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chefkontor

English translation: manager's office

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Danish term or phrase:chefkontor
English translation:manager's office
Entered by: Terence Ajbro

08:49 Mar 7, 2005
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
Danish term or phrase: chefkontor
Context: 1 salen består af en præsentabel reception med adgang til trappe til henholdsvis P-plads og værksted, chefkontor, toilet og møderum.
Don Spade (X)
manager's office
Explanation:
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Terence Ajbro
Sweden
Local time: 14:17
Grading comment
Thanks - confirmed what I thought.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4manager's office
Terence Ajbro
5 +2executive office
Randi Stenstrop


Discussion entries: 1





  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
manager's office


Explanation:
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Terence Ajbro
Sweden
Local time: 14:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
Thanks - confirmed what I thought.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dan Schioenning Larsen: to me this sounds more right... it sounds like a reception for a car workshop or the like
1 hr
  -> I don't know why but I have never liked the word "executive", probably my lower working class roots.
agree  Dana Sackett Lössl: I agree with Dan's comment. It might be "safer" to say manager's office if you don't know what the company does.
2 hrs
  -> when I worked at a local factory in the Midlands, we called this "the gaffer's office"
agree  Tore Bjerkek
4 hrs
agree  A. Grayshon: Manageräs office is definately the British term, if thatäs what youäre after.
1 day 5 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
executive office


Explanation:
- since it is a question of prestige


    Reference: http://www.le-al.co.uk/first.html
Randi Stenstrop
Local time: 14:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Andersen
3 mins
neutral  Terence Ajbro: where the employees go to get executed :-) Personally I would never call it this in ordinary speech.
25 mins
agree  Eliza-Anna: In England many companies have an office called "executive office". I also know this from experience.
1 hr
neutral  Tore Bjerkek: Perhaps, -if it had been called chefkontorer. An excecutive never works without other executives ;-))
4 hrs
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