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geografische omschrijving

English translation: geographical area

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Dutch term or phrase:geografische omschrijving
English translation:geographical area
Entered by: MoiraB

07:49 Oct 24, 2006
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
Dutch term or phrase: geografische omschrijving
Paper by a lecturer in marketing advocating radical change in approach to marketing. We've been through various phases: productdenken, klantdenken (klassieke marketing) and now waardedenken. Can't work out what he means by 'geografische omschrijving' here, as none of the usual dictionary options for omschrijving seem to make sense (to me), i.e. description, definition, specification, characterisation.

Om al deze redenen is het tijd voor een marketingrevolutie. Na de these van het productdenken en de antithese van het klantdenken, is de periode aangebroken voor de synthese: het waardedenken .
Waardedenken gaat uit van de bestaansreden van een product. Dit betekent dat het product een unieke oplossing biedt voor een bepaald probleem binnen een zekere geografische omschrijving.

Footnote after omschrijving:
De omvang van de geografische omschrijving hangt af van de bestaande concurrentie, de ambities van het bedrijf en is de resultante van de ambities en de ingezette communicatie en distributiemiddelen.
MoiraB
France
Local time: 08:33
area / classification
Explanation:
If description, definition, etc. don't work then perhaps "area" or "classification"
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Adam Smith
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:33
Grading comment
Much as I liked the vagueness of Neil's "environment", the author eventually came back with the explanation "What I mean is a territory, a geographical area in which one is active." Simple in the end. Thanks, all.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2pattern or outline
Kate Hudson (X)
4 +1in a certain geographic context
Marijke Mayer
3area / classification
Adam Smith
3geographic situation
M. Ángeles López Rodríguez
3geographic bounds
Ken Cox
3a certain market environment
Neil Gouw


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
area / classification


Explanation:
If description, definition, etc. don't work then perhaps "area" or "classification"

Adam Smith
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Much as I liked the vagueness of Neil's "environment", the author eventually came back with the explanation "What I mean is a territory, a geographical area in which one is active." Simple in the end. Thanks, all.
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
pattern or outline


Explanation:
I think that in this context the word pattern or outline might work - in fact I think pattern might work well

Kate Hudson (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 08:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Harry Borsje: I'd go for outline or boundary, interpreting 'om'schrijving as something 'circumferential'
4 mins
  -> Thanks Harry, I thought of pattern first but think that you have confirmed my second thought which was 'outline'
agree  Dave Calderhead: and with Harry
34 mins
  -> Thanks, Dave and good morning to you from Leiden!
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
geographic situation


Explanation:
een ideia

M. Ángeles López Rodríguez
Local time: 08:33
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
in a certain geographic context


Explanation:
If often come across things when translating into Dutch. Here it concerns U.S. English: State-by-State Data, which I translated into geografische gegevens. I then felt you might use country-to-country. I found two hits, albeit both of them non-native.

Europe's Crumbling Myths: The Post-Holocaust Origins of Today's ...It gives country-to-country description and an overall systematic explanation. Anton Pelinka, Professor of Political Science, University of Innsbruck; ...
www.jcpa.org/mg-myths.htm - 11k - In cache - Gelijkwaardige pagina's


[PS] Part A : Organization and funding of health careBestandsformaat: Adobe PostScript
The very global country to country description concludes this. discussion. Page 186. March 1995. FEST Guide. © FEST Consortium (A 2011). Page 186 of 236 ...
flp.cs.tu-berlin.de/publikationen/kit/KIT-Reports/r123/FG-AC1.fm.ps.gz - Gelijkwaardige pagina's

I feel that your context offers room for verbal use as opposed to sticking to the noun as in 'varies from country-to-country'

But in looking at your text again, I felt that what is really meant is 'i (set) n a certain geographic context.'

Just a few musings . . .





Marijke Mayer
Netherlands
Local time: 08:33
Native speaker of: Dutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): Whatever it means, I think this is a good translation.
6 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
geographic bounds


Explanation:

Otherwise 'geographic region' -- not literally the same, but essentially the same meaning

Ken Cox
Local time: 08:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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2 days 5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
a certain market environment


Explanation:
I find the Dutch text already quite vague, and if you cannot really understand the intended meaning of 'geografische omschrijving', then I would avoid translating it literally into 'geographic context'.

To me, 'context' is certainly a correct substitution for 'omschrijving/description', but 'geografisch' does not necessarily carry any topographic meaning here, imho. I think it has more to do with the market 'environment' in which the product is sold. The author further mentions 'competition', so that would be an indication to me that he means something along the line of ....

"Dit betekent dat het product een unieke oplossing biedt voor een bepaald probleem binnen een zekere geografische omschrijving"

This means that the product presents a unique solution to a given problem within a certain market environment.



Neil Gouw
Netherlands
Local time: 08:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 10
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