Springer
English translation: floater
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| na | roustabout |
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| na | no good answer, just information |
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| na | exhibition workers |
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| na | floater/relief person/stand-in |
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| na | gopher |
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roustabout Explanation: I have not heard this word used for exhibitions, but it should serve well in English. The back-translation of roustabout = Hilfsarbeiter, which is, I think, exactly w<hat you are looking for. HTH |
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no good answer, just information Explanation: For "Springer" in general contexts, Hamblock/Wessels – Großwörterbuch Wirtschaftsenglisch and my own experience suggest: (on) call worker / standby / utility person / floater / fill-in worker NODE – The New Oxford Dictionary of English confirms the meanings of: standby / fill-in worker / floater Google searches indicate that "floater" together with "exhibition" could well create confusion with "exhibition floater" insurance coverage and turned up no direct confirmation for a "jack-of-all-trades" person. Google searches indicate that "standby" together with "exhibition" yield mostly equipment like batteries, generators, etc. Google searches with "standby worker" together with "exhibition" yielded nothing. Google searches with "fill-in worker" together with "exhibition" yielded nothing. Google searches with "(on) call worker" together with "exhibition" yielded nothing very useful. "roustabout" does not show up in Goldblatt/McKibben's Event Management Dictionary but is/was often used for an unskilled worker in circus, dock and oil rig contexts, so it might be OK for exhibitions too. One problem, a "Springer" in most German contexts is usually not unskilled. Google searches with "roustabout" together with "exhibition" yielded nothing very useful. All the above leads me to believe there may well be some special term for this sort of worker at an exhibition that I do not know and that the standard terms above may quite possibly not be right. HTH Dan |
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exhibition workers Explanation: I have also heard the term "floater" used to designate an employee who moves around within a company, helping out wherever needed. Below are websites for other suggestions. HTH! exhibition workers - Welcome to ExhibitionWorkers.Com, an on line resource for exhibition workers worldwide. Labour resources in this field have changed in recent years due to the http://www.exhibitionworkers.com/about1.htm artisans/craftspersons - The IATSE is the labor union representing technicians, artisans and craftspersons in the entertainment industry, including live theatre, film and television production, and trade shows http://www.iatse.lm.com/mhist14e.html temporary employees - ... support the last large promotion or exhibition you staged for your company? You ... only a few days. Today, temporary employees are an invaluable tool in ... www.amcham.ru/amcham/news17/11.htm |
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floater/relief person/stand-in Explanation: Langenscheidt's version is stand-in. Stand-in is not a handy word for a google search and I don't know the term. a Springer or floater is a skilled, experienced and versatile person, who, in my experience, is better paid than regular staff. Standing-in for different positions within the same company. The question doesn't suggest an unskilled worker, or does it? This person might be temporarily floating between his/her normal workplace and the exhibition. Perhaps I'm guessing too much. HTH Reference: http://www.qsl.net/dh1ll/info.htm Reference: http://www.zlotos.de/schicht/schicht_main.htm |
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gopher Explanation: I remember using this word for any type of jobber who works in a temporary position, simply because we used these to "go for this" and "go for that", like a runner. There is, of course, another alternative, that the person is use to temporarily fill any type of position for say a few hours, in which case another expression (that I don't know) may be more suitable. |
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