Glossary entry

Japanese term or phrase:

不都合

English translation:

non-compliant

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Feb 23, 2014 05:54
10 yrs ago
Japanese term

不都合

Japanese to English Tech/Engineering Food & Drink
Can this term be translated as "inappropriate" in ISO documents (e.g. 不都合品の管理規定) ?
I can't use the term "nonconforming product", because 不適合品 can also be found in this document.
Thank you!

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non-compliant

My suggestion.
Example sentence:

http://www.linguee.com/japanese-english/translation/%E4%B8%8D%E5%85%B7%E5%90%88%E5%93%81.html

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agree V N Ganesh
25 mins
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agree Chrisso (X)
3 days 1 hr
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agree Mami Yamaguchi
9 days
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nonconforming

another idea

Definition Nonconforming Product
◦ Food product produced during a loss of control that necessitates a correction.
◦ Includes all product back to the last valid determination that the process was under control.
http://fskntraining.org/sites/default/files/basiclevel/Contr...
http://www.kraftfoodservice.ca/en/businesssolutions/quality/...
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neutral Jse-Eng : But in the question, kobach said, "I can't use the term "nonconforming product", because 不適合品 can also be found in this document". What is your reason for thinking it's ok to translate 不都合品 and 不適合品 the same way? Possible inconsistency in the Japanese?
1 day 22 hrs
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6 hrs

inferior

不都合というのは便利なようで難しい日本語の一つですよね。
会社側が認める不都合と顧客側が主張する不都合は決して等位ではないと思います。
この場合の不都合品というのは、様々ある「不都合」品を会社として不都合と認める観点・仕切りを定めた管理規定に対して用いたい用語ということでしょうか。

不具合(defective)は会社が認めざるを得ない欠陥品を指していると思いますし、
不適合(nonconforming)は、会社が定める基準を満たしていないということですよね。でも、不都合となると、nonconformingを超えた範囲の判断が難しい不良(会社としては不良とは必ずしも言えない物を含む)を指していると思うので、poor-qualityやinferiorがそれにあたるのかなと思いました。
だって、顧客からしたら、良品が製品の普通の状態ですから。

余談ですが、unfavorableを調べたところニュアンスが異なるかと思いました。
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agree Chrisso (X)
2 days 19 hrs
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8 hrs

defect

According to 9000 3.6.3 , defect is non-fulfilment of a requirement related to an intended or specified use
Peer comment(s):

agree Chrisso (X)
2 days 17 hrs
ありがとうございます!
agree Mami Yamaguchi
8 days
ありがとうございます。
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