styrtes

08:31 Sep 21, 2008
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Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Retail
Norwegian term or phrase: styrtes
Context: procedures for handling customer complaints regarding goods. I don't understand what is meant here by "styrtes i butikk":

"Det avdekkes om reklamasjonen innebærer vareretur eller om varen styrtes i butikk. Det er utarbeidet egne rutiner for reklamasjon med retur og reklamasjon uten retur."
brigidm
Norway
Local time: 11:36


Summary of answers provided
5to be knocked over
LinguaLab.net
4 +1discarded
Per Bergvall


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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
to be knocked over


Explanation:
You're quite right, it's a very strange word to use in this context! They are using it in the sense of something that is falling, i.e. if the complaint involves the return of goods or whether the goods were knocked over in the shop - in which case the routines for complains without return of goods will come into play.

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Note added at 11 mins (2008-09-21 08:42:49 GMT)
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Assuming that if the goods are knocked over in the shop, the glass bottles will break.

LinguaLab.net
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:36
Native speaker of: Norwegian
Notes to answerer
Asker: Exactly, lingualab. So why didn't it just that - knust or skadet? I haven't had any response from the client (this one's via an agency), and I'm still very much in doubt. Will close question. Thanks to you, Per and Egil for trying to help.

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
discarded


Explanation:
Pretty sure the options are for a beverage to be returned to the importer, or discarded down the drain at the outlet. Goes towards management of duty, which is often of greater value than the product itself.

Per Bergvall
Norway
Local time: 11:36
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Egil Presttun: Jeg tror det må være dette. Man kan jo neppe reklamere på en flaske man har mistet ned og knust.
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