Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

back office

Chinese translation:

后勤(部门);事务(部门)

Added to glossary by Adsion Liu
Jan 7, 2010 09:54
14 yrs ago
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English term

back office

GBK English to Chinese Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
Definition from Alan V. Deardorff:
Refers to the activities of a firm that are necessary to its functioning but are not directly part of production, such as accounting.
Example sentences:
ANZ India is set to transfer 400 back office jobs from Australia and New Zealand to India in the next eight to 10 months. (The Telegraph of Calcuta)
Financial institutions all around the world are saving millions by successful transformation of their back office operations. Major European banks are doing everything possible to make their back office operations faster, cheaper, more secure and more effective. (Jacob Fleming Conferences)
Back offices of traditional money mangers are now being faced with the tracking, accounting, reporting, analytics and performance measurement of these complex assets. Without this back office capability, it becomes more difficult to maintain the existing business, and even more difficult to grow total assets under management. (Thomsom White Paper)
Proposed translations (Chinese)
4 +2 后勤部门;事务部门
5 后勤部
Change log

Jan 6, 2010 14:53: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Jan 7, 2010 09:54: changed "Stage" from "Preparation" to "Submission"

Jan 10, 2010 10:56: changed "Stage" from "Submission" to "Selection"

Jan 11, 2010 17:57: changed "Stage" from "Selection" to "Completion"

Jan 11, 2010 18:50: Adsion Liu changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/0">'s</a> old entry - "back office"" to ""后勤部门;事务部门""

Proposed translations

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3 hrs
Selected

后勤部门;事务部门

Also: 事务部门
Traditional Chinese: 後勤部門

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Note added at 4 jours (2010-01-11 17:18:28 GMT)
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According to the English expression, it's also referred to the activities, equivalent in Chinese: 后勤;事务, etc., not ncessarily a department (部门)
Definition from own experience or research:
后勤部门是指在企业或其他生产型组织中需要设立的用来支持生产活动的部门,如会计,行政等部门。又称事务部门。
Example sentences:
Back injuries 腰背伤...back office 后勤部门...Back order 延迟订单 ... 长期从事搬运货物的人,需注意这方面的安全,以免造成职业伤害。...backoffice 后勤部门. ... (www.iciba.com)
当后勤部门的成本不断增加,服务质量却差强人意时,公司的对策通常是降低服务部门的经费。 ... When back-office costs spiral and services fail to deliver, ... (http://www.bain.cn)
n詞酷裡Back office的解釋:後勤部門負責會計與交割程式的部門. ... 本例句出自against; As it was getting dark, we soon turned back. 天漸漸黑了,我們趕快回來了 ... (http://www.nciku.com.tw)
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agree Yi-Hua Shih : agree!
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agree Grace Liu
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3 days 2 hrs

后勤部

Definition from own experience or research:
每一所公司的后勤部乃其日常运作的支柱。一但后勤部处现问题,对公司的里里外外都有巨大的影响。
Example sentences:
后勤部门的工作目标是建立起适应学校教育发展所需要的新型的后勤服务保障体系。 (深德学校后勤部)
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