Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Konfilinie
English translation:
preserves (jam) production line
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Jun 22, 2006 10:14
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German term
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Hands-on experience of commerce
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Konfilinie
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Food & Drink
Swiss
In a letter from a company to a customer who has found broken glass in the jar of a food product she bought.
"Die Mitarbeiter der Portion-Konfilinie sind genau instruiert wie sie sich bei Glasbruch zu verhalten haben."
"Die Mitarbeiter der Portion-Konfilinie sind genau instruiert wie sie sich bei Glasbruch zu verhalten haben."
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Jun 22, 2006 13:36: Marcus Malabad changed "Term asked" from "Konfilinie (Swiss German)" to "Konfilinie" , "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "Swiss"
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Maureen Millington-Brodie
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German term (edited):
Konfilinie (Swiss German)
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preserves production line
yours sound like in-house jargon which would not be understood by customer
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Comment: "I thought it might be an abbreviation for Konfituere but wanted some support for this.
Many thanks"
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Jonathan MacKerron
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German term (edited):
Konfilinie (Swiss German)
Konfilinie (diet marmelade)
is how I read the ..linie part
Peer comment(s):
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ciliegina
: not necesarily diet products; as the others said, it means jams or preserves
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many products with the suffix -linie are diet products
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German term (edited):
Konfilinie (Swiss German)
..in the individual jam portions department /production line
Konfi is definitely jam (I grew up with it). I'm not even sure whether a distinction is made for marmalade). Portions.... suggests those little (here: glass) 'individual' pots mainly used in the catering trade but also retailed. Cf. 'individual pork pies'. But I'm not from that field, so 'open to correction'. And I know my sugg. wirft nicht gerade mit seiner Eleganz um.
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German term (edited):
Konfilinie (Swiss German)
Konfitüre/ "marmelade range"
Konfi stands for "Konfitüre" (jam/marmelade) (see links below or google for "Konfi Schweiz";
so your phrase seems to refer to the employees dealing with the "marmelade range" of this company.
I'm not quite happy with the "range" part though; maybe there's better marketing jargon for that.
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Note added at 29 mins (2006-06-22 10:43:52 GMT)
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As regards the "Portion" part - this could have to do with the distinction between regular-sized units and "Portionen", that is to say small units/jars for hotels etc.
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Note added at 36 mins (2006-06-22 10:50:52 GMT)
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Here, they talk of "mini jam jars": http://www.stonhamhedgerow.co.uk/
http://www.shopfroehlichs.com/giftpage.html
so your phrase seems to refer to the employees dealing with the "marmelade range" of this company.
I'm not quite happy with the "range" part though; maybe there's better marketing jargon for that.
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Note added at 29 mins (2006-06-22 10:43:52 GMT)
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As regards the "Portion" part - this could have to do with the distinction between regular-sized units and "Portionen", that is to say small units/jars for hotels etc.
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Note added at 36 mins (2006-06-22 10:50:52 GMT)
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Here, they talk of "mini jam jars": http://www.stonhamhedgerow.co.uk/
http://www.shopfroehlichs.com/giftpage.html
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