Dec 9, 2003 15:17
20 yrs ago
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German term

kleinteilige Gewerbebetriebe

German to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general) corporate, business form
Gewerbebetrieb is clear (commercial enterprise, company), but what the devil does it mean if it's "kleinteilig"?

Proposed translations

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35 mins
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small-scale, locally-based commercial enterprises

Gemeint ist m.E. sowohl, dass die Unternehmen klein sind, als auch, dass sie in der lokalen/regionalen Wirtschaft verankert sind.

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Note added at 40 mins (2003-12-09 15:57:39 GMT)
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see e.g. http://www.columbiariver.org/main_pages/reflection/40.html for \"locally-based commercial enterprises\"

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Note added at 51 mins (2003-12-09 16:08:56 GMT)
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another (Austrian) German example that might be of help:
http://www.wernberg.gv.at/entw/konzept/3795EK15.pdf
Peer comment(s):

agree Lori Dendy-Molz
6 mins
agree Narasimhan Raghavan
1 hr
agree Mario Marcolin
3 hrs
agree Maureen Holm, J.D., LL.M. : Good: small local businesses
5 hrs
fair enough :-)
agree Zeyern : with Maureen.....
9 hrs
Thank you all.
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2 hrs

SME (small medium sized enterprise)

This is almost the norm in the UK

hope to have helped

John McD
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