Dec 9, 2004 09:59
19 yrs ago
Russian term

подпольный товаропроизводитель ("цеховик")

Russian to English Bus/Financial Marketing / Market Research Theory & Practice of competition
К числу временных полусвободных конкурентов относились подпольные товаропроизводители (так называемые "цеховики")

Proposed translations

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illegal workshop/manufacturer

or "sweat workshop"
Peer comment(s):

neutral Michael Moskowitz : Not necessarily a "sweat shop". That has "slave labor" connotations.))) IMHO, "Illegal" is OK, but "underground" is better, therefore neutral
4 hrs
What would you say about illegal workshop/manufacturer then?
agree Alexander Onishko
5 hrs
Thanks a lot, Alexander! :-)
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tsekhoviki

owner of black-market underground factories

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tsekhovik/tsekhoviki

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frontline: mafia power play: glossary of the russian comrade ...
... tea. Also to have nothing left. torpedo, contract killer. tsekhovik/tsekhoviki,
owner of black-market underground factories. tusovka, ...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ shows/hockey/etc/glossary.html
Peer comment(s):

neutral Tsogt Gombosuren : IMHO, underground factories imply secret weapon factories (WWII)
4 mins
pls see glossary for mafia terms -- and London Underground does not mean a political organisation!
agree Сергей Лузан : "tsekhovik/tsekhoviki" seems to be the right term
5 mins
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underground suppliers/ manufacturers

maybe also use "unofficial"

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black-market suppliers/ manufacturers/ vendors
Peer comment(s):

neutral Сергей Лузан : But not *black-market* suppliers/ manufacturers/ vendors. Market was for the most part a legal one for those persons as well & the only one. It could be in some similar cases, but not in this particular one.
16 mins
ok, but isn't underground still the proper terminology then?
agree Aleksandr Okunev (X)
2 hrs
spasibo, tovaricsh Okunev :)
agree Alexander Demyanov
8 hrs
thank you
agree Mikhail Kriviniouk
11 hrs
thank you
agree Michael Moskowitz
1 day 1 hr
thank you
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12 hrs
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underworld manufacturers

"underground" could be understood as "belowground"
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