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English translation: distribution

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08:38 Nov 6, 2011

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Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / הפצה ושיווק?

Hebrew term or phrase: שיווק

I'm a bit confused when it comes to denoting that a company is the "משווק" of a certain product e.g. cars.

In Hebrew the frequently used term is משווק which is "marketer" but as far as I know (at leas in the US) one talks about the "distributor" (e.g Honda's distributor in Israel).

What would be the correct term in English?

JeSsRockiT KudoZ activity Questions: 90 (5 open) (6 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 20:37

English translation:distribution

Explanation:
I would always use "distributor" for the company that imports and sells cars in Israel. If the company is not the actual importer and "main distributor" then I would refer to them as a "dealer" and they have "dealership" in a certain make.

Selected response from:

Arthur Livingstone
Israel
Local time: 20:37

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

Marketing

Gad Kohenov

4 +1

distribution

Arthur Livingstone

3 +2

authorized dealer

Sangro

marketing agent

judithyf

Answers

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

משווק authorized dealer

Explanation:
Not clear what the requested term is. A meshavek is an authorized agent/dealer

Sangro
Local time: 20:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Romanian
PRO pts in category: 12

Notes to answerer

Asker: Sangro - that is exactly the answer I was looking for because it's pretty evident that is can't be "marketer" - THNX!

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

distribution

Arthur Livingstone
Israel
Local time: 20:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

Notes to answerer

Asker: A - excellent, THNX

30 mins confidence:

marketing agent

Explanation:
speaks for itself

judithyf
Local time: 20:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 52

26 mins confidence:

Marketing

Explanation:
Marketing is שיווק

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Note added at 27 mins (2011-11-06 09:05:46 GMT)
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*Distribution is הפצה

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-11-06 10:07:32 GMT)
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you wrote שיווק yet you ask about משווק
משוווק is marketing person or marketer.

Gad Kohenov
Local time: 20:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French,

Hebrew
PRO pts in category: 56

Notes to answerer

Asker: Gad- thnx for the reply. had not known the literal meaning then I might as well look for a new career :-) My question was referring to the common usage in English which, in this case as in so many cases in translation , is not the literal meaning.

Asker: Basically I was wondering what the accepted collocations were in English as it did not seem correct to refer to a car distributor as a "marketer" despite the Hebrew use of משווק or שיווק

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