会社の存亡を迫られている
English translation: a matter of life and death
| 16:21 May 31, 2005 |
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|  Selected response from: mstkwasa Local time: 09:48 | ||||||
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| 3 +4 | a matter of life and death |
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| 4 | Fateful crisis |
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| 4 | on the verge of bankruptcy |
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| 3 | to be about to go bankruptcy |
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| 会社の存亡を迫られている to be about to go bankruptcy Explanation: 「倒産しかかっている」と解釈し、to be about to go bankruptcy としました。 But maybe the nuance is a bit different from the text because it is a literary expression. Nonetheless I think the content is similar. |
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36 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4| 会社の存亡を迫られている a matter of life and death Explanation: Actually, I have not come across 存亡を迫られている as a phrase and it sounds a bit odd to me. Others may disagree. The way I conjecture the situation is on the lines of: this company has been forced to make a decision since it is in a critical situation/moment because unless that decision proves successful, the company will founder. (For example, 会社の存亡を賭けた選択を迫られている） As alternatives: "on the knife-edge" "up against the wall" I may be totally wrong... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 44 mins (2005-05-31 17:06:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- あるいは「会社は存亡の瀬戸際に立たされている」という意味でしょうか。(The company is up against the wall. The company¥'s existence is hanging by a thread etc.) |
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