Apr 4, 2007 01:24
17 yrs ago
English term

"willingness to pay"

English to Japanese Marketing Marketing
I would like to know the exact term used in the industry for "willingness to pay" (what marketers need to elicit from their customer base).
This is for a revenue management meeting.
Your help will be much appreciated!

Proposed translations

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購買意欲

I'm not an expert :), but have done some translation in this field. Anyhow, just a suggestion. Not sure if there is any 定訳 for this.

購買 part might change depending on the context you are working on. Good luck!

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-04-04 03:36:09 GMT)
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ああ、for the meeting.... Good luck! You will do just fine!

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Note added at 14 hrs (2007-04-04 15:29:57 GMT)
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Another candidate is 消費意欲. Not sure which one is faster to say :). To me, this term seems to describe the same willingness from the consumers' perspective (モノを買いたい、サービスを受けたい), sometimes regardless of what the モノ is.
Note from asker:
Rie, it's for interpreting at a marketing meeting. So a concise phrase (faster and easier to say) is appreciated. Yours does fit the description. I need to wait the "24" though.
Peer comment(s):

agree sigmalanguage : If this is something that "marketers need to elicit from their customer base", this translation is the best--"購買意欲を引き出す".
9 hrs
ありがとうございます。sigmalanguage さん
agree humbird : Google has more than 43,000 hits on this (more than my answer). As I said I like this better than all that suggested so far.
12 hrs
ありがとうございます。I thought of 支払意識 too. It is used in the marketing as well, and it probably shifts its focus onto "Pay" part, ie how and how much you are willing to pay, on what you can spend this much money. etc. So, it is a useful term for Joyce!
agree sudo : この文脈(something marketers want to elicit)では購買意欲の方がしっくりくると思います。ただ、経済学における需要曲線の説明などではkugitaさんのおっしゃる支払意思額が適切と思われます。
15 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you Casey, Rie, Susan and Nozomi! I finally chose Rie’s answer but I appreciated all of your input."
31 mins

価値意識法/支払意志額調査

http://www.udit.co.jp/www04.htm

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-04-04 02:49:52 GMT)
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Yeah, I think 支払意志額調査 by itself would be fine. 価値意識法 is just a descriptor, but you might want to include it the first time it is mentioned.
Note from asker:
Just read the site. Looks good. Can be shortened too.
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12 hrs
English term (edited): \"willingness to pay\"

支払意思額

 
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4 hrs

支払い意識

This translation is here in this pdf file:
www.con.tohoku.ac.jp/~yhaya/c03.pdf

Personally that is not my choice. I like Rie-san's better, and in fact I used her's often in my own works (I do marketing material a lot), and never been complained for the choice of my word.

This is just for your reference as it also coinsides with casey's research result -- except more precise. Besides, college researcher's terminology may deliver its own weight.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-04-04 06:25:56 GMT)
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The link you may have to type in to the url as it is pdf file. Pdf site does not like us to copy/paste.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-04-04 06:27:20 GMT)
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CORRECTION 支払い意志 NOT 支払い意識. My apology.

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Note added at 13 hrs (2007-04-04 14:51:13 GMT)
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I know the link is not working, nonetheless it is a legitimate source.
Note from asker:
Susan, I tried all sorts of ways to open the PDF file you provided...but I can't. Could there be an error in one of the letters?
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