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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Fachhandwerk

English translation:

small-scale professional tradesmen

Added to glossary by Steffen Walter
Jun 4, 2008 08:02
16 yrs ago
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German term

Fachhandwerk

German to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
Wir bekennen uns zum mittelständischen Fachhandwerk.

I found the translation "professional tradesmen" for Fachhandwerk, but medium-sied tradesmen sounds rather strange..any other suggestions?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 Small-scale(mittelstaendisch) professional trade(traders)
3 +3 small and medium-sized professional trade(r)
3 self-employed tradesmen operating individually or in associations
Change log

Jun 11, 2008 07:07: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/777379">gisilein's</a> old entry - "Fachhandwerk"" to ""Small-scale(mittelstaendisch) professional trade(traders)""

Discussion

Craig Meulen Jun 4, 2008:
Wer bekennt sich dazu? Was übersetzst du? Wer wird es lesen?

Proposed translations

+3
17 mins
Selected

Small-scale(mittelstaendisch) professional trade(traders)

Use "small- scale" for "Mittelstaendisch" and Fachhandwerk will be professional trade/traders. The second trans. variant- "Small-scale professional handicraft" can be used depending on the context.
Peer comment(s):
agree babli : agree
39 mins
agree Terry Moran : Tradesmen, not traders (Händler).
1 day 23 hrs
agree Harald Moelzer (medical-translator) : mit Terry
2 days 7 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Then let's call it small-scale professional tradesmen"
+3
1 hr

small and medium-sized professional trade(r)

More context would have helped to be more certain of an answer, but German and Austrian "mittelständische Unternehmen" are usually translated as small and medium-sized enterprises or SMEs in English.
Peer comment(s):
agree Kinga Elsewesi-Korcsmaros
4 hrs
agree Terry Moran : Same comment as above.
1 day 22 hrs
agree Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
2 days 6 hrs
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2 days 13 mins

self-employed tradesmen operating individually or in associations

One way of not appearing to talk about how tall they are. I know the original doesn't actually say self-employed, but that's almost inevitable what it means - otherwise why would anybody declare his commitment to them?
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