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náš zákazník - náš pán

English translation: The customer is always right

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Slovak term or phrase:náš zákazník - náš pán
English translation:The customer is always right
Entered by: lingua chick

07:19 Jun 5, 2006
Slovak to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Slovak term or phrase: náš zákazník - náš pán
Ako by ste výstižne a stručne preložili toto heslo do angličtiny?
Vopred ďakujem za nápady.
Matej Hasko
Local time: 18:44
The customer is always right"
Explanation:
Here in the UK, we use the well known slogan "The customer is always right" - first penned by H. Gordon Selfridge, the founder of Selfridges.

Please see the links below

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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-06-05 12:29:12 GMT)
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"The customer is always right" - 423,000 Google hits
"The customer is king"

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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-06-05 12:29:51 GMT)
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"The customer is king" - 115,000
Selected response from:

lingua chick
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:44
Grading comment
Ďakujem, asi to tak bude, keď to hovorí toľko ľudí :-))
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4The customer is always right"
lingua chick
5 +1The customer is king.
Anton Baer
4 +1Our customer comes first / Our customers come first
Uncle


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Our customer comes first / Our customers come first


Explanation:
Voľný preklad.

Uncle
Local time: 18:44
Native speaker of: Native in SlovakSlovak
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Martin Janda: 'Our customers...' option has much more Google hits than 'customer', but the king phrase has got even more.
22 mins
agree  Andrea Demovič
1 hr
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
The customer is king.


Explanation:
A very old maxim and not one that has shown much change over the years, as far as I know. That is, there aren't many variations. 'The customer is always right' is another, but less concise.

Anton Baer
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marek Buchtel
2 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
The customer is always right"


Explanation:
Here in the UK, we use the well known slogan "The customer is always right" - first penned by H. Gordon Selfridge, the founder of Selfridges.

Please see the links below

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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-06-05 12:29:12 GMT)
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"The customer is always right" - 423,000 Google hits
"The customer is king"

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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-06-05 12:29:51 GMT)
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"The customer is king" - 115,000


    Reference: http://fusionbrand.blogs.com/fusionbrand/2006/01/the_custome...
    Reference: http://www.customerservicepoint.com/the-customer-is-always-r...
lingua chick
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Ďakujem, asi to tak bude, keď to hovorí toľko ľudí :-))

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Chmelarova
1 hr
  -> Vd'aka :-)
agree  Misha Smid
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Misha :-)
agree  Veronika Hansova
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Veronika :-)
agree  Marcela Hashim
1 day 35 mins
  -> Thanks, Marcela :-)
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