Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
area commerciale (see context)
English translation:
commercial areas
Added to glossary by
Marinela Sandoval
Apr 30, 2007 12:41
17 yrs ago
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Italian term
United States
6 yrs as a translator; 15 yrs in TR mgt
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Italian to English
area commerciale (see context)
Italian to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
For an article about Coca-Cola's business in Italy:
SOCIB rappresenta il secondo bottigliatore...con...11 magazzini periferici, 4 aree commerciali e un fatturato globale (di) XXX...
Sales areas? Commercial areas? Or (as I think most likely) business areas?
Or am I missing an obvious translation here?
SOCIB rappresenta il secondo bottigliatore...con...11 magazzini periferici, 4 aree commerciali e un fatturato globale (di) XXX...
Sales areas? Commercial areas? Or (as I think most likely) business areas?
Or am I missing an obvious translation here?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +3 | commercial areas |
Marinela Sandoval
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| 4 | shopping centre |
Peter Cox
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| 4 | retail center |
Rosanna Palermo
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| 3 | market divisions |
EdoVip
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| 3 | Business areas |
Giovanni Pizzati (X)
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Proposed translations
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Marinela Sandoval
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Multilingual and multicultural RO>EN>IT
Native in: Romanian 
, English
Works in: English to Romanian, Romanian to English, Romanian to Italian, and 3 more.
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commercial areas
I would just leave it like that.
Peer comment(s):
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Lindsay Watts
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Grazie Lindsay:)
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BrigitteHilgner
: I see no reason why not to opt for this expression.
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Grazie Brigitte:)
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Katarina Peters
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Grazie Katarina:)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, everyone! I've used commercial areas and appended a note to the client in my cover message..."
2 hrs
shopping centre
this is often meant by area commerciale
3 hrs
market divisions
Probably the term is referred to the partition of the business in four separate sections, each serving a cluster of clients
6 hrs
Business areas
IATE
1 day 3 hrs
Rosanna Palermo
Native in Italian
&
English
Specializes in field
Accuracy matters - La precisione conta
Native in: Italian , English (Variant: US)
Works in: Italian to English
Related KudoZ points
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123
retail center
A retail (sales) center is one where the product is sold direct to the public. The company retail center is supported by the
distribution centers whose primary function is to deliver the bottled product to the customer site (convenience stores, grocery stores, gas stations..)Some distribution centers are dual-performers in the sense that they also have an area for retail sales (individuals that pick up the merchandise themselves.)
This article explains distribution vs. retail sales for the giant Wal-Mart
http://www.delmarvanow.com/easternshore/stories/20061007/233...
this one is about the opening of a retail center
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=...
distribution centers whose primary function is to deliver the bottled product to the customer site (convenience stores, grocery stores, gas stations..)Some distribution centers are dual-performers in the sense that they also have an area for retail sales (individuals that pick up the merchandise themselves.)
This article explains distribution vs. retail sales for the giant Wal-Mart
http://www.delmarvanow.com/easternshore/stories/20061007/233...
this one is about the opening of a retail center
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=...
Discussion
At this point in the text, it has just been mentioned "oltre 550 dipendenti (di cui oltre 250 impiegati nell'area commerciale)" and for this occurrence I used "including over 250 in sales", with which I feel pretty comfortable.
So I did not want to jump directly to "commercial" as an automatic translation...