Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Portier
English translation:
porter
German term
Portier
This is the chap who sits in a glass box at the entrance to (in this case) a government building. Not necessarily uniformed and not a security guard.
I have doorman (but then I think of the Ritz), concierge (but he has a broom) and reception (but that's usually a Junge Dame filing her nails).
Is there anything else? Bit of a hurry-up on this one, because I'd like to deliver this evening.
And I don't know what subject to put it under, so I've made it "Other".
| 3 +7 | porter |
Cilian O'Tuama
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| 4 +1 | porter |
Daniel Bird
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| 3 | Commissionaire |
Frosty
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| 3 -2 | janitor |
swisstell
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Dec 14, 2005 15:52: Steven Sidore changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Dec 15, 2005 13:05: Steffen Walter changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Dec 15, 2005 13:07: Steffen Walter changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Stephen Sadie, Edith Kelly, Steven Sidore
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porter
porter
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Stephen Sadie
: cilian was quicker...at the oxbridge colleges there is the well-known porter's lodge!
1 min
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Yes - no carrying of bags assumed or implied in this case.
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| agree |
petrolhead
42 mins
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janitor
| neutral |
Stephen Sadie
: but not for uk use!
1 min
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| neutral |
Kim Metzger
: Not in the US either - a janitor sits in a glass box at the entrance?
1 min
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| disagree |
Cilian O'Tuama
: doesn't cleaning belong to a janitor's tasks?
2 mins
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| disagree |
Brie Vernier
: Highly unlikely that the janitor will be authorized to allow building access
3 mins
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