native speaker of:

Japanese

7 hrs confidence:

政府公館 Public building

Explanation:
I think people are putting too much into the fact that you see 公館 with 在外 a lot (definitely in Eijiro). Nothing in what the asker says has anything to do with overseas. In general, it's a government/public building.

Can Altinbay
United States
Local time: 15:01
Native speaker of:

English,

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 16

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政府公館

English translation: diplomatic mission(s)