20:53 May 27, 2003 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial | |||||
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| Selected response from: Marian Greenfield Local time: 10:49 | ||||
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5 +1 | home-based business is correct |
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5 | cottage industry |
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4 | home businesses |
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4 | homespun companies |
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home businesses Explanation: Family businesses might work but your definition doesn't seem restricted to families. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-05-27 20:56:29 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Since it\'s a precise legal definition without any equivalent in English I\'d say \"unregistered home businesses with less than 10 employees\" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-05-27 20:57:09 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or \"fewer than ten\" |
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homespun companies Explanation: + -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-05-27 20:57:58 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The use of \"homespun\" was an attempt to make it more \"informal\". See definitions 3 and 6 from Random House for \"homespun\" Random House home·spun (h$mÆspunÅ), adj. 1. spun or made at home: homespun cloth. 2. made of such cloth: homespun clothing. 3. plain; unpolished; unsophisticated; simple; rustic: homespun humor. –n. 4. a plain-weave cloth made at home, or of homespun yarn. 5. any cloth of similar appearance. 6. a rustic person. |
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home-based business is correct Explanation: - |
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cottage industry Explanation: per Barron's: "industry in which the production of goods takes place at the home of the producer..." I think you can also say home-based, but I think cottage industry is what you're looking for |
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