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Synthetic Enthusiasts

English translation: fans of products made of synthetic materials

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English term or phrase:Synthetic Enthusiasts
Selected answer:fans of products made of synthetic materials
Entered by: humbird

04:26 Oct 17, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Marketing / Market Research
English term or phrase: Synthetic Enthusiasts
Overall context -- marketing research for consumer erectronics in order to zooming in on specific potential client category.
No particular context, as these are all itemized names. This appears side by side with such terms as "race watcher", "price sensitive".

TIA.
humbird
fans of products made of synthetic materials
Explanation:
In your context, the products are electronics of second quality. Their main concerns could be that the products have all the features and look-and-feel of premium quality products. They differ from price-sensitive customers who dont care anything but the price, i.e. they may be willing to spend more, but not so much more. :)
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ErichEko ⟹⭐
Indonesia
Local time: 21:44
Grading comment
I came to the conclusion this is the closest to what I am looking. It would work on erectronic products. Not 100% sure though.
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3fans of products made of synthetic materials
ErichEko ⟹⭐
3lovers of synthesizers
Michael Barnett
2metaphoric usage?
Alexander Demyanov


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synthetic enthusiasts
fans of products made of synthetic materials


Explanation:
In your context, the products are electronics of second quality. Their main concerns could be that the products have all the features and look-and-feel of premium quality products. They differ from price-sensitive customers who dont care anything but the price, i.e. they may be willing to spend more, but not so much more. :)

ErichEko ⟹⭐
Indonesia
Local time: 21:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
I came to the conclusion this is the closest to what I am looking. It would work on erectronic products. Not 100% sure though.
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
synthetic enthusiasts
metaphoric usage?


Explanation:
(Nearly) all hits on "synthetic enthusiasts" in Google are about people who prefer using synthetic motor oil for their cars, boats, etc.

Could it be that in your context "synthetic enthusiasts" is used metaphorically, to mean "innovation geeks" or something along those lines?

Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 10:44
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  ErichEko ⟹⭐: Not only motor oil. There, it is about materials of golf club: http://www.surfnewquay.co.uk/forum/showpost.php?p=75&postcou... and it talks about price-consciousness also.
1 hr
  -> Did I use the word "only" somewhere?
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
synthetic enthusiasts
lovers of synthesizers


Explanation:
Obviously, the true meaning of the source text is ambiguous, but my first impression, given the context, is that the article is for enthusiasts of electronic synthesizers.
http://www.synthmuseum.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthesizer

Michael Barnett
Local time: 10:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  ErichEko ⟹⭐: The term is elusive, yet it seems to be a customer buying behavior classification. E.g. "race watchers" may be customers who will not readily jump on new products; "price sensitive" are those knowledgeable enough so know well how much a product must cost
31 mins
  -> I see your point. I could be completely off track.
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