Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office

Japanese translation: 戦争捕虜・行方不明者局

19:24 Jul 3, 2008
English to Japanese translations [PRO]
Military / Defense / Pentagon office name
English term or phrase: Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
This is an office at the Pentagon.
NorthernLights
United States
Local time: 08:28
Japanese translation:戦争捕虜・行方不明者局
Explanation:
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/国防総省
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ishigami
Local time: 00:28
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Thank you! I am still not quite sure about the use of 局, though.
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3国防戦争捕虜・行方不明者室
casey
2 +1戦争捕虜・行方不明者局
ishigami


  

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defense prisoner of war/missing personnel office
国防戦争捕虜・行方不明者室


Explanation:
http://www.dsimil.com/usf/201.osd.htm

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Note added at 7 hrs (2008-07-04 02:35:20 GMT)
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Some websites use 局 instead of 室

casey
United States
Local time: 12:28
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
defense prisoner of war/missing personnel office
戦争捕虜・行方不明者局


Explanation:
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/国防総省

ishigami
Local time: 00:28
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Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you! I am still not quite sure about the use of 局, though.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mstkwasa: 場合によっては『米国防総省』を前に付けることもあり得ると思います。
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