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Betriebscasino

English translation: company restaurant

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German term or phrase:Betriebscasino
English translation:company restaurant
Entered by: Premier Focus

12:54 Feb 29, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Food & Drink / Catering
German term or phrase: Betriebscasino
"Mittagsverpflegung im Betriebscasino"

This phrase is taken from a catering contract. I found out that a "Betriebscasino" is a notch up from a regular "Kantine" and is used by the management of a company.
Premier Focus
Canada
Local time: 09:55
company restaurant
Explanation:
One notch up from canteen ~ restaurant

"Company restaurant" given for "Kasino" in Siemens Dictionary of Presonnel and Educational Terms

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Note added at 4 mins (2008-02-29 12:59:07 GMT)
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Sorry, for "Presonnel" read "Personnel"
Selected response from:

Colin Rowe
Germany
Local time: 15:55
Grading comment
Thank you for your insights/comments! This term worked best for my particular text. Warm regards, Kerstin
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5company restaurant
Colin Rowe
5 +1company canteen
Stephen Sadie
3company dining room
Maureen Millington-Brodie
3executive canteen
oa_xxx (X)


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
company restaurant


Explanation:
One notch up from canteen ~ restaurant

"Company restaurant" given for "Kasino" in Siemens Dictionary of Presonnel and Educational Terms

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Note added at 4 mins (2008-02-29 12:59:07 GMT)
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Sorry, for "Presonnel" read "Personnel"

Colin Rowe
Germany
Local time: 15:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 31
Grading comment
Thank you for your insights/comments! This term worked best for my particular text. Warm regards, Kerstin

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: Or cafeteria. http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2007/02/how_clean_is_your_compa... /The asker is from Canada. It might be a notch above canteen.
5 mins
  -> Does "cafeteria" necessarily match the context provided as being a notch above a "Kantine"?
agree  Nicole Schnell
10 mins
agree  Amphyon
14 mins
neutral  Stephen Sadie: colin, how do you define a normal restaurant?
20 mins
  -> As being one notch above a canteen, as specified by the asker.
agree  Veronika McLaren: I prefer Kim's "cafeteria"
36 mins
  -> Yes, I appreciate now that there is a slight difference between Canadian and UK usage. To UK ears (mine, at any rate), cafeteria sounds, if anything, a notch below canteen! One lives and learns! :-)
agree  Cetacea
44 mins
neutral  Ken Cox: With Kim. At least in Canada, a restaurant is open to the public, while a company has a cafeteria (for example, the company where I used to work in Canada).
1 hr
  -> Thanks for the transatlantic insight!
neutral  oa_xxx (X): restaurant is the same both sides of the Atlantic!Look in google, most hits for "co. restaurant" site:.uk are for normal restaurants tho there are a few that use it this way ...agree that cafeteria sounds a notch below a canteen tho!
3 days 3 hrs
  -> My references to transatlantic differences were limited purely to the term "cafeteria", not "restaurant". Thanks for your comments though!
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
company canteen


Explanation:
is what I always use

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Note added at 8 mins (2008-02-29 13:02:46 GMT)
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where I used to work in a large multinational company, this was the name of the place where the plebs also ate, the term restaurant sounds more like a pleasant place to go out to

Stephen Sadie
Germany
Local time: 15:55
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  hazmatgerman (X): With the plebeian atmosphere here; 'restaurant' has quite different connotations for me.
11 mins
  -> thanks hazmatgerman
neutral  Colin Rowe: Reading the context provided by the asker, we see that the eatery concerned is used specifically "by the management of a company", rather than "the plebs" and that a deliberate distinction is being made from "Kantine".
50 mins
neutral  oa_xxx (X): agree with Colin!
1 hr
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
company dining room


Explanation:
Certainly companies in the City of London have these.

Maureen Millington-Brodie
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 35
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
executive canteen


Explanation:
It doesnt get so many hits in google but does seem to be used quite normally (e.g. BBC), maybe a bit more specific than company restaurant, and does make it clear that its not the same as the normal staff canteen.





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Note added at 1 hr (2008-02-29 14:05:49 GMT)
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"firms are trying to redress the balance and many top executives can now be seen in the ordinary works canteen rather than in the executive canteen. ..."

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-02-29 14:07:26 GMT)
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Examples:

"In addition to the student canteen on the first level, there are several other coffee shops and cafes. There's also an executive canteen with a roof-top ..."

"The executive's canteen has a much more up-market chef..."


    Reference: http://www.london-eating.co.uk/newsletter/december/restauran...
oa_xxx (X)
Germany
Local time: 15:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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