Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Handelsform
English translation:
Available in (the following forms)
Added to glossary by
Rowan Morrell
Dec 6, 2002 00:42
21 yrs ago
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German term
New Zealand
Committed to the Customer
Native in: English (Variant: New Zealand) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English
Handelsform
German to English
Bus/Financial
Ad for Disinfectant Products
This word is just a heading in an ad for disinfectant products. It refers to the way the product is packaged for commercial selling. (It seems to be sold in canisters and a spray bottle.)
Leo gives "trading platform", which is totally wrong for this context. Eurodicautom is down. Laixicon is also down, though it's unlikely Laixicon would have this. None of my offline dictionaries have "Handelsform".
What do we call "Handelsform" in English? Is it just "commercial form"? I'm really not sure. TIA for your help.
Leo gives "trading platform", which is totally wrong for this context. Eurodicautom is down. Laixicon is also down, though it's unlikely Laixicon would have this. None of my offline dictionaries have "Handelsform".
What do we call "Handelsform" in English? Is it just "commercial form"? I'm really not sure. TIA for your help.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | Available in... |
Trudy Peters
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| 4 +1 | packaging |
zebung
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| 3 | See suggestions: |
Beate Lutzebaeck
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Proposed translations
3 hrs
Selected
Available in...
the following forms
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "It was far from easy to choose between the three, but in the end I decided I liked Trudy's answer best. Another way to circumvent the Handelsform difficulty, as Darien would say. And I would like to acknowledge Darien for a very helpful explanation. But for me Trudy's suggestion seems to nail it. Thank you all very much for your assistance on this tricky little word."
+1
27 mins
packaging
trading platform is more relayed to finance (energy trading, etc)
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Note added at 2002-12-06 01:10:22 (GMT)
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related, not relayed
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Note added at 2002-12-06 01:10:22 (GMT)
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related, not relayed
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
yeswhere
: just what I was going to suggest -commercial packaging-
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thanks
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Beate Lutzebaeck
New Zealand
New Zealand
Native in German
&
English
New Zealand
Double qualification in law (Germany/NZ)
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to German, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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2079
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My medical dictionary (Bunjes) says "pack", but with regard to pharmaceutical products, it is my understanding that Handelsform usually refers to whether these products are sold in the form of pills, powders or whatever.
I googled for Handelsform on English-speaking sites and found two bilingual references that deal with medical preparations (see below). In each case, the problem of translating Handelsform was neatly circumvented by paraphrasing (Handelsform = kit size / Handelsform = selection, followed by the different types of presentation, i.e. pills, vials, capsules, etc. Actually type of presentation is not bad either (in analogy with Darreichungsform).
I googled for Handelsform on English-speaking sites and found two bilingual references that deal with medical preparations (see below). In each case, the problem of translating Handelsform was neatly circumvented by paraphrasing (Handelsform = kit size / Handelsform = selection, followed by the different types of presentation, i.e. pills, vials, capsules, etc. Actually type of presentation is not bad either (in analogy with Darreichungsform).
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