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English translation: number of units sold per type of equipment


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08:27 Aug 12, 2011
English to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Other
English term or phrase: sales by device
I' ve encountered this expression in a series of strings without any context, but can't find the exact meaning anywhere. Can somebody tell me what it means?
solejnicz
Netherlands
Local time: 04:06
English translation:number of units sold per type of equipment
Explanation:
Can only be a guess, given the absence of context — but I think this is quite a likely bet.

You say you have no context, but of course, here, what would be helpful would be to know the overall context of your document as a whole? What are these strings for, what does the company do/make/sell?

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Note added at 9 minutes (2011-08-12 08:36:49 GMT)
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Ah right, Asker, then that extra context certainly seems to corroborate my idea to some extent; it looks as if they may be displaying, for example, graphs of sales figures analysed according to different criteria.
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Tony M
France
Local time: 04:06
Grading comment
Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
1 +7number of units sold per type of equipment
Tony M


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number of units sold per type of equipment


Explanation:
Can only be a guess, given the absence of context — but I think this is quite a likely bet.

You say you have no context, but of course, here, what would be helpful would be to know the overall context of your document as a whole? What are these strings for, what does the company do/make/sell?

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Note added at 9 minutes (2011-08-12 08:36:49 GMT)
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Ah right, Asker, then that extra context certainly seems to corroborate my idea to some extent; it looks as if they may be displaying, for example, graphs of sales figures analysed according to different criteria.

Tony M
France
Local time: 04:06
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PRO pts in category: 92
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty
2 mins
  -> Thanks, Jack!

agree  Armorel Young: definitely - for example, if the sales were for an electronics company, they might be broken down "by device" into sales of mobile phones, laptops, digital cameras, etc.
35 mins
  -> Thanks, Armorel! Exactly!

agree  amarpaul
1 hr
  -> Thanks, amarpaul!

agree  Amel Abdullah
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Amel!

agree  dimamarcel
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, dimamarcel!

agree  Ildiko Santana
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Ildiko!

agree  Phong Le
5 days
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