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Franco

English translation: Free of charge, free of expense, prepaid.

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French term or phrase:Franco
English translation:Free of charge, free of expense, prepaid.
Entered by: Gad Kohenov

12:09 Nov 2, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Manufacturing / deliveries
French term or phrase: Franco
Franco - Sauf indication contraire de XXXX S.A.S., les livraisons sont à effectuer à l’adresse suivante :

adresse

selon les horaires suivants : XX

Départ - Dans ce dernier cas, XXX indiquera au fournisseur les coordonnées du transporteur qu’il désigne en fonction de la localisation géographique. A chaque expédition, le fournisseur contactera le transporteur désigné pour convenir de l’enlèvement. Le transporteur facturera sa prestation directement à XXXXX
Julie Barber
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:13
Free of charge, free of expense, prepaid.
Explanation:
Franco de port = carriage paid. Many English texts use the French: franco frontier, franco domicile.

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-11-02 13:37:31 GMT)
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unless otherwise stated (i.e. carriage paid S.A.S) the deliveries are to be made to the following address (no mention of the deliveries being free or not is given).

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-11-02 13:41:41 GMT)
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You confused me with those XXX. It means unless otherwise stated by xxx the deliveries are to be made carriage paid to the following address.
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Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 15:13
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2Free of charge, free of expense, prepaid.
Gad Kohenov
3carriage paid / postage paid
Jonathan MacKerron


Discussion entries: 5





  

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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
carriage paid / postage paid


Explanation:
two options suggested by Robert&Collins

Jonathan MacKerron
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 9
Notes to answerer
Asker: I'm not sure it's that in the context.....

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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Free of charge, free of expense, prepaid.


Explanation:
Franco de port = carriage paid. Many English texts use the French: franco frontier, franco domicile.

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-11-02 13:37:31 GMT)
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unless otherwise stated (i.e. carriage paid S.A.S) the deliveries are to be made to the following address (no mention of the deliveries being free or not is given).

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-11-02 13:41:41 GMT)
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You confused me with those XXX. It means unless otherwise stated by xxx the deliveries are to be made carriage paid to the following address.

Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 15:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 24
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Notes to answerer
Asker: If you refer to Writeaway's link above though I'm not sure that this makes sense in the context....unless somebody can kindly offer me an explanation


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agree  divas
6 hrs
  -> Thanks a lot!
agree  P.L.F. Persio: Hi Gad; you'll never know when you're going to find what you're looking for;-)
1954 days
  -> Better late than never!
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