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製品競争力

English translation: competitve advantage

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Japanese term or phrase:競争力
English translation:competitve advantage
Entered by: Kurt Hammond

14:09 Jun 2, 2004
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) / Digital Camera Technology
Japanese term or phrase: 製品競争力
デジカメの製品競争力を決める要因は何であろうか。
Is this just "competitive strength?"
Kurt Hammond
United States
Local time: 21:24
Competitive advantage
Explanation:
This will depend on the context, I guess, but my immediate reaction is to go back to MBA days and pull out "competitive advantage," which can be sub-classified into a "cost advantage" (it's cheaper) and a "differentiation advantage" (it stands out).
Selected response from:

Clive MacDougall-Purnell
Canada
Local time: 21:24
Grading comment
Both good answers. While we could split hair all day over the meaning in this sentence, in actuality it occurs in regularity throughout the document. This is indeed a document on business strategy, so I am inclined to go back to my "Mini" - MBA days and use 'competitive advantage' as well, as I believe this was the author's intended meaning.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4Competitive advantage
Clive MacDougall-Purnell
4 +3product competitiveness
jsl (X)
2sales competence in the market
Akihiro Yamada


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
製品競争力
Competitive advantage


Explanation:
This will depend on the context, I guess, but my immediate reaction is to go back to MBA days and pull out "competitive advantage," which can be sub-classified into a "cost advantage" (it's cheaper) and a "differentiation advantage" (it stands out).

Clive MacDougall-Purnell
Canada
Local time: 21:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Both good answers. While we could split hair all day over the meaning in this sentence, in actuality it occurs in regularity throughout the document. This is indeed a document on business strategy, so I am inclined to go back to my "Mini" - MBA days and use 'competitive advantage' as well, as I believe this was the author's intended meaning.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Manako Ihaya: "Competitive advantage" is one of the snappy English terms I try to use in place of "competitiveness," which is too long and dull when it appears as often as 競争力 does in the original text. Also "competitive edge."
2 hrs
agree  Mike Maynerich: Rather than transliterating, I would be inclined to use your selection too.
4 hrs
agree  Troy Fowler: I cast my vote with 'competitive advantage.' 'Competitiveness' の響き少し不自然に聞こえる。
11 hrs
agree  Minoru Kuwahara: i suppose how this phrase appears is important for your decision. commercial use for the general market or in a more business-analystic context? if the case is the latter, i'd think Clive's advice fits right. Just an impression. -
14 hrs
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
product competitiveness


Explanation:
It would be "product competitiveness". Google has 3,530 examples, so this phrase seems to be used widely. The second link shows the correspondence between "製品競争力" and "product competitiveness" in the translation.



    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22product+competitiveness%22
    Reference: http://www.fri.fujitsu.com/open_knlg/review/rev061/review05....
jsl (X)
Local time: 13:24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nobuo Kawamura
6 hrs
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agree  Langaid (X): In this sentence, I would use Daisuke's answer. Not 100% sure, but if we are talking about 競争力の要因, doesn't it include "disadvantage" as well as advantage?
9 hrs
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agree  Minoru Kuwahara: as a non-native English speaker, i really would not assume "competitiveness" is the only answer, however, you would put your translation that way in a general commercial context. i regard it as a simpler answer, not deviating from the origial meaning. -
15 hrs
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1 day 52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
製品競争力
sales competence in the market


Explanation:
I am not a business person so I may be wrong. But I would say, a product itself doesn't compete one another so what matters is the digicam market. What matters is its sales record so I translated your question as above.

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Note added at 1 day 56 mins (2004-06-03 15:05:44 GMT) Post-grading
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I add to my suggestion (because I forgot to add)

A product\'s sales competence in the market.

Akihiro Yamada
Local time: 13:24
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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