Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
chefkontor
English translation:
manager's office
Added to glossary by
Terence Ajbro
Mar 7, 2005 08:49
19 yrs ago
Danish term
Don Spade (X)
chefkontor
Danish to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
Context: 1 salen består af en præsentabel reception med adgang til trappe til henholdsvis P-plads og værksted, chefkontor, toilet og møderum.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | manager's office |
Terence Ajbro
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| 5 +2 | executive office |
Randi Stenstrop
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Proposed translations
+4
1 min
Terence Ajbro
Sweden
Sweden
Native in English
Sweden
A multilingual Englishman
Native in: English 
Works in: English to German, English to Danish, Danish to English, and 7 more.
Related KudoZ points
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3
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manager's office
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Peer comment(s):
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Dan Schioenning Larsen
: to me this sounds more right... it sounds like a reception for a car workshop or the like
1 hr
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I don't know why but I have never liked the word "executive", probably my lower working class roots.
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Dana Sackett Lössl
: I agree with Dan's comment. It might be "safer" to say manager's office if you don't know what the company does.
2 hrs
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when I worked at a local factory in the Midlands, we called this "the gaffer's office"
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Tore Bjerkek
4 hrs
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A. Grayshon
: Manageräs office is definately the British term, if thatäs what youäre after.
1 day 5 hrs
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks - confirmed what I thought."
+2
5 mins
Randi Stenstrop
Native in Danish
Works in field
Elegant Precision
Native in: Danish
Works in: Swedish to Danish, English to Danish, German to Danish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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10
executive office
- since it is a question of prestige
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Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Christine Andersen
3 mins
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Terence Ajbro
: where the employees go to get executed :-) Personally I would never call it this in ordinary speech.
25 mins
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Eliza-Anna
: In England many companies have an office called "executive office". I also know this from experience.
1 hr
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Tore Bjerkek
: Perhaps, -if it had been called chefkontorer. An excecutive never works without other executives ;-))
4 hrs
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