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24H Relais

English translation: to the pick-up location in 24 hours

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French term or phrase:24H Relais
English translation:to the pick-up location in 24 hours
Entered by: DPolice

23:20 Jan 14, 2002
French to English translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: 24H Relais
Concerning parcel dispatch -- I think it's some kind of 24h postal service where goods are left at a pick-up location, but I wanted to check as I've never heard of it.
Neil Coffey
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:22
to the pick-up location in 24 hours
Explanation:
Mail-order companies like La Redoute have pick-up centres in small towns, which are caled "relais". Sometimes, a shop like a newsagent serves as a "relai". It takes 24 hours for a parcel to be delivered to the relai, where it can be picked up.
But, of course, it depends on the context.
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DPolice
Local time: 10:22
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Summary of answers provided
5 +524H Delivery
Simon Charass
5 +124-hour coverage
Paul Stevens
524 H race / relay
JH Trads
524 hour service
Lucien Marcelet
4pick-up location open 24 hours / with 24 hour service
Ineke Hardy
4to the pick-up location in 24 hours
DPolice


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
24-hour coverage


Explanation:
will probably fit your context. Literally this means "24-hour shifts".

HTH

Paul Stevens
Local time: 09:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 347

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ALI DJEBLI
38 mins
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
24H Delivery


Explanation:
It a service that many couriers are offering (FedEx, UPS, DHL) and means that the parcel will reach its destination within 24 hours from the moment of posting or at the opening of the offices immediately after the 24 hours.


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Note added at 2002-01-15 01:31:58 (GMT)
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If it is necessary to clarify the context, let not forget the “relais de poste” that served for changing the horses when the “postillons” were travelling the roads.

Simon Charass
Canada
Local time: 04:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 230

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Patrick McKeown
1 hr
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agree  Parrot: round-the-clock "relais" would mean 24-hour delivery.
1 hr
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agree  Jacqueline McKay (X)
7 hrs
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agree  Linda Young (X)
9 hrs
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agree  Nicola Da Si (X): probably the most concise way of saying it
21 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
24 H race / relay


Explanation:
are you sure of the context?
because I am positive this terminology belongs to sports and more specifically running and ultra-running, see the reference:

... Descriptif de l\'activité : Relais de 24h, en course à pied ou à la marche. Chaque
participant fait autant de tours qu\'il le souhaite (longueur du tour : 1 km ...
arcython.free.fr/A2.htm - 23k

... 0 (first will be a 24h race in June), 0, ... from choosing a first race to a good training ... Suomi
Juoksee (Finland Is Running, a mass event ... km, as a relay in five days ...
osl.iu.edu/~tveldhui/ultra/years-running-ultra.html - 91k



Yes there some people do that, I have run some marathons and a couple of trail running competitions, but running thousand of laps might make you feel dizzy! :-)

I hope it helps




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JH Trads
United States
Local time: 04:22
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 673
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
24 hour service


Explanation:
that is the phrase used to describe such a service in English speaking countries. It may mean that delivery will take place within that time period or that one may access and use the service 24 hours a day. The context will determine which it is here.

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Note added at 2002-01-15 17:29:28 (GMT)
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24 hour service says it all and does so elegantly.


    Reference: http://www.alitllemonkeytoldme.com
Lucien Marcelet
PRO pts in pair: 24
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pick-up location open 24 hours / with 24 hour service


Explanation:
I think "relais" here specifically means "depot" or a pick-up location, which is one of the (many) meanings of the word (check the GDT). In other words, a location or depot that is open 24 hrs a day and, by implication, provides 24-hour service.

Ineke Hardy
Netherlands
Local time: 10:22
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in pair: 62
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to the pick-up location in 24 hours


Explanation:
Mail-order companies like La Redoute have pick-up centres in small towns, which are caled