Glossary entry (derived from question below)
May 17, 2023 05:06
12 mos ago
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Japanese term
Japan
省人化
Japanese to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
Context:
組織のスリム化と省人化を実施
Idea:
Streamline the organization and establish labor-saving operations
(manpower-saving operation is used by Toyota)
省人化 literally means reducing the number of work hours required for each economic activity, but
I need to write it using a brief expression due to limited space.
Note:
省人化 (しょうじんか) とは、単位経済活動あたりの労働時間を減少させること (excerpted from Wikipedia)
Thank you for your help in advance.
組織のスリム化と省人化を実施
Idea:
Streamline the organization and establish labor-saving operations
(manpower-saving operation is used by Toyota)
省人化 literally means reducing the number of work hours required for each economic activity, but
I need to write it using a brief expression due to limited space.
Note:
省人化 (しょうじんか) とは、単位経済活動あたりの労働時間を減少させること (excerpted from Wikipedia)
Thank you for your help in advance.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | labor-saving |
David Gibney
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| 4 +2 | workfoce reduction |
Yuki Okada
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Change log
Sep 4, 2023 21:00: David Gibney Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
3 hrs
David Gibney
Ireland
Ireland
Native in English
Works in field
Ireland
Professional, punctual translations
Native in: English 
Works in: Japanese to English, English to Japanese
Related KudoZ points
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77
Selected
labor-saving
I think "streamline the organization and introduce labor-saving operations" works perfectly. The kanji hints at lay-offs but this is covered sufficiently with that nuance in "labor".
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Note added at 1 day 11 hrs (2023-05-18 17:01:06 GMT)
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I think "labor reduction" works too but it doesn't have as strong a sense of saving time or working less and has more of a "job cuts" feel.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcounci...
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Note added at 1 day 11 hrs (2023-05-18 17:01:06 GMT)
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I think "labor reduction" works too but it doesn't have as strong a sense of saving time or working less and has more of a "job cuts" feel.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcounci...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for your suggestion!"
+2
15 mins
Yuki Okada
Canada
Canada
Native in Japanese
Works in field
Canada
Engineering translator
Native in: Japanese
Works in: English to Japanese, Japanese to English
Related KudoZ points
:
138
workfoce reduction
I believe this refers to the reduction of the number of workers, rather than the number of work hours especially when it is talking about an organization. Headcount reduction is another way to put it, but this is usually used when laying off people. Workforce reduction sounds a little nicer, although the Japanese already sounds nasty.
Note from asker:
| Thanks! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Charles R.
: I agree with your definition of the term. "Manpower reduction" is another option. And of course, there is a typo in "workforce".
16 mins
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Thank you for noticing it. Yes, workforce.
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| agree |
Michael Hughes
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