Aug 12, 2002 14:59
21 yrs ago
English term
Spain
Meeting your needs
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish
shipping, ¿a typo?
Non-PRO
English
Marketing
I have this sentence:
"Commercial negative ion generators are sold and installed in offices and shipping areas to improve people's spirits and make them more productive"
Do you think it should say 'shopping' or does it make full sense to you as it is? I cannot join the author of the sentence ...
Thanks for your opinions.
"Commercial negative ion generators are sold and installed in offices and shipping areas to improve people's spirits and make them more productive"
Do you think it should say 'shopping' or does it make full sense to you as it is? I cannot join the author of the sentence ...
Thanks for your opinions.
Responses
| 5 +6 | YES |
Libero_Lang_Lab
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| 5 +1 | shopping |
Sue Goldian
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| 4 +1 | shipping vs. shopping |
Klaus Herrmann
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| 4 +1 | distribution company |
jerrie
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| 4 | it can be either |
swisstell
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| 4 | Shopping |
Antonio Camangi
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Responses
+6
6 mins
Libero_Lang_Lab
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
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English
United Kingdom
The sports specialists
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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137
Selected
YES
It is almost certainly a typo. Well spotted!!!
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Note added at 2002-08-12 15:08:12 (GMT)
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\"Shipping areas\" are stretches of open sea such as Bite and Dogger, used in weather forecasts and warnings for maritime vessels - I very much doubt that these ionisers would do much to improve the mood of a sea captain in a storm!
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Note added at 2002-08-12 15:57:17 (GMT)
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shipping areas just could refer to warehousing (though shipping bays or departments would sound more natural) as e-rich and Klaus have pointed out... so more context is needed.
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Note added at 2002-08-12 15:57:40 (GMT)
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shipping areas just could refer to warehousing (though shipping bays or departments would sound more natural) as e-rich and Klaus have pointed out... so more context is needed.
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Note added at 2002-08-12 15:08:12 (GMT)
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\"Shipping areas\" are stretches of open sea such as Bite and Dogger, used in weather forecasts and warnings for maritime vessels - I very much doubt that these ionisers would do much to improve the mood of a sea captain in a storm!
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Note added at 2002-08-12 15:57:17 (GMT)
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shipping areas just could refer to warehousing (though shipping bays or departments would sound more natural) as e-rich and Klaus have pointed out... so more context is needed.
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Note added at 2002-08-12 15:57:40 (GMT)
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shipping areas just could refer to warehousing (though shipping bays or departments would sound more natural) as e-rich and Klaus have pointed out... so more context is needed.
Peer comment(s):
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vixen
: shopping makes more sense, indeed
7 mins
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If I owned a house I'd be willing to stake it on this!
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Sue Goldian
: Well, you couldn't be more right either :-))
8 mins
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Well I think you were righter than me (but I was just quicker on the buzzer!)
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Klaus Herrmann
: Hmm, how do those productive shoppers fit into the picture ?
14 mins
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You have a good point my friend - it would not be great English that is for sure.
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Cristina Moldovan do Amaral
32 mins
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| agree |
jerrie
35 mins
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I know what you meant: I feel well and truly "neutral-ized"!
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Jack Doughty
: A slightly different typo, and it could mean installing them in WCs, where ionizing the air might be a good idea!
1 hr
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Yes, s**t I hadn't thought of that... maybe we've all got it completely wrong!
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Kanta Rawat (X)
: It needs to be made more clear, otherwise shopping gives the more appropriate sense.
14 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you all. In fact I just wanted to see if 'shipping areas' were an usual term or if that sentence sounded "very" natural to English native speakers. "
+1
6 mins
shopping
Shopping makes perfect sense here, whereas shipping does not.
Peer comment(s):
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Libero_Lang_Lab
: You couldn't be more right
2 mins
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Thanks Dan. Don't you hate it when you see that no answers have been proposed, so you go and propose one and when it appears you see that someone else has already given the same answer?
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jerrie
: Sorry, meant to do neutral to Dan, too. Shipping is possible (shipping bays/areas). Productive shopping areas...sounds a bit odd!
37 mins
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No problem. I think the idea here is that happy, relaxed shoppers will be more likely to spend more money, and that's the reason for installing those things in shopping areas.
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+1
7 mins
Klaus Herrmann
Germany
Germany
Germany
Best TCO in Technical Translations
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German
Related KudoZ points
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147
shipping vs. shopping
Depends on what you document describes. If it's a company environment, a shipping dept. makes perfect sense. If your document talks about buildings in general, it could mean shopping. I think you should have more evidence than this single occurence of shipping to assume a typo.
