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一目瞭然化

English translation: informate

00:36 Mar 4, 2011
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology)
Japanese term or phrase: 一目瞭然化
情報技術の一目瞭然化能力の活用

I know that 一目瞭然 means "obvious; as clear as day". So I know that 一目瞭然化 = ____ation or something similar. I thought of these, but I just don't think they fit:

clarification
transparency

I see a whole lot of Japanese use of 一目瞭然化 out there in google-land, but nothing in English. Perhaps some of you have seen it.

Thanks in advance for the help!
PT Translati (X)
United States
Local time: 05:28
English translation:informate
Explanation:
一目瞭然化 is the Japanese translation of the term "informate" coined by Harvard Professor Shoshana Zuboff in her book "In the Age of the Smart Machine", written in 1984.

This book discusses the "dual capacities of information technology", namely information technology's ability to informate and automate. The sentence posted by the asker 「情報技術の一目瞭然化能力の活用」 can therefore be translated as "taking advantage of [or 'leveraging' in US business-speak] IT's ability to informate".

Wikipedia has an explanation of 'informating'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informating

In the following sentence, from the top of page 22 of the cited PDF document (nb clicking the link will download the PDF file), the writer 中馬宏之 gives both the Japanese and English terms together.

「その際には、（あらゆる事柄を）自動化する能力（ability to automate）と一目瞭然化する能力(ability to informate)という情報技術の持つ二面性が有用な視点を提供してくれる。」 http://www.rieti.go.jp/jp/publications/pdp/10p015.pdf

Further down the page is a sentence very similar to that posted by the asker:
「情報技術の持つ二面性の中の一目瞭然化能力の活用」
Here, 二面性 refers to the dual capacities of IT, the ability to automate and to informate.

See also http://nutball.com/webworld/classes/gilligan/bdonruss/dualit...

A quick search on Google with show that the word 'informate' is in relatively common usage.
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Julian Rippon
Local time: 13:28
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2informate
Julian Rippon
4 +1Visibility
Mari Minegishi
3 +1exposing power
Yuki Okada
Summary of reference entries provided
FYI
cinefil

  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Visibility


Explanation:
You maximize the visibility in IT, or utilize the highest visibility in IT.

Mari Minegishi
Netherlands
Local time: 14:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese

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agree  Allyson Sigman
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exposing power


Explanation:
or revealing power, depending on what are being exposed or revealed.

Utilize IT's exposing power

Yuki Okada
Canada
Local time: 05:28
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
informate


Explanation:
一目瞭然化 is the Japanese translation of the term "informate" coined by Harvard Professor Shoshana Zuboff in her book "In the Age of the Smart Machine", written in 1984.

This book discusses the "dual capacities of information technology", namely information technology's ability to informate and automate. The sentence posted by the asker 「情報技術の一目瞭然化能力の活用」 can therefore be translated as "taking advantage of [or 'leveraging' in US business-speak] IT's ability to informate".

Wikipedia has an explanation of 'informating'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informating

In the following sentence, from the top of page 22 of the cited PDF document (nb clicking the link will download the PDF file), the writer 中馬宏之 gives both the Japanese and English terms together.

「その際には、（あらゆる事柄を）自動化する能力（ability to automate）と一目瞭然化する能力(ability to informate)という情報技術の持つ二面性が有用な視点を提供してくれる。」 http://www.rieti.go.jp/jp/publications/pdp/10p015.pdf

Further down the page is a sentence very similar to that posted by the asker:
「情報技術の持つ二面性の中の一目瞭然化能力の活用」
Here, 二面性 refers to the dual capacities of IT, the ability to automate and to informate.

See also http://nutball.com/webworld/classes/gilligan/bdonruss/dualit...

A quick search on Google with show that the word 'informate' is in relatively common usage.

Julian Rippon
Local time: 13:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
THANK YOU!

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agree  saitoh
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agree  Jun Katagiri
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Reference: FYI

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