May 23, 2018 18:28
5 yrs ago
Swedish term
fotohandlare
Swedish to English
Bus/Financial
Retail
This concerns a text presenting different kinds of stores and those who work in them. One of them is a fotohandlare, meaning that he owns a store selling and reparing cameras, lenses, light meters and all that kind of stuff (not photographs). So the question is what his title would be: "Hi, I'm Tim and I'm a XX".
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | camera shop |
Paul Gratwick
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| 4 +1 | camera dealer |
David Young
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Proposed translations
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11 hrs
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camera shop
If you're writing UK English, these are called camera shops or possible stores. A quick web search of "camera shops London" will show you several shops that appear to match your description.
So I think that your proprietor of such a shop might respond with one of the two sentences below.
So I think that your proprietor of such a shop might respond with one of the two sentences below.
Example sentence:
"Hi, I'm Tim and I own a camera shop"
"Hi, I'm Tim and I'm the proprietor of a camera shop."
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25 mins
David Young
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
15+ years of experience
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US) 
Works in: Norwegian to English, Swedish to English, Danish to English
camera dealer
The term you are looking for is very likely to be "camera dealer".
The web reference included shows it in use in context in a hit from a Google Books search.
It's not "photo dealer" or "photography dealer", and it's got to be "dealer", not "seller" or any other similar thing I can think of.
The web reference included shows it in use in context in a hit from a Google Books search.
It's not "photo dealer" or "photography dealer", and it's got to be "dealer", not "seller" or any other similar thing I can think of.
Example sentence:
One of the things that buyers most wish to know is whether or not the seller is a professional camera dealer. There is a belief that camera dealers have higher prices and less integrity than photographers who want to unload a spare item.
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