May 7, 2020 05:23
4 yrs ago
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Japanese term
United States
Expert: high-tech, software, engineering
Native in: Hungarian 
Works in: English to Hungarian, Japanese to English, Hungarian to English, and 3 more.
適時
Japanese to English
Tech/Engineering
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
In a table describing the inspection schedule for a machine, each row is an inspection item, and the last column contains the frequency of the inspection (点検期間).
The choices for 点検期間 are: １年, 毎日, 適時. The first two are clear (annually and daily inspections), but I am not sure what 適時 means in this context.
I feel that "timely", "as you see fit" are vague for an inspection schedule.
Here is an example row:
点検項目:シェルガスケット
作業内容:目視
判定基準:変形、腐食のないこと
点検期間:適時
Any suggestions?
The choices for 点検期間 are: １年, 毎日, 適時. The first two are clear (annually and daily inspections), but I am not sure what 適時 means in this context.
I feel that "timely", "as you see fit" are vague for an inspection schedule.
Here is an example row:
点検項目:シェルガスケット
作業内容:目視
判定基準:変形、腐食のないこと
点検期間:適時
Any suggestions?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | Occasionally |
Jun Katagiri
|
| 5 | As Required |
Mitali Deshmukh
|
| 3 +1 | From time to time |
Lincoln Hui
|
| 4 | as required |
cinefil
|
| 3 | as appropriate |
Port City
|
| 3 | as needed |
Reiko Ando
|
Proposed translations
1 day 23 hrs
Selected
Occasionally
This "ambiguity" happens in Japanese documents quite often.
You can ask your client for the concrete frequency, if you find it more helpful for readers.
It may be approximately once in a week or month.
You can ask your client for the concrete frequency, if you find it more helpful for readers.
It may be approximately once in a week or month.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you."
+1
17 hrs
Lincoln Hui
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Native in English
Hong Kong
Excellence is a basic requirement.
Native in: Chinese (Variants: Traditional, Cantonese) 
, English
Works in: Chinese to English, English to Chinese, Japanese to Chinese, and 1 more.
1 hr
as required
この文脈だと、上記のように訳すことが多いです。
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https://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/content/適時適切
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Note added at 18時間 (2020-05-08 00:13:57 GMT)
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Generally, 適時 inspection is specified in maintenance procedure (after replacement of the important part/unit, for example).
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Note added at 17時間 (2020-05-07 22:41:07 GMT)
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http://www.city.aso.kumamoto.jp/files/uploads/2017/07/h30_sh...
https://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/content/適時適切
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Note added at 18時間 (2020-05-08 00:13:57 GMT)
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Generally, 適時 inspection is specified in maintenance procedure (after replacement of the important part/unit, for example).
Note from asker:
| Thank you, but I feel that this does not have a real practical meaning in this case, I mean from the point of the operator. How often should they check that part? When is "as required"? Just when they feel like it? I am wondering if "occasionally" would be better? Or, maybe this means checking this when they do other inspection and get a chance to do it? For example, when they open up the machine to see the inside, that's when they see the gasket in the example. That would be more along the lines of "when there is a chance". (To complicate things, I am translating this into Hungarian, but that pair is not popular.) |
1 day 8 hrs
as appropriate
My suggestion is "as you deem appropriate" or "as appropriate" to be shorter.
https://eigobu.jp/magazine/tekiji
https://eigobu.jp/magazine/tekiji
2 days 12 hrs
Reiko Ando
United States
United States
Native in Japanese
United States
Japanese-English Translator
Native in: Japanese
Works in: Japanese to English, English to Japanese
Related KudoZ points
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4
as needed
I think this means to implement inspection whenever needed rather than setting the date for regular annual or daily inspection. (I admit that this is similar to "as required" but a little softer expression.)
2 days 13 hrs
Mitali Deshmukh
India
India
Native in English
Specializes in field
India
Translator & VO Artist - JP, EN, MR, HI
Native in: English (Variants: Indian, US, UK) , Marathi (Variants: standard, Marathi) , Hindi (Variant: Indian)
Works in: Japanese to English, English to Marathi, Marathi to English, and 2 more.
As Required
Since it is an inspection table, and previous terminologies refer to timings of the inspection to be done. This is the closest translation that can be interpreted for the said terminology.
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