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produits de distribution

English translation: hardware sales

17:46 Dec 12, 2001
French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino / video games
French term or phrase: produits de distribution
I found "aftermarket products" on one Web site as a translation for "produits de distribution" but I'm not sure that's correct. This is from an internal report by a video game company: "Nous avons ralenti un peu les creations originales internes depuis 2 ans. Le marche pendant cette periode ne nous permettait pas de prendre davantage de risques. Il faillait consolider et structurer les studios internes et traverser cette periode de transition sans y perdre notre place. Dans ce temps, ce sont les produits de distribution qui on tire notre croissance." Thanks, Karen
Karen Tucker (X)
United States
Local time: 17:49
English translation:hardware sales
Explanation:
The term "produits de distribution" clearly refers to products of other companies, distributed by the company in question. These might be equipment, gadgets, even T-shirts, everything what is not of own make.

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Note added at 2001-12-12 19:21:35 (GMT)
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Of course, you might opt for an expression like "purchased goods" instead of "hardware sales" in the title, as explained, but in case of such companies, hardware is the typical article in a similar situation.
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Eva Blanar
Hungary
Local time: 23:49
Grading comment
This seems to be the best fit for the context. Thanks for suggesting it; I hadn't even thought of that possibility. I needed a more generic term, though; a friend with long business experience suggested "third-party product." Karen
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Summary of answers provided
5hardware sales
Eva Blanar
4aftermarket products
Attila Piróth
4additional information
Helen D. Elliot (X)
3mass-market product
Helen D. Elliot (X)


  

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aftermarket products


Explanation:
Yes, that's good. Esp. in the context.

Attila Piróth
France
Local time: 23:49
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
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mass-market product


Explanation:
Never heard of *produit de distribution* which is not to say it does not exist. Could they mean *produit de **grande** distribution (mass-market product)?

Helen D. Elliot (X)
Canada
Local time: 17:49
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additional information


Explanation:
Karen,

IT is not my field. The only occurrence of the term I found on the Net is in a document from France, where it seems the idea is one of physical "distribution" with no archiving capabilities (not the correct technospeak, I know).

FWIW, here's the link:

http://www.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr/fr/circAD/DAFnot...





1.Le CD-ROM (Compact Disk - Read Only Memory), produit industriel où les données ont été préenregistrées et qui ne peut être utilisé qu’en lecture ; **produit de distribution,** il n’a pas de vocation archivistique.


Helen D. Elliot (X)
Canada
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
hardware sales


Explanation:
The term "produits de distribution" clearly refers to products of other companies, distributed by the company in question. These might be equipment, gadgets, even T-shirts, everything what is not of own make.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2001-12-12 19:21:35 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Of course, you might opt for an expression like "purchased goods" instead of "hardware sales" in the title, as explained, but in case of such companies, hardware is the typical article in a similar situation.

Eva Blanar
Hungary
Local time: 23:49
Native speaker of: Hungarian
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
This seems to be the best fit for the context. Thanks for suggesting it; I hadn't even thought of that possibility. I needed a more generic term, though; a friend with long business experience suggested "third-party product." Karen
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