Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Ausdeckungsdamen/-herren
English translation:
Food-tray assemblers m/f
Added to glossary by
David Wheatley
May 12, 2011 11:06
13 yrs ago
German term
Ausdeckungsdamen/-herren
German to English
Other
Human Resources
Job Title
Hi,
I'm currently translating the website of an airline catering company based in Germany. Under the careers tab on their site, they have a vacancy advertised for an "Ausdeckungsdamen/herren".
I wondered if anyone knew the corresponding English job title. As I understand it, "Ausdeckung" is an industry-specific term for those trays of food served in-flight.
Therefore, I believe "Ausdeckungsdamen/herren" are those people who put together these trays of food. Something equivalent to a "meal packer m/f", perhaps?
I would welcome any thoughts and suggestions.
I'm currently translating the website of an airline catering company based in Germany. Under the careers tab on their site, they have a vacancy advertised for an "Ausdeckungsdamen/herren".
I wondered if anyone knew the corresponding English job title. As I understand it, "Ausdeckung" is an industry-specific term for those trays of food served in-flight.
Therefore, I believe "Ausdeckungsdamen/herren" are those people who put together these trays of food. Something equivalent to a "meal packer m/f", perhaps?
I would welcome any thoughts and suggestions.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | Food-tray assembler |
MPortstrom
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| 3 | food tray filling staff (m/f) |
Ronald van Riet
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| 3 | food tray prep staff |
gangels (X)
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Change log
May 12, 2011 11:25: Ingo Dierkschnieder changed "Term asked" from "Ausdeckungsdamen/herren" to "Ausdeckungsdamen/-herren"
May 12, 2011 11:26: Ingo Dierkschnieder changed "Field (specific)" from "Aerospace / Aviation / Space" to "Human Resources"
May 12, 2011 11:26: Ingo Dierkschnieder changed "Field" from "Tech/Engineering" to "Other"
Proposed translations
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Selected
Food-tray assembler
..or simply tray assembler
Among other things I had to work at the assembly line for a while for one of these airline catering companies while living in close to the Malpensa airport in Italy.
Among other things I had to work at the assembly line for a while for one of these airline catering companies while living in close to the Malpensa airport in Italy.
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
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Nicola Wood
: I have found references to portioning and assembling these meals so this works for me. Couldn't find a single advert for a job though
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Thanks. When it's not wrapped up in combinations of nicer words, including kitchen service and aid, it's also found as tray setter or, as already stated, tray assembler. Thus one normally applies for a job as kitchen aid and ends up like a tray assembler.
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Comment: "Thanks very much. This is a nice way of putting it!"
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Ronald van Riet
Native in English
technical translator to English & Dutch
Native in: Dutch (Variant: Netherlands) 
, English (Variants: British, UK, US)
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English, German to Dutch, and 1 more.
food tray filling staff (m/f)
I initially though about "tray filler", then found a reference (see below) and figured we should add "staff" because they are humans, not robots ;-)
3 hrs
food tray prep staff
posted on request
Discussion
Thanks for all the suggestions so far.
Thanks for your feedback. Meal assembler sounds a lot better ;-)
Here's the link again:
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDQQFj...