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書道部

English translation: calligraphy club

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Japanese term or phrase:書道部
English translation:calligraphy club
Entered by: Riccardo91

22:05 Jun 10, 2018
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Japanese term or phrase: 書道部
Dear ProZ members,

I have a cartoon whose main characters are part of the JASDF. In a scene they are in a JASDF dormitory and there is a poster on the wall saying 書道部.

I was wondering: do they have clubs in JASDF like in high schools and such? Or is that 部 referring to something else? Would "calligraphy club" be an appropriate translation here?

Thank you very much!
Riccardo91
Italy
calligraphy club
Explanation:
It's not surprising for them to have a calligraphy club. Even some companies have clubs where employees participate after work.
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Port City
New Zealand
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3 +4calligraphy club
Port City


  

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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
calligraphy club


Explanation:
It's not surprising for them to have a calligraphy club. Even some companies have clubs where employees participate after work.

Port City
New Zealand
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 6
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Katsunori Higuchi: I agree. I know a company which has calligraphy club for employees
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agree  Lucy Galbraith
10 hrs
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agree  richardbennett: I agree. It could also be translated as calligraphy department
16 hrs
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agree  Katalin Horváth McClure
18 hrs
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