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Glossary entry

Norwegian term or phrase:

servering

English translation:

food service establishments

Added to glossary by Carole Hognestad
Mar 6, 2013 17:00
11 yrs ago
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Norwegian term

servering

Norwegian to English Other Business/Commerce (general)
I have a list of different categories of businesses, business sectors and fields of study. Three of the entries are "Hotell og overnatting", "Restaurant" and "Annen servering". Would "Other food establishments" do the job here?
Proposed translations (English)
3 food service establishments
5 food and beverage services
3 -1 Food service
3 -3 Other catering

Discussion

Carole Hognestad (asker) Mar 7, 2013:
Thank you for all the input I originally used catering and the client didn't like it, but thank you David for your suggestion. I also agree with your comment about false friends!
I think the term that best covers everything is Other food service establishments.

Proposed translations

2 hrs
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food service establishments

This may cover it. It seems to be used in a lot of regulations to cover all types of businesses/enterprises that sell or provide food.
Reference:

http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/GuidanceDocuments/FoodDefenseandEmergencyResponse/ucm082751.htm

Peer comment(s):
neutral Per Bergvall : The Club 56 (or Rockefeller, closer to home) works well here too.
11 hrs
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1 hr

Food service

Food service, or Miscellaneous food service, "Food service, other" would be the better option, because it can include catering, corporate cafeteria services, institutional cafeteria services, delivery, take out, room service (many hotels have out of house room service providers), etc.
Peer comment(s):
agree Donna Stevens
6 mins
disagree rajagopalan sampatkumar : I am not convinced. See, for instance, "Solans kafe tilbyr en variert lunsjmeny og kan selvfølgelig også sørge for annen servering som kaffe og frukt ved ankomst." Here, 'annen servering' does NOT mean 'food'. There are several similar examples.
2 hrs
disagree David Siebert : You confuse catering with caterer. All of the food services you name are catering establishments, part of the catering industry. It is easy to be misled by false friends when Norwegian adopts English expressions.
4 hrs
agree Christopher Schröder
16 hrs
disagree Norskpro : I don't believe it is all about food. Beverages are also served, often without food.
16 hrs
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1 hr

food and beverage services

Considering this term should cover everything else, from streetside hotdog stands to posh night clubs, by way of kebab joints, sushi bars and homely 'Bondeheimen' eateries, we need to reach far and wide. Food service is good too, but the local pub would be left wothout a category into which to fit.
Peer comment(s):
disagree David Siebert : Per, all of the establishments you name are catering establishments, part of the catering industry, even the local pub when it serves food.
3 hrs
There is no way Club 56 would agree it's a catering establishment.
agree Michele Fauble
1 day 21 hrs
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13 mins

Other catering

Would that fit?

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Note added at 3 hrs (2013-03-06 20:51:58 GMT)
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I think the problem here is the fact that everyone is thinking of the Norwegian use of catering, probably the fault of SAS Catering as far back as the sixties.
Check out this web page: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_Types_of_catering_est...
and you will see that the catering industry is far broader than just making food for parties.
In fact it covers all of the other definitions.


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Note added at 15 hrs (2013-03-07 08:59:58 GMT)
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The customer is always right, Carole :-)
Here are a couple of helpful URLs for Per and the others, showing the actual, rather than the Norwegian, use of catering.

http://www.catererandhotelkeeper.co.uk/Articles/2010/05/06/3...
http://www.unileverfoodsolutions.co.uk/trends/catering_facts
Peer comment(s):
disagree Donna Stevens : The term catering often refers to the providing of food for parties, events and institutions by a catering service.
56 mins
Sorry, Donna, yours is far too narrow a definition. Otherwise why is there a military rank of Catering Officer? Courses at vocational colleges to provide personnel for restaurants, etc. are usually called catering courses. It is a generic term
disagree Per Bergvall : The term needs to cover everything except hotel-based diners and independent restaurants, while NOT including the catering industry. Anything that includes the term catering would be misleading.
13 hrs
disagree Christopher Schröder : I think the point is that the term catering can include stuff that annan servering does not
16 hrs
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