Sep 21, 2008 14:39
15 yrs ago
Japanese term
本社US駐在所
Japanese to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
or 本社EU駐在所
how is 駐在所 (satellite office) different from 現地法人 (overseas office)?
how is 駐在所 (satellite office) different from 現地法人 (overseas office)?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | Our office in the U.S. |
Jeremy Breaden (X)
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| 4 | subsidiary/affiliate |
Kendriya .
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| 4 | Corporate Headquarter US Office |
humbird
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| 3 | our representative office in the U.S. |
Noriko Miwa
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Proposed translations
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Our office in the U.S.
JETRO has this useful explanation of the differences: http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/invest/setting_up/laws/section1/
'Representative office' is actually 駐在員事務所 - I would assume that your 駐在所 falls into this category, but in the absence of more information about its exact status, I couldn't be 100% sure.
If the precise legal status of the office doesn't really matter in the context of the document (eg if it's a promotional document for a general audience), I suggest just a simple 'our U.S. office' or 'our office in the U.S.'
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Note added at 13時間 (2008-09-22 04:01:31 GMT)
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. . . OK, now that I know it's a single word on a diagram rather than in a body of text, and for Japanese organisations outside Japan, I would withdraw that previous answer and suggest 'satellite office' for 本社駐在所 and 'overseas subsidiary/affiliate' for 現地法人 as per Kendriya's answer. Sorry - should have waited for context clarification before answering!
BTW the use of 本社, as in 本社EU駐在所 indicates that the office is a direct arm of head office in Japan, as opposed to a separate legal entity as in the case of a 現地法人. I don't think there's any need to translate it directly.
'Representative office' is actually 駐在員事務所 - I would assume that your 駐在所 falls into this category, but in the absence of more information about its exact status, I couldn't be 100% sure.
If the precise legal status of the office doesn't really matter in the context of the document (eg if it's a promotional document for a general audience), I suggest just a simple 'our U.S. office' or 'our office in the U.S.'
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Note added at 13時間 (2008-09-22 04:01:31 GMT)
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. . . OK, now that I know it's a single word on a diagram rather than in a body of text, and for Japanese organisations outside Japan, I would withdraw that previous answer and suggest 'satellite office' for 本社駐在所 and 'overseas subsidiary/affiliate' for 現地法人 as per Kendriya's answer. Sorry - should have waited for context clarification before answering!
BTW the use of 本社, as in 本社EU駐在所 indicates that the office is a direct arm of head office in Japan, as opposed to a separate legal entity as in the case of a 現地法人. I don't think there's any need to translate it directly.
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Kendriya .
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subsidiary/affiliate
Hi:) I think 現地法人 could be translated also as "overseas subsisiary/affiliated company" as far as 法人 means "company/corporation", while 駐在所 is satellite office indeed. In the Japanese texts I have worked with so far, 現地法人 was used more frequently as " overseas subsidiary/affiliate" than as "overseas office".
Good luck!:)
Good luck!:)
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our representative office in the U.S.
Does 本社 mean "our company", not "head office" here?
A rep. office has usually smaller number of employees and the limitation in its activities by regulations, compared to a full branch.
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現地法人 is usually a separate company and the parent company has probably more than 50% of stakes. 代理店 is also a separate company and does not necessarily mean the parent company invests in it. 駐在所(I guess this is 駐在員事務所 as Jeremy mentions) is legally the same company but does not have a full license to operate in the region. Offices or branches generally have full license. That is what I understand.
A rep. office has usually smaller number of employees and the limitation in its activities by regulations, compared to a full branch.
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Note added at 12 hrs (2008-09-22 02:45:42 GMT)
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現地法人 is usually a separate company and the parent company has probably more than 50% of stakes. 代理店 is also a separate company and does not necessarily mean the parent company invests in it. 駐在所(I guess this is 駐在員事務所 as Jeremy mentions) is legally the same company but does not have a full license to operate in the region. Offices or branches generally have full license. That is what I understand.
13 hrs
Corporate Headquarter US Office
You asked:
how is 駐在所 (satellite office) different from 現地法人 (overseas office)?
Here is the difference.
The former 駐在所 is an overseas office under direct control of company's headquarter wherever it is. Thereby it is not locally incorporated entity (in your example, US or EU).
The latter 現地法人 is locally incorporated, which could be affiliate, subsidiary, or else.
HTH
how is 駐在所 (satellite office) different from 現地法人 (overseas office)?
Here is the difference.
The former 駐在所 is an overseas office under direct control of company's headquarter wherever it is. Thereby it is not locally incorporated entity (in your example, US or EU).
The latter 現地法人 is locally incorporated, which could be affiliate, subsidiary, or else.
HTH
Discussion
For example in the EU region, they have 現地法人・代理店 and 本社EU駐在所
in China, they just have 現地法人