Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
skrymmande handel
English translation:
big box retail
Added to glossary by
brigidm
Feb 26, 2015 19:00
9 yrs ago
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Swedish term
skrymmande handel
Swedish to English
Bus/Financial
Real Estate
Context: real estate
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | big box retail |
Anna Herbst
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| 5 | high volume retail |
Deane Goltermann
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| 4 | megastore; supercenter |
Sven Petersson
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Proposed translations
11 hrs
Anna Herbst
Australia
Australia
Native in Swedish
&
English
Australia
When quality matters more
Native in: Swedish 
, English
Works in: English to Swedish, Swedish to English, Swedish, and 1 more.
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6
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big box retail
This is a commonly used term for what in Sweden is referred to as "skrymmande handel", literally retail of large and bulky items, e.g. furniture, whitegoods, building material etc. It is also the term given in the asker's explanation...
Example sentence:
att marken kunnat användas förutom för industriändamål och lager även för partihandel och handel med skrymmande varor, exempelvis möbler och inredning, bilar, husvagnar, båtar, byggmaterial och trädgårdsartiklar.
Wal-mart, Best Buy and Ikea are examples of big-box retailers.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Deane Goltermann
: This is a US invention (term and store, "big-box" is derived from the store's physical appearance.' (your reference)) They literally look like big boxes in the middle of huge, flat parking lots. But you may have a point that the Swe usage isn't a synonym.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to Anna and everyone for your help. Although all the answers are correct, this is the one that best fits my context, which is real estate investments. The client wants me to use this one. "
16 hrs
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Sweden
Native in Swedish
&
English
Sweden
Medical Translator
Native in: Swedish , English
Works in: English to Swedish, Danish to Swedish, German to Swedish, and 13 more.
Related KudoZ points
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81
megastore; supercenter
:o)
46 mins
Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Sweden
Native in Swedish
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English
Sweden
Easy reading - Good writing
Native in: English , Swedish
Works in: Swedish to English
Related KudoZ points
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63
high volume retail
I'd say your term is a synonym to the answer in http://www.proz.com/kudoz/swedish_to_english/business_commer...
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Note added at 1 day14 hrs (2015-02-28 09:30:00 GMT)
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I'll revisit this, mostly based on Anna's reference. But we have four suggestions referring to shops (size), but the Swe term likely, as Anna points out, refers to the type of goods being sold. (Here is a pretty clear definition, see http://www.strangnas.se/Upload/Näringsliv och arbete/Informa...
These are generally referred to as durables, durable goods, and factory hard goods (http://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/durable-goods-orders.asp... But, the context sentence specifically describes the shop/store. This leads me to think the writer misused the Swe term to mean something quite similar.
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Note added at 1 day14 hrs (2015-02-28 09:30:00 GMT)
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I'll revisit this, mostly based on Anna's reference. But we have four suggestions referring to shops (size), but the Swe term likely, as Anna points out, refers to the type of goods being sold. (Here is a pretty clear definition, see http://www.strangnas.se/Upload/Näringsliv och arbete/Informa...
These are generally referred to as durables, durable goods, and factory hard goods (http://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/durable-goods-orders.asp... But, the context sentence specifically describes the shop/store. This leads me to think the writer misused the Swe term to mean something quite similar.
Note from asker:
| Thanks, Deane. Yes, and you mentioned "big box" in that posting. Here's another link for future reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big-box_store |
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