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Außendienst

German translation: sales force / field service

16:05 Dec 16, 2000
English to German translations [PRO]
Marketing
English term or phrase: Außendienst
as in the customer service or sales force
Dirgis (X)
United States
Local time: 13:59
German translation:sales force / field service
Explanation:
You already included the answer in your query -

here is what Schäfer has to say on the subject:
Außendienst m
(com) field service
– customer engineering
(Mk) sales force
(Vers) field organization
– (US) agency plant
(ie, total force of agents representing an insurer)

See which fits best into your context. HTH
Selected response from:

Ulrike Lieder (X)
Local time: 10:59
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Summary of answers provided
nasales force / field service
Ulrike Lieder (X)
nafield work; field service
Sabine Cane (X)
naOutside Sales Force
Gunther Wolf


  

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56 mins
sales force / field service


Explanation:
You already included the answer in your query -

here is what Schäfer has to say on the subject:
Außendienst m
(com) field service
– customer engineering
(Mk) sales force
(Vers) field organization
– (US) agency plant
(ie, total force of agents representing an insurer)

See which fits best into your context. HTH


    Sch�fer, Hyperbook Wirtschaftsenglisch
Ulrike Lieder (X)
Local time: 10:59
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in pair: 1505

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
Isaac Katz (X)
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9 hrs
field work; field service


Explanation:
I can only confirm once again that according to my Dietl/Lorenz it is field work or field service

im Aussendienst - in the field

im Aussendienst taetiges Personal - field staf; Br (auch) outdoor staff

im Aussendienst taetig sein - to work in the field


    Dietl/Lorenz Dict. of legal, commercial + political terms
Sabine Cane (X)
Local time: 18:59
PRO pts in pair: 84

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Vesna Zivcic
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1 day 29 mins
Outside Sales Force


Explanation:
To be more specific about it -

The term Sales Force would include everybody from Inside Sales, Customer Service and Outside Sales.

Außendienst however would only refer
to the Outside Sales Force.

You can find thousands of hits with a google search on this -

http://www.google.com/search?q=outside sales force

Hope this helps you.k


    Google search
Gunther Wolf
Local time: 13:59
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 85
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