Nov 6, 2015 04:18
8 yrs ago
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Arabic term
الميس
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Company name
اسلوب المراقبة
عن الفترة من : ...............................إلى ...... م
الميس : ............................... إسم الشركة : .......................ي
أولا : جودة الطعام
نوعية الطعام
جودة الوجبات
كفاية الطعام
التقيد بمواعيد الوجبات
عن الفترة من : ...............................إلى ...... م
الميس : ............................... إسم الشركة : .......................ي
أولا : جودة الطعام
نوعية الطعام
جودة الوجبات
كفاية الطعام
التقيد بمواعيد الوجبات
Proposed translations
(English)
5 | Canteen |
O_Hamdach
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4 +2 | Staff Cafeteria |
Samaa Zeitoun
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4 | internal restaurant |
Ahmed Badawy
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4 | Mess |
mona elshazly
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References
Mess or Canteen |
Spiridon
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Proposed translations
1 day 17 hrs
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Canteen
A Cafeteria (American English, later on AE) is also referred to as a dining hall or canteen (British English, later on BE) is a type of food service location in which there is little or no waiting staff table service, whether a restaurant or within an institution such as a large office building or school; a school dining location. Canteens (BE) or Cafeterias (AE) are different from coffeehouses, despite being the Spanish translation of the English term.
Instead of table service, there are food-serving counters/stalls, either in a line or allowing arbitrary walking paths. Customers take the food they require as they walk along, placing it on a tray.
In some dictionaries or cultures the context might be different. So what is the difference between “canteen (BE)” and “cafeteria (AE)” a question with too many answers on the English Language & Usage Stack Exchange's website :
1- "Canteen" tends to mean commissary associated with an office/factory. You CAN also use "Cafeteria" in the same way, but "Canteen" is more specific, more normal.
2- "Cafeteria" can mean the cafe/restaurant, for customers, YOU FIND IN A LARGE DEPARTMENT STORE. (Typically either in the basement or on the top floor.)**
3- "Canteen" - generally - tends to be a bit derogatory and/or old-fashioned.
4- Note that a "Cafeteria" is specifically more down-market (cheaper, worse) than a "restaurant." Specifically note that "Cafeteria" always implies you get the food from a long service area - with trays, you know? And carry the food yourself, on trays, to an unserved table. In contrast at a "restaurant" or "cafe" you sit down and are served.
5- Generally this is all more UK than USA, as others have pointed out.
6- In my opinion -- both words would be easily understood, by every English speaker, in every country. If you said "the factory canteen" (or cafeteria) every English-speaker everywhere would understand you - but to repeat point (5), it is odder and perhaps "British-sounding" in the USA. There are some claims by commenters from the USA that some people in the USA would not know what the word means.
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Note added at 1 day17 hrs (2015-11-07 21:45:06 GMT)
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Definition The definition of a canteen is a place where food is provided in a military camp, college or other organization, or a small container for holding drinking liquids.
Instead of table service, there are food-serving counters/stalls, either in a line or allowing arbitrary walking paths. Customers take the food they require as they walk along, placing it on a tray.
In some dictionaries or cultures the context might be different. So what is the difference between “canteen (BE)” and “cafeteria (AE)” a question with too many answers on the English Language & Usage Stack Exchange's website :
1- "Canteen" tends to mean commissary associated with an office/factory. You CAN also use "Cafeteria" in the same way, but "Canteen" is more specific, more normal.
2- "Cafeteria" can mean the cafe/restaurant, for customers, YOU FIND IN A LARGE DEPARTMENT STORE. (Typically either in the basement or on the top floor.)**
3- "Canteen" - generally - tends to be a bit derogatory and/or old-fashioned.
4- Note that a "Cafeteria" is specifically more down-market (cheaper, worse) than a "restaurant." Specifically note that "Cafeteria" always implies you get the food from a long service area - with trays, you know? And carry the food yourself, on trays, to an unserved table. In contrast at a "restaurant" or "cafe" you sit down and are served.
5- Generally this is all more UK than USA, as others have pointed out.
6- In my opinion -- both words would be easily understood, by every English speaker, in every country. If you said "the factory canteen" (or cafeteria) every English-speaker everywhere would understand you - but to repeat point (5), it is odder and perhaps "British-sounding" in the USA. There are some claims by commenters from the USA that some people in the USA would not know what the word means.
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Note added at 1 day17 hrs (2015-11-07 21:45:06 GMT)
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Definition The definition of a canteen is a place where food is provided in a military camp, college or other organization, or a small container for holding drinking liquids.
Example sentence:
A cafeteria in college where all the kids go to eat is an example of a canteen.
A place where cooked food is dispensed to people in distress, as in a disaster area.
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internal restaurant
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Note from asker:
Can you provide any supporting documents ? thanks |
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1 hr
Staff Cafeteria
This term is used in the army to refer to the dining hall:
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/mess-hall
http://www.almaany.com/ar/dict/ar-en/ميس/
In your context it's a company, so it's a staff cafeteria:
https://www.google.com/search?q=staff cafeteria&biw=1600&bih...
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/mess-hall
http://www.almaany.com/ar/dict/ar-en/ميس/
In your context it's a company, so it's a staff cafeteria:
https://www.google.com/search?q=staff cafeteria&biw=1600&bih...
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Spiridon
: Yes The word is derived from Mess (Canteen) .. a cafeteria type eating place
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Thank you.
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agree |
Saleh Dardeer
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2 days 5 hrs
Reference comments
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