May 12, 2010 09:26
14 yrs ago
French term
United Kingdom
décoté gardé magasin
French to English
Bus/Financial
Retail
Fashion clothing company talking about its charitable actions:
Le magasin de (store location) s'est montré une nouvelle fois généreux en offrant un lot de vêtements pour des écoliers du Kenya. "Nous prélevons une partie des articles DGM (Décoté Gardé Magasin) que nous avons remis cette année à (name of a French association)," précise le directeur.
MTIA
Le magasin de (store location) s'est montré une nouvelle fois généreux en offrant un lot de vêtements pour des écoliers du Kenya. "Nous prélevons une partie des articles DGM (Décoté Gardé Magasin) que nous avons remis cette année à (name of a French association)," précise le directeur.
MTIA
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | unsold merchandise (remaining in store) |
Emma Paulay
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| 3 | in-store discounted items |
Chris Hall
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| 2 | overstocked items |
Claire Nolan
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| 1 | marked-down articles held in store |
Tony M
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Proposed translations
3 hrs
Selected
unsold merchandise (remaining in store)
I've come to the conclusion that this is company jargon, not industry jargon and that unless it's for the company newsletter, you can probably do without it.
If the text is for the general public then unsold merchandise/clothing/articles might do. I suspect though, that the "gardé magasin"bit is there to warn people that not all unsold merchandise is kept in store - some will be sent back to the warehouse. That's their way of saying they can't donate more than x amount because a proportion of unsolds are "sent back".
If the text is for the general public then unsold merchandise/clothing/articles might do. I suspect though, that the "gardé magasin"bit is there to warn people that not all unsold merchandise is kept in store - some will be sent back to the warehouse. That's their way of saying they can't donate more than x amount because a proportion of unsolds are "sent back".
Note from asker:
| The idea of unsold merchandise being used for donations makes more sense to me here than anything that's been discounted or marked down. Thanks! |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks again everyone. I'm going with Emma's take on it, backed up by BDF's refs and Tony's logic!"
1 hr
Chris Hall
Native in English
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in-store discounted items
GDT indicates that "décoté" relates to "undervalued" and that "décote" (noun) relates to "discount".
gardé magasin = kept in the store / shop. ("in-store" sounds much neater to me though).
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-05-12 11:15:34 GMT)
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(les) articles DGM
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(the) in-store discounted items
gardé magasin = kept in the store / shop. ("in-store" sounds much neater to me though).
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-05-12 11:15:34 GMT)
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(les) articles DGM
=
(the) in-store discounted items
2 hrs
marked-down articles held in store
I don't see any logic in these being 'discounted' items, surely they are stock that has remained unsold even after having been marked down? And items that have been kept in the store, rather than being returned to some central depot, for example.
I suspect there is a neat technical term fr this in retaling jragon, but I'm afraid I don't know it; I know in a cake shop they refer to 'overs', but I doubt that's much help here!
I suspect there is a neat technical term fr this in retaling jragon, but I'm afraid I don't know it; I know in a cake shop they refer to 'overs', but I doubt that's much help here!
Peer comment(s):
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Chris Hall
: Why can't they be "discounted" items? The noun "décolte" means "discount". Also, I believe that "items" is a better translation than "articles" here.
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décoté means several things, 'discounted' is only one of them... ut it seems to me that discounted items would be still on display for sale, whereas these sound like unsolds to me? /articles-schmarticles.... it's only a placeholder to keep it all together
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3 hrs
overstocked items
I realize that this does not have the 'décoté' meaning in it, but it seems to be close to the original idea of offering items that are probably not going to be sold in the store.
The owners of the Fashion Discount Clothing store in downtown Weston have decided to donate more than 900 overstocked items to the local Goodwill store, an act they say they want to make an annual event.
http://www.theintermountain.com/page/content.detail/id/51062...
The Book Outlet also donates overstock to hospitals, nursing homes, soup kitchens, food banks, public and charter schools
http://www.aurorasentinel.com/articles/2009/01/22/news/busin...
The owners of the Fashion Discount Clothing store in downtown Weston have decided to donate more than 900 overstocked items to the local Goodwill store, an act they say they want to make an annual event.
http://www.theintermountain.com/page/content.detail/id/51062...
The Book Outlet also donates overstock to hospitals, nursing homes, soup kitchens, food banks, public and charter schools
http://www.aurorasentinel.com/articles/2009/01/22/news/busin...
Discussion
http://www.geekdo.com/thread/510946/uk-avalibility-news
"supporting housing associations in the purchase of unsold, discounted stock from housebuilders, where this represents excellent value and an appropriate, ..."
www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/.../Interim Corporate Plan 26...