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再生

English translation: Sustainability or 3Rs

01:51 Feb 2, 2006
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Business/Commerce (general)
Japanese term or phrase: 再生
The whole sentence is:
私たちは、IT・再生の融合する分野を事業ドメインとしています。

I translated it as "revitalization," but I don't really like the way it sounds.
casey
United States
Local time: 11:43
English translation:Sustainability or 3Rs
Explanation:
Hmmmm...this is tough. I see the term is from a catchphrase-like title of a webpage.

The word 再生 encapsulates several corresponding terms in English, (recycle, revitalize, renew, regenerate, etc). In current parlance, such concepts are collectively referred to as “sustainability”, “sustainable development”, or the “3Rs” (typically reduce, reuse, recycle, but I see this website uses a different set.)

In order to turn this phrase into a natural sounding title in English, I came up with the following options:
* Developing solutions that integrate IT and sustainability.
* Developing solutions that integrate the 3Rs with IT.
* Leveraging IT for sustainable applications: renew, recycle and rental.
* Integrating IT for sustainable solutions.

Something like this.

Hope this helps.
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Troy Fowler
United States
Local time: 08:43
Grading comment
Yeah, I like this one, too. I think this captures the essence of what they're driving at. Cheers!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2Sustainability or 3Rs
Troy Fowler
1Other alternatives...
KathyT


Discussion entries: 4





  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
再生
Other alternatives...


Explanation:
rejuvenate (rejuvenation)
regenerate

etc.

Try Kurt's suggestion, also.
(Did you just want some alternatives?)

KathyT
Australia
Local time: 01:43
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 75
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yeah, just some alternatives.

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
再生
Sustainability or 3Rs


Explanation:
Hmmmm...this is tough. I see the term is from a catchphrase-like title of a webpage.

The word 再生 encapsulates several corresponding terms in English, (recycle, revitalize, renew, regenerate, etc). In current parlance, such concepts are collectively referred to as “sustainability”, “sustainable development”, or the “3Rs” (typically reduce, reuse, recycle, but I see this website uses a different set.)

In order to turn this phrase into a natural sounding title in English, I came up with the following options:
* Developing solutions that integrate IT and sustainability.
* Developing solutions that integrate the 3Rs with IT.
* Leveraging IT for sustainable applications: renew, recycle and rental.
* Integrating IT for sustainable solutions.

Something like this.

Hope this helps.

Troy Fowler
United States
Local time: 08:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 56
Grading comment
Yeah, I like this one, too. I think this captures the essence of what they're driving at. Cheers!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kurt Hammond: Rock on. Also good point about the 'dot' - as you note, it means that they are blending "IT and sustainability", not "revitalizing IT".
19 mins
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agree  Ruchika S
2 days 19 hrs
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