unfashionable franchises

Danish translation: utrendy brands

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English term or phrase:unfashionable franchises
Danish translation:utrendy brands
Entered by: Rikke Stenlev

08:06 Feb 17, 2006
English to Danish translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Baseball
English term or phrase: unfashionable franchises
Baseball, World Series 2006
"The Yankees and Cardinals head the early betting for the pennant with the Sox and Mets seen as the most-likely of the unfashionable franchises."
Rikke Stenlev
Denmark
Local time: 01:32
utrendy brands
Explanation:
'Franchise' er blevet sådan et fis-i-en-hornlygte-udtryk på amerikansk engelsk, synes jeg... Alting kan anskues som en franchise/et brand, selv mennesker: man bruger det fx som skuespillere.

Når man kalder noget 'a franchise' betyder det, at man vurderer en ting eller en person eller et sportshold ud fra markedsværdien som brand. Men det er osse et ord, som man kan strø om sig med, når man bare prøver at ligne en markedsanalytiker el. lign.

Her betyder det 'et baseballhold med lav markedsværdi'.

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Nåja, og så betyder det også noget specifikt i den amerikanske sportsverden, opdager jeg efterfølgende:

"In sport, a franchise is a club given permanent rights to play in a specific league. The corporation which owns a major league sports team is often called "the franchise" as a colloqiual term. This concept is standard in the United States and Canada, but is foreign to sport structures in most of the rest of the world."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franchise_(sport)


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Mads G
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4umoderne franchiser
Soren Petersen
4utrendy brands
Mads Grøftehauge


  

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umoderne franchiser


Explanation:
Direkte oversat. :)

Soren Petersen
United States
Local time: 18:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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utrendy brands


Explanation:
'Franchise' er blevet sådan et fis-i-en-hornlygte-udtryk på amerikansk engelsk, synes jeg... Alting kan anskues som en franchise/et brand, selv mennesker: man bruger det fx som skuespillere.

Når man kalder noget 'a franchise' betyder det, at man vurderer en ting eller en person eller et sportshold ud fra markedsværdien som brand. Men det er osse et ord, som man kan strø om sig med, når man bare prøver at ligne en markedsanalytiker el. lign.

Her betyder det 'et baseballhold med lav markedsværdi'.

--

Nåja, og så betyder det også noget specifikt i den amerikanske sportsverden, opdager jeg efterfølgende:

"In sport, a franchise is a club given permanent rights to play in a specific league. The corporation which owns a major league sports team is often called "the franchise" as a colloqiual term. This concept is standard in the United States and Canada, but is foreign to sport structures in most of the rest of the world."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franchise_(sport)


Mvh.
Mads G


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franchise_(sport)
Mads Grøftehauge
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Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
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