vaihtomatot

English translation: rental mats

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Finnish term or phrase:vaihtomatot
English translation:rental mats
Entered by: Spencer Allman

10:28 Jan 14, 2005
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Furniture / Household Appliances
Finnish term or phrase: vaihtomatot
Something in a bathroom I guess?
Spencer Allman
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:14
rental mats
Explanation:
In big companies they buy this service from e.g. Laatupesu Oy.

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Note added at 1 hr 16 mins (2005-01-14 11:45:11 GMT)
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Laatupesu takes care of everything: they buy the carpets for you, wash them, repair them, replace them if needed etc. Apartment house companies also use Laatupesu or some other company in the same field. Of course, anybody can have rental carpets, you can have them in your home as well.
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Local time: 18:14
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4 +1fresh mats / carpets
Annira Silver (X)
4rental mats
Alfa Trans (X)


  

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fresh mats / carpets


Explanation:
That's it, literally, i.e. clean ones. Any more context? It could also mean replacement mats or carpets, i.e. new ones

Annira Silver (X)
Local time: 18:14
Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish
PRO pts in category: 3

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agree  Auri Paajanen
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rental mats


Explanation:
In big companies they buy this service from e.g. Laatupesu Oy.

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Note added at 1 hr 16 mins (2005-01-14 11:45:11 GMT)
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Laatupesu takes care of everything: they buy the carpets for you, wash them, repair them, replace them if needed etc. Apartment house companies also use Laatupesu or some other company in the same field. Of course, anybody can have rental carpets, you can have them in your home as well.


    Reference: http://www.laatupesu.fi/
Alfa Trans (X)
Local time: 18:14
Native speaker of: Finnish
PRO pts in category: 4
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