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English translation: contract packaging


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Dutch term or phrase:Loonverpakking
English translation:contract packaging
Entered by: Lianne Van De Ven
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04:02 Oct 26, 2008
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Manufacturing
Dutch term or phrase: Loonverpakking
This word appears on a document I am translating at this moment. It's not part of a sentence. It's a heading for a section that states a list of different medicines/drugs. I tried googling the word, cannot come up with anything. Does not come up in the dictionaries that I have. It appears to be a term used In Belgium.

Any help you can provide, would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ed
Edirel Susanna
United States
Local time: 00:42
contract packaging
Explanation:
http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/vertaal/NL/EN/loonverpakken
http://www.loonverpakking.com/mogelijkheden.htm

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-10-26 05:39:39 GMT)
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http://www.contractpackage.com/
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Lianne Van De Ven
United States
Local time: 00:42
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2contract packaging
Lianne Van De Ven
4contract packaging services
Textpertise
4packing hire services
Textpertise


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
contract packaging


Explanation:
http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/vertaal/NL/EN/loonverpakken
http://www.loonverpakking.com/mogelijkheden.htm

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-10-26 05:39:39 GMT)
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http://www.contractpackage.com/

Lianne Van De Ven
United States
Local time: 00:42
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 12
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kate Hudson: plenty google sites
2 hrs
agree  writeaway: yup. www is very useful
3 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
packing hire services


Explanation:
Means the same as Liane's but I think this makes it clearer that it is a personnel cost for a hired-in service, as opposed to some kind of fancy wrapping material!

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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-10-26 10:59:37 GMT)
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If you google contract packaging you will find that most firms engaged in that discipline either call themselves contract packers or add the word "services" or "functions". Even the website sited by writeaway uses these modifiers to distinguish the people from the products.

Textpertise
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:42
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: the field is called contract packaging. why not use that? http://www.contractpackaging.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=...
9 mins
neutral  Ken Cox: A contract packager is a company that performs a service (packaging of goods) under contract to another company. Also, I see >35k hits for "contract packaging" and around 6k for "contract packing". How did you conclude that 'most contract packagers...'?
9 hrs
  -> Read half a dozen representative sites. You will see that they refer to themselves as packagers or packaging services.
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contract packaging services


Explanation:
Addition of the word services to distinguish from products. There is no provision to delete my previous answer and substitute this one. It is essentially lianne's answer but I feel the word services is needed.

Textpertise
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:42
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Lianne Van De Ven: dat zou een "loonverpakkingsbedrijf" zijn (zie google). Loonverpakking/contract packaging is fine.
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Changes made by editors
Oct 31, 2008 - Changes made by Lianne Van De Ven:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Oct 26, 2008 - Changes made by writeaway:
FieldMedical => Bus/Financial
Field (specific)Medical (general) => Manufacturing


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