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12:25 Jul 8, 2008

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Finnish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology)

Finnish term or phrase: kolliaineisto

The context doesn't really help, but here it is anyway:
"Palvelu tarkistaa onko tiedosto oikeata tyyppi (kolliaineisto). "

Obviously, this translates literally as "package file" or "container file". Is this the same as a "ZIP file"?

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Neil

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Summary of answers provided

package data, packaging unit data

Timo Lehtilä

3 -1

check data

Pietari Valtonen

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15 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

check data

Explanation:
'kolliaineisto' might actually refer to 'check data' or 'sample data' as 'kollata' is a colloquial form of the verb 'tarkastaa". Does this make any sense within the larger context?

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Note added at 56 mins (2008-07-08 13:21:18 GMT)
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Any chance of asking the client? Otherwise, 'package file' is generally translated as 'pakettitiedosto' and 'zip file' as 'Zip-tiedosto'. Good luck!

Pietari Valtonen
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Asker: Thanks for your suggestion, Pietari. This could be the meaning in this context but it's difficult to know for certain as there is insufficient information!

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2 days12 hrs confidence:

package data, packaging unit data

Explanation:
This is, to be honest, a wild wild guess.

Finnish word 'kolli' has two meanings: 'tomcat' (obviously not referred here) and 'package', 'packaging unit'.

If a company delivers different kinds of goods in different amounts, it surely has different kinds packaging units (like cartons of various sizes) and then it also maintains data on them.

This it is imaginable that in some stage of processing it is checked that a file contains data on packaging unit.

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Note added at 2 days12 hrs (2008-07-11 00:45:39 GMT)
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typo, should be 'Thus it is...'

Timo Lehtilä
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