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幹部職

English translation: Executives

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Japanese term or phrase:幹部職
English translation:Executives
Entered by: Gabriel Mendoza

00:36 May 10, 2010
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Marketing / Market Research
Japanese term or phrase: 幹部職
I am quite perplexed on how to translate this term. Initially, I translated 幹部職 to "manager". However, in the same document, I encountered 部門管理者 which I translated to "department manager". Now I wonder, which of the two has a higher rank, and if I should render 幹部職 as "division manager" or "group leader" in relation to 部門管理者.
Gabriel Mendoza
Japan
Local time: 20:59
executives
Explanation:
My answer is based on the below:
幹部 = the management; the executives
会社の幹部 = the executives [managing staff] of a company
最高幹部 = top (-level) executives/the top management
中堅幹部 = mid-level (middle-ranking) executives
幹部会 = the executive board
幹部会議 = an executive meeting


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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-05-10 03:01:47 GMT)
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⇒The compensation committee approved a pay raise for top executives.（報酬委員会は最高幹部クラスの役員につき昇給を認めた）
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Joyce A
Thailand
Local time: 18:59
Grading comment
Thank you, Joyce.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4executives
Joyce A
3 +1officers
cinefil
Summary of reference entries provided
幹部職 is a higher rank than 部門管理者.
Tom_Ohiro

  

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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
officers


Explanation:
or: executive

officer
2. Corporate (UK): Person who acts in an official capacity on behalf of a firm, such as a company secretary, director, executive, manager, or other individual authorized to so act.

3. Corporate (USA): Person appointed by the board of directors of a firm, such as a president, CEO, vice president, etc., to manage the day-to-day business of the firm and to carry out the policies set down by the board.
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/officer.html

executive
Definition
Person or group appointed and given the responsibility to manage the affairs of an organization and the authority to make decisions within specified boundaries.
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/executive.html

cinefil
Japan
Local time: 20:59
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muneharu Ota: 幹部職 is in general a position responsible for the company's business performance (including divisional) as well as management (ditto) in a broad sense. I think '幹部職’ should be translated into 'officers', in a broad sense.
14 hrs
  -> ありがとうございます。
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
executives


Explanation:
My answer is based on the below:
幹部 = the management; the executives
会社の幹部 = the executives [managing staff] of a company
最高幹部 = top (-level) executives/the top management
中堅幹部 = mid-level (middle-ranking) executives
幹部会 = the executive board
幹部会議 = an executive meeting


--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2 hrs (2010-05-10 03:01:47 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

⇒The compensation committee approved a pay raise for top executives.（報酬委員会は最高幹部クラスの役員につき昇給を認めた）

Joyce A
Thailand
Local time: 18:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
Thank you, Joyce.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Franck Tiret
4 hrs
  -> Thank you, Franck!
agree  Y. K.
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, dunk!
agree  Anupama Rajagopal
1 day 2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Anupama!
agree  gcpradhan1: I will go with this one.
1 day 11 hrs
  -> Thank you, Gouranga Charan!
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Reference comments


50 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: 幹部職 is a higher rank than 部門管理者.

Reference information:
幹部職 means a wide range of managers. It also implys senior management. 部門管理者 sounds a subsection manager or a group leader.

Tom_Ohiro
Japan

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Franck Tiret
5 hrs
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