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English translation: master card, master record, vehicle registration certificate


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Dutch term or phrase:stamkaart
English translation:master card, master record, vehicle registration certificate
Entered by: LAB2005
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14:48 Jun 23, 2009
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks
Dutch term or phrase: stamkaart
Is this something like a vehicle registration document? What do we call this in (UK) English? I found details of what a stamkaart is on the following site:

http://www.approval.nl/transknowledge.htm
LAB2005
Local time: 22:57
master card, master record
Explanation:
A 'stamkaart' is a formal or an official government vehicle registration card, but a master card or record in a private vehicle database. The English term that is generally used in IT is 'master card', or, if it is a record in the software sense, a 'master record'. Without further context, I'd use 'master card'.
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Jack den Haan
Netherlands
Local time: 23:57
Grading comment
Many thanks to all. I went with master record as I needed term for a private database, as suggested by Jack. Lianne's suggestion would work in a different context.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4master record
Chris Hopley
4 +2master card, master record
Jack den Haan
4master file
Textpertise
3vehicle registration formAnnabel Rautenbach
Summary of reference entries provided
vehicle registration certificate
Lianne Van De Ven

Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
vehicle registration form


Explanation:
That is what it is called in South Africa.

Annabel Rautenbach
Local time: 00:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in AfrikaansAfrikaans
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
master card, master record


Explanation:
A 'stamkaart' is a formal or an official government vehicle registration card, but a master card or record in a private vehicle database. The English term that is generally used in IT is 'master card', or, if it is a record in the software sense, a 'master record'. Without further context, I'd use 'master card'.

Jack den Haan
Netherlands
Local time: 23:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 68
Grading comment
Many thanks to all. I went with master record as I needed term for a private database, as suggested by Jack. Lianne's suggestion would work in a different context.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chris Hopley: my posting crossed yours (unintentional duplication)
2 mins
  -> Thanks, Chris.
neutral  Textpertise: I agree with master record. Disadvantage of using "Master card" in English is that the term "MasterCard" which is a credit card is too similar. A further alternative in databases is "master file".
14 mins
  -> Thanks, Textpertise. I can't quite agree with 'master file' though. That would mean the whole database, whereas the 'master card' or 'master record' is only part of the database.
agree  Peter van der Hoek: I also agree with master card, by the way.
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Peter.
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
master record


Explanation:
Stamkaart is not unique to vehicles; it is the master record in a structured set of data. It is also used in personnel registration, for example (see here: http://www.goc.nl/model-stamkaart.aspx ).

-> "Definition of: master record
A set of data for an individual subject, such as a customer, employee or vendor. See master file."
http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=master recor...

Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 23:57
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Textpertise: I agree with master record. Disadvantage of using "Master card" in English is that the term "MasterCard" which is a credit card is too similar. A further alternative in databases is "master file".
12 mins
  -> thanks
agree  Jack den Haan: :-)
48 mins
  -> thanks
agree  Peter van der Hoek: I would have to agree with you as well, of course!
7 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  Patrick Ling: I remember the Dutch public transport system used to have a stamkaart which contained your personal information, I'd go with "master record" as well
11 days
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
master file


Explanation:
The reference posted by asker indicates that we are speaking of a computer system for logging master details of a vehicle in a garage/repair environment. I do not think it that context we are speaking of an official government document. "Master file" is an alternative to "master record" in computer databases. I would not use "master card" because it is too similar to the name of a credit card.
In the event that we are speaking, after all, of vehicle registration documents, then another term in common use in UK English for a vehicle registration document is a "logbook".

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-06-23 16:29:13 GMT)
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Response to Jack: I can only say what I have found on the ground: In a medical database, for example, the patient's master record is also called the patient's master file and contains name, address, and other details which do not frequently mutate. Specific consultations, prescriptions, bills, etc. are entered into modules which are subordinate to that master file. In purchasing, the supplier master record is very often called the supplier master file and orders to that supplier, payments to that supplier, etc. would be designated supplier order file, supplier payment file, etc. and be subordinate to the master file. Idem ditto in logistics, there could be a vehicle master file with unchanging data on that vehicle. Journeys, maintenance, drivers of the vehicle, etc. would be in subfiles subordinate to the vehicle master file.

Textpertise
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jack den Haan: Thanks for your response. Please see my discussion entry above.
17 hrs
  -> OK noted, thanks
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Reference comments


12 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: vehicle registration certificate

Reference information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_certificat...

Lianne Van De Ven
United States
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Siobhan Schoonhoff-Reilly
4 mins
  -> dank je
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