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Lumprörelse

English translation: Junk (removal) business

12:13 Oct 31, 2016
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
Swedish term or phrase: Lumprörelse
From a listing of various business activities for the purposes of determining coverage. The list is broadly arranged by category (agriculture, construction, manufacturing, etc.) and the immediate context reads as follows:

Agentur utan lager
Agentur med lager
Kolupplagg
Lumprörelse

Is it something like a junkyard?
Jeff Skinner
Sweden
Local time: 07:23
English translation:Junk (removal) business
Explanation:
Hard to say without any hits... not movement, eh?

My in-house consultant relates your term to 'lumphandlare' (for which you get more hits. But these were itinerant traders who might have been called the 'junkman'. Now-a-days you get more hits for 'junk removal' or removing.

Hope this helps
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Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 07:23
Grading comment
I feel this made much more sense in the context. Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1rag trade
George Hopkins
3 +1Junk (removal) business
Deane Goltermann


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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Junk (removal) business


Explanation:
Hard to say without any hits... not movement, eh?

My in-house consultant relates your term to 'lumphandlare' (for which you get more hits. But these were itinerant traders who might have been called the 'junkman'. Now-a-days you get more hits for 'junk removal' or removing.

Hope this helps

Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 07:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 83
Grading comment
I feel this made much more sense in the context. Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Agneta Pallinder: Junk business, I would say. The "rörelse" is just "a business".
1 hr
  -> Thanks Agneta!
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
rag trade


Explanation:
Dealing wth rags, eg, rag-and- bone man.

George Hopkins
Local time: 07:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 108

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charlesp: looks right Or, discards business
45 mins
  -> Thank you Charles.
neutral  Agneta Pallinder: Well, yes, but this usually refers - in a slangy expression - to the fashion trade, so could be misleading.
1 hr
  -> Thank you Agneta.
neutral  Deane Goltermann: I found 'rag-a-bone' for 'lumphandlare', too, but figured these guys weren't the kind to be in the insurance market. ;-)
2 hrs
  -> Rags were, or are, essential for making paper...
neutral  Anna Herbst: Rag-and-bone trade would be spot on, whereas the rag trade, as Agneta points out, is the colloquial term for the clothing industry.
13 hrs
  -> Hmm!
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