外4名

English translation: and 4 others

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Japanese term or phrase:外4名
English translation:and 4 others
Entered by: conejo

04:00 Jun 22, 2006
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright
Japanese term or phrase: 外4名
公開実用新案広報

考案者 (name)     (address)
考案者 (name)     (address)
考案者 (name)     (address)
出願人 (company name)(address)
代理人 弁護士(name)  外4名

In this case, what are they referring to with 外4名?

Thanks.
conejo
United States
Local time: 10:53
and 4 others
Explanation:
The name of the lead patent attorney is listed, and the source term refers to the other attorneys.
Selected response from:

Mark Kellner
United States
Local time: 11:53
Grading comment
Thanks, everybody
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4and 4 others
Mark Kellner
54 other
yumom
5four other (attorneys/lawyers)
jsl (X)
5他4名
yuzouren


  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
4 other


Explanation:
Meaning is there are 4 other representatives for this application than the person whose name is given on the front page of the publication, that is, total 5 representatives are assigned.

yumom
Local time: 00:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 16
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
four other (attorneys/lawyers)


Explanation:
We read "外" as "ほか," which means "other."

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Note added at 24 mins (2006-06-22 04:24:48 GMT)
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The reason that I put "attorneys/lawyers" in parentheses is because I don't know the exact referent. Depending on the context, you may change them.

jsl (X)
Local time: 00:53
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
and 4 others


Explanation:
The name of the lead patent attorney is listed, and the source term refers to the other attorneys.

Mark Kellner
United States
Local time: 11:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
Thanks, everybody

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anita Kobayashi
1 hr
  -> Thanks :)

agree  Beth Dennison
2 hrs
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agree  humbird: Yes, four other attorneys. 弁護士(name) could be chief attorney of the group.
10 hrs
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agree  Will Matter
50 days
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
他4名


Explanation:
同じ意味です

other 4 person 

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Note added at 38 mins (2006-06-22 04:38:31 GMT)
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I think it is not the problem of English.
The Japanese used here is not familiar to the translator.

yuzouren
Japan
Local time: 00:53
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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