Subject: Розничная точка по продаже сотовых телефонов Пожалуйста, помогите перевести.Из резюме: ЧП - Розничная точка по продаже сотовых телефонов Заранее спасибо |
IMHO: Mobile phone outlet |
cell phone retail outlet. |
Mobile Phone Store/Shop - для Англии Cellular (Phone and Accessories) Store/Shop - для Америки |
Euroset spawn. |
I would recommed to abstain from using Cellular Store because "Cellular" is now a service provider name in America. Officially, the generic all-encompassing term is 'mobile' while everyone refers to them as 'cell phones'. |
Kath, not "Cellular", but "Cingular" (I mean a service provider in the US). They use cellphone in the US, they use a mobile phone in the UK. |
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link 25.06.2005 3:37 |
One should be aware that “outlet” usually means a retailer that sells the products of a particular manufacturer AT DISCOUNT PRICES (as in Mexx Outlet store or Sears Outlet Store). I do not think that the Russian “Розничная точка” implies discounted prices. |
Oh my God! Aiduza you're right. It is indeed Cingular. My mind must have been fried. So sorry. Re. outlet - see 3 (a) and (b) below. It can mean both. out·let (outlt, -lt) n. 4. A receptacle, especially one mounted in a wall, that is connected to a power supply and equipped with a socket for a plug. |
ts, u r wrong. it can, if only u could be bothered to look the word "outlet" in a dictionary. although outlet sometime means selling at discount prices, as in outlet mall, it can also stand for any venue where goods r sold. |
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link 27.06.2005 6:48 |
I did bother to look it up in a dictionary, a business dictionary (http://www.moneyglossary.com/?w=Outlet) and then in a marketing dictionary http://www.marketingpower.com/mg-dictionary.php?SearchFor=outlet&Searched=1. As we know, most professional fields have special terms that help experts communicate to each other. This jargon is understood perfectly well by members of the trade, but sometimes not by outsiders. In the oil patch, for example, “christmas tree”, “monkey board” and “fishing” mean something totally different from what a layman would have in mind. Since the asker mentioned that the phrase came from a resume - a document destined to end up on a desk of a sales professional of some sort - I thought it would be a good idea to consult a specialized dictionary. The business dictionary and the marketing dictionary I mentioned before indicate that “outlet” has a “discount flavour” to it. The difference might be minute and unimportant in this particular case (and I do not know that), but at least the asker will be aware of the ambiguity of the term and, based on all the information, will make an INFORMED choice – my mission accomplished. |
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