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訳業 (やくぎょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

訳やく業ぎょう

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Meanings

1

noun

the translation profession

Refers to translation as a professional field or occupation. Often used in formal or occupational contexts.

彼かれは訳やく業ぎょうに長なが年ねん携たずさわっている。
He has been engaged in the translation profession for many years.
訳やく業ぎょうの未み来らいについて議ぎ論ろんする。
Discuss the future of the translation profession.

Kanji

訳translate, reason, circumstance
業business, vocation, arts

Similar words

翻ほん訳やく
翻訳 refers to the act or product of translation, while 訳業 specifically denotes the profession or occupation of a translator.
通つう訳やく
通訳 means interpreting (oral translation), whereas 訳業 is a broader term for the translation profession, usually written translation.

Etymology

Compound of 訳 (yaku, 'translation') and 業 (gyō, 'work, profession'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of translation as a profession.