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旬刊○○新聞

English translation: decadly xxxx newspaper

03:00 Jan 27, 2011
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Printing & Publishing
Japanese term or phrase: 旬刊○○新聞
Some papers are published every 10 days, and will be called something like 旬刊○○新聞.

Is there an elegant way of saying 旬刊 in one word, as one would call 週刊 a "weekly"?
hagekake (X)
Canada
Local time: 05:34
English translation:decadly xxxx newspaper
Explanation:
See: http://www.google.co.th/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBkQFj...
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Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
Thailand
Local time: 16:34
Grading comment
That is an interesting solution. Makes perfect sense etymologically too.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5published every 10 days / trimonthly
Allyson Sigman
4decadly xxxx newspaper
Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
3nearly-fortnightly
saitoh


Discussion entries: 3





  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
decadly xxxx newspaper


Explanation:
See: http://www.google.co.th/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBkQFj...

Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
Thailand
Local time: 16:34
Native speaker of: Thai
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
That is an interesting solution. Makes perfect sense etymologically too.
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
published every 10 days / trimonthly


Explanation:
It seems to be a common thing to do in Korea as well. Unfortunately, I think it is usually just "published every 10 days"

See the first link below.

Alternatively, you could say "three times a month" or "trimonthly".

See the second link below.

Example sentence(s):
  • The Hanseong Sunbo, which was printed every ten days and was written in classical Chinese...
  • Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine.., published trimonthly...in English or in Korean with an English abstract.

    Reference: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/01/113_7587...
    Reference: http://www.kjlm.org/contributors/authors.html
Allyson Sigman
United States
Local time: 05:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  crossroad
2 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  JapanLegal: I think this is as good as it's going to get. I don't believe we have a noun like "weekly" that refers to a trimonthly publication.
9 hrs
  -> Thanks. I think it is just not common for something to occur in that interval.
agree  humbird
11 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  MariyaN (X)
1 day 21 hrs
agree  CX159: I think published every 10 days is fine but trimonthly can actually mean quarterly or once every 3 months if I'm not mistaken.
2 days 11 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
nearly-fortnightly


Explanation:
一案です。


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering_%26_Technology
    Reference: http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q131...
saitoh
Japan
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Allyson Sigman: Hmm...I have never heard of this. I think "fortnight" is more common in Australia and the UK than in the US. Use of this word would have to depend on your audience.
8 hrs
  -> Thank you for your comment. Actually, I guess it is quite difficult to say it in one word. I agree with "three times a month". By the way, my dictionaries say that "trimonthly" means "quarterly" or "seasonally"...
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