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English translation: item picking/ selection

09:51 Jan 26, 2011
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Marketing - Business/Commerce (general) / research on shopping
English term or phrase: item picking up
I am revising a client's article (it was presented to me in a hybrid mix of Italian and poor English). He titled it in English, "Shelf position and items picking-up in a virtual environment". Do you think "Shelf position and item pick up in a virtual environment" is better"? Does anyone have evidence that "item picking-up" (vs. pick up) is an established term in the field? In general, I am inclined to modify "items picking-up" into "item pick up". What do you think? And would you hyphenate pick up or not? Thanks :)
nyteck
Italy
Local time: 09:54
Selected answer:item picking/ selection
Explanation:
The term your Client is using comes from logistics jargon. You have "picking" when you go to the warehouse and select goods or components. He is talking about consumers and it depends where this article will appear. I am ex-advertising and I don't have any problems with "picking" (as opposed to pick-up", which I would hyphenate. If this is not a trade article, then I would use selection.
Alison

Alison
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Alison Kennedy
Italy
Local time: 09:54
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +2item picking/ selection
Alison Kennedy
4 +1picking up items
Sarah Bessioud
4item collection / selection
Thomas Roberts
4adding items
Linda Thody
4"item picking"
Lanna Castellano
4Shelf position and item inspection
kmtext


Discussion entries: 1





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
item collection / selection


Explanation:
pick up doesn't sound right at all.

I would suggest collection, though in a virtual environment selection might be better.

Thomas Roberts
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
adding items


Explanation:
adding items to basket

This sounds like an on line shopping site and usual terminology is something like *add to basket* or cart (US).
See something like http://www.amazon.co.uk/ for ideas!
HTH


Linda Thody
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"item picking"


Explanation:
You will find various references to "item picking system" on the internet. A term used in particular for supermarket chains that offer online grocery deliveries (Tesco, Ocado, for instance in the UK), where the manual picking of orders can be the slowest operation in the process in the warehouse.


    Reference: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7801640.html
Lanna Castellano
Local time: 08:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Sheila Wilson: As you say, it's a jargon term. The problem here is that it's customers doing the picking and they can put things back too.
21 hrs
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
item picking/ selection


Explanation:
The term your Client is using comes from logistics jargon. You have "picking" when you go to the warehouse and select goods or components. He is talking about consumers and it depends where this article will appear. I am ex-advertising and I don't have any problems with "picking" (as opposed to pick-up", which I would hyphenate. If this is not a trade article, then I would use selection.
Alison

Alison

Alison Kennedy
Italy
Local time: 09:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Sheila Wilson: As you say, it's a jargon term. The problem here is that it's customers doing the picking and they can put things back too.
21 hrs
agree  Chris Brewerton: I've had this too in a contract for warehousing procedures for a logistics organisation. While the context is a litle different i'd go for itme picking.
1 day 6 hrs
agree  Ildiko Santana
199 days
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
picking up items


Explanation:
I am not too sure what you understand as "shelf position" but I would definitely phrase the second part of the title as "picking up items". I had also thought of handling and selecting, but from what I understand this actually refers to picking the items off the shelf, in other words, picking up items - no hyphen required.


http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pick up
pick up
1.
a. To take up (something) by hand: pick up a book

Sarah Bessioud
Germany
Local time: 09:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sheila Wilson: I think this is probably what the client meant to say
1 hr
  -> Thank you Sheila
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Shelf position and item inspection


Explanation:
It allows for the item to be examined and either replaced or selected.

kmtext
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GaelicGaelic
PRO pts in category: 16
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