talk shop

Swedish translation: prata jobb

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English term or phrase:talk shop
Swedish translation:prata jobb
Entered by: Daniel Löfström

17:30 Jan 9, 2016
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English term or phrase: talk shop
Skulle det gå att översätta Talk shop med Prata affärer i följande sammanhang?:

Late one evening, Gilbert, a sales rep from a competitor and an old friend, invites Marty to join him and a group of reps from a few other competitors in the hotel's bar to "talk shop."

Som det står nu är det ju ett verb, men kanske att det fattas ett a före Talk shop (så att det ska vara ett substantiv).
Fredrik Pettersson
Hong Kong
Local time: 01:06
prata jobb
Explanation:
Här handlar det om "jobbsnack", dvs. att prata om jobbet, kolleger och yrkesbröder emellan. I det här fallet, när det gäller affärsmän, kan man nog i och för sig säga att de pratar affärer, men i så fall inte i betydelsen "göra affärer".

OED: Matters pertaining to one's trade or profession; discourse on matters of this kind, esp. as introduced unseasonably into general conversation; chiefly in phrase to talk shop
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prata jobb


Explanation:
Här handlar det om "jobbsnack", dvs. att prata om jobbet, kolleger och yrkesbröder emellan. I det här fallet, när det gäller affärsmän, kan man nog i och för sig säga att de pratar affärer, men i så fall inte i betydelsen "göra affärer".

OED: Matters pertaining to one's trade or profession; discourse on matters of this kind, esp. as introduced unseasonably into general conversation; chiefly in phrase to talk shop

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