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säljgolvet

English translation: shop floor / sales floor

17:39 Jan 21, 2013
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
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Swedish term or phrase: säljgolvet
xxxx sprider mycket glädje och energi på säljgolvet och det är slående i samtal med xxxx vilken inställning han har.
Helena Grahn
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:01
English translation:shop floor / sales floor
Explanation:
Depending on the context, this is either "shop floor" or "sales floor". If it is clearly a shop or high street environment, use "shop floor", in a showroom environment, or other sort of retail structure, perhaps "sales floor" is best.

A common collocation is "on the shop floor" which works well in the context you provide.

Hope this helps!
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Richard Green
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:01
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from cynthia's links, i was looking for sales floor
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5 +8shop floor / sales floor
Richard Green
Summary of reference entries provided
Shop floor versus sales floor
Cynthia Coan

  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
shop floor / sales floor


Explanation:
Depending on the context, this is either "shop floor" or "sales floor". If it is clearly a shop or high street environment, use "shop floor", in a showroom environment, or other sort of retail structure, perhaps "sales floor" is best.

A common collocation is "on the shop floor" which works well in the context you provide.

Hope this helps!

Richard Green
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
from cynthia's links, i was looking for sales floor

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  lena helson
11 mins
  -> Tack Lena! :-)
agree  Diarmuid Kennan
14 mins
  -> Thanks, Diarmuid.
agree  Michele Fauble
30 mins
  -> Thank you, Michele.
agree  Tom Ellett (X)
36 mins
  -> Thanks, Tom.
agree  Lene Johansen: Sales floor is what it is called in the U.S.
5 hrs
  -> Thank you, Lene!
agree  Charlesp: Yep!
13 hrs
  -> Thanks, Charles.
agree  Charles Ek: A "shop floor" in the U.S. is virtually always a location in a factory or something like a machine shop.
18 hrs
  -> Good to know, thanks Charles :-)
agree  Cynthia Coan: Of the two choices, I lean toward "sales floor." As Charles Ek pointed out, "shop floor" can refer to a factory. See my posted definitions for a comparison of terms.
21 hrs
  -> Thank you for your agreement, Cynthia, as well as your references. It's yet another example of AmE and BrE having one term (shop floor) and two, quite different, meanings.
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Reference comments


21 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Shop floor versus sales floor

Reference information:
Sales floor definition: "The part of a business devoted to retail activities, such as a showroom, or selling area of a shop or department store. It usually has free public access and goods on display, and is manned by sales staff." (See 1st link)

Shop floor definition: " literally is the floor of a factory (machine shop) where people work on machines, or the space in a retail establishment where goods are sold to customers. It is opposed to offices and so forth providing accommodation to the business's management." (See 2nd link)


    Reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sales_floor
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shop_floor
Cynthia Coan
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Lene Johansen
6 hrs
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