Autoservicio Experimentado

English translation: self-directed client

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Spanish term or phrase:Autoservicio Experimentado
English translation:self-directed client
Entered by: Nick Harding

21:10 Jul 7, 2015
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / pitching to the modern consumer
Spanish term or phrase: Autoservicio Experimentado
How would you translate the above when it needs to describe the modern discerning consumer, a person who knows exactly what he or she wants. A person who is one of a group of consumers, for example, teenagers, middle-aged men or young mothers who will only buy a product that is perfectly designed for them, the target customer. A person who doesn't need to adapt to a product, because now the product has been adapted to them by the manufacturer.

It needs to be something like "Expert consumer" and not, in my opinion, "Experienced self-service" consumer. Please, can you help?
Nick Harding
Spain
Local time: 08:00
smart shopper
Explanation:
http://www.acrwebsite.org/search/view-conference-proceedings...
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bigedsenior
Local time: 23:00
Grading comment
Thanks for this answer, it's the one I liked most, and the one I used in the end. However, the client wanted me to put 'self-directed client' instead and, as you know he who pays has the last word.
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Summary of answers provided
4...el cliente se ha tornado mas experimentado y está autoescogiendo los bienes y servicios que desea
Octavio Garcia
4an educated consumer
Phoenix III
4smart shopper
bigedsenior
3 +1Savvy customers/customer base
Marian Vieyra
3tried and tested self-service
Adoración Bodoque Martínez
3Bespoke-mentality consumer
Cinnamon Nolan


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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
...el cliente se ha tornado mas experimentado y está autoescogiendo los bienes y servicios que desea


Explanation:
It this meaning... is that a client is more experienced and is "autoescogiendo" meaning that now he or she is auto-choosing exactly what they want

Octavio Garcia
Mexico
Local time: 23:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
tried and tested self-service


Explanation:
I cannot be more confident because I cannot see the words in their context. However, "experimentado" means "tested", "experimented", not "experienced", and "experimentar" can mean "to experience", but in the sense of "go through"; which is why I think it could be something like what I am suggesting.



Adoración Bodoque Martínez
Ireland
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Bespoke-mentality consumer


Explanation:
A possibility...

Chelsea Castle | Uweekly | Page 2
uweekly.com/author/chelseacastle/page/2/
Mar 4, 2014 - ... Thelan said it's important for consumers to have options when it ..... This bespoke mentality overflows to the beer and drink selection, too.

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/steven-carlson/b/247/8bb
Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area - ‎Broker @ Lazzara Lenton Yacht Sales
New and existing clients will benefit from a "bespoke" mentality, driven towards the individual clients .... Co-Founder and CEO at Consumer Finance Start-up.

Cinnamon Nolan
Spain
Local time: 08:00
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Native speaker of: English
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
an educated consumer


Explanation:
These days a consumer is more knowledgeable, knows exactly what he/she wants (unintended quote) and so, it is harder to please on the one hand and harder to fool on the other. He is an educated consumer.

Phoenix III
United States
Local time: 02:00
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
smart shopper


Explanation:
http://www.acrwebsite.org/search/view-conference-proceedings...

bigedsenior
Local time: 23:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 343
Grading comment
Thanks for this answer, it's the one I liked most, and the one I used in the end. However, the client wanted me to put 'self-directed client' instead and, as you know he who pays has the last word.
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Savvy customers/customer base


Explanation:
If, as you say, 'the ppt. is designed to help them improve their knowledge of the public they are selling to', they are referring to their actual customers; they consider them to be educated and 'savvy'. This is not aimed at random consumers or shoppers.

Brand-savvy and Tech-savvy are widely used.


    Reference: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-09/20/brook-calverl...
Marian Vieyra
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Karen Dinicola
4 hrs
  -> Thank you, kpdinicola.
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