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Note added at 2002-08-12 15:34:51 (GMT)
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Just a few examples:
Keep front office, shipping areas and common areas neat and free of clutter; (http://www.bkpub.com/job/oa.html)
.. total solutions system including equipment for receiving/shipping
areas, ... (http://www.swisslognorthamerica.com/industries.htm)
... Security Procedures for Receiving and Shipping Areas (http://www-group.slac.stanford.edu/pur/pdf/PartIV.pdf)
moving receiving, storage, production, or shipping areas closer to work production areas ... (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/eptbtr9.html, wow, the CDC :-)
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Note added at 2002-08-12 16:06:12 (GMT)
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Given your context, I think I\'d probably replace \"shipping area\" by \"other areas\"...
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Note added at 2002-08-12 15:34:51 (GMT)
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Just a few examples:
Keep front office, shipping areas and common areas neat and free of clutter; (http://www.bkpub.com/job/oa.html)
.. total solutions system including equipment for receiving/shipping
areas, ... (http://www.swisslognorthamerica.com/industries.htm)
... Security Procedures for Receiving and Shipping Areas (http://www-group.slac.stanford.edu/pur/pdf/PartIV.pdf)
moving receiving, storage, production, or shipping areas closer to work production areas ... (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/eptbtr9.html, wow, the CDC :-)
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Note added at 2002-08-12 16:06:12 (GMT)
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Given your context, I think I\'d probably replace \"shipping area\" by \"other areas\"...
Peer comment(s):
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Libero_Lang_Lab
: I can just see all those happy sailors now
2 mins
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:-) Not to object to happy sailors, but there are occurences of shipping area being used in this meaning (U.S. sites)
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Sue Goldian
: A shipping department would not be referred to as a shipping area, IMHO.
10 mins
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That's right. It _should_ not be referred to as shipping area...
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| agree |
jerrie
: I see we've found the same link!
43 mins
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7 mins
it can be either
most probably a typo and meaning SHOPPING, as you surmise. However,
reading the office part, there could also be the warehousing part of an enterprise i.e. the SHIPPING part.
reading the office part, there could also be the warehousing part of an enterprise i.e. the SHIPPING part.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Libero_Lang_Lab
: far fetched I feel... if it's shipping then I'm a Dutchman, as the old expression goes
2 mins
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| neutral |
Sue Goldian
: I don't think a warehousing part of an enterprise would be called a shipping area.
8 mins
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+1
18 mins
distribution company
If this is talking about companies who export/distribute products, then shipping could be correct.
to ship: to dispatch, to send off
Generators are sold and installed in the offices and dispatch/warehousing/distribution areas to...
I think in the context of the sentence, this actually makes more sense than 'shopping', since I would not link productive with shopping/more with working.
Improve the spirits of the office staff and the dispatch staff to enable them to work harder.
Just a thought
hth
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Note added at 2002-08-12 15:49:30 (GMT)
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www.swisslognorthamerica.com/industries.htm
High-bay warehousing was installed by Swisslog to accommodate the growing production. Pfizer now has a total solutions system including equipment for receiving/shipping areas, warehouse, production, packing and shipping areas and central automated palletizing.
Shipping areas/shipping bays..
to ship: to dispatch, to send off
Generators are sold and installed in the offices and dispatch/warehousing/distribution areas to...
I think in the context of the sentence, this actually makes more sense than 'shopping', since I would not link productive with shopping/more with working.
Improve the spirits of the office staff and the dispatch staff to enable them to work harder.
Just a thought
hth
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Note added at 2002-08-12 15:49:30 (GMT)
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www.swisslognorthamerica.com/industries.htm
High-bay warehousing was installed by Swisslog to accommodate the growing production. Pfizer now has a total solutions system including equipment for receiving/shipping areas, warehouse, production, packing and shipping areas and central automated palletizing.
Shipping areas/shipping bays..
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Libero_Lang_Lab
: I'm off to buy a basic dutch grammar, just in case you're right... I feel a bout of hydrophobia coming on Jerrie :-)))
3 mins
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Maybe time to hunt out those clogs...maybe not
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Monica Colangelo
2 hrs
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Thanks
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35 mins
Shopping
It could be actually either way: shipping or shopping and both make sense. More, I would rather say "humor" to replace "spirits".
Good look
Good look
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Libero_Lang_Lab
: And I would replace the spirits with wine and beer
2 mins
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