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English translation: sales pitches

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English term or phrase:pitches
Selected answer:sales pitches
Entered by: Mohamad Rudi Atmoko

14:18 Jun 1, 2009
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management
English term or phrase: pitches
The employee saves everything—all documents, e-mails, correspondence, pitches, drafts, and extra copies and never throws anything away.

Thanks in advance.
Mohamad Rudi Atmoko
Indonesia
Local time: 08:37
sales pitches
Explanation:
A line of talk that attempts to persuade someone of something, as in Let's hear your latest sales pitch for energy conservation. This term uses the noun pitch in the sense of "a talk," or more literally, a throwing of words at one. [Slang; late 1800s]

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marybro
Local time: 21:37
Grading comment
Thanks a lot marybro!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +7sales pitches
marybro
4presentations
Andrew Mason


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
sales pitches


Explanation:
A line of talk that attempts to persuade someone of something, as in Let's hear your latest sales pitch for energy conservation. This term uses the noun pitch in the sense of "a talk," or more literally, a throwing of words at one. [Slang; late 1800s]

http://www.answers.com/topic/sales-pitch

marybro
Local time: 21:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks a lot marybro!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard McDorman: That makes sense to me in this context.
1 min
  -> Thank you, Richard (:>)
agree  Marie Scarano
10 mins
  -> Thanks, Marie!
agree  Robert Kleemaier: most likely answer imho
23 mins
  -> Thanks a lot, Robert!
agree  jccantrell
39 mins
  -> Thanks a lot, jccantrell!
agree  Vincentius Mariatmo: In Indonesia, we usually use the term "pitching" to denote the process of price/quotation comparison between vendors. I agree with you marybro ^^
2 hrs
  -> THank you for your helpful comments, Vincentius. As you point out, a "pitch" is more involved that just a mere "sales quote"
agree  Gary D
15 hrs
  -> Thanks, Gary!
agree  kmtext: I'd say it's more than just sales pitches. It could also be material used internally - pitching ideas - or externally, quotes etc.
16 hrs
  -> Thank you, kmtext, and I agree with your additional comments.
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
presentations


Explanation:
They may well be sales pitches, but what is preserved is the hard copy - which we usually call presentations - for sales presentations.

Andrew Mason
France
Local time: 03:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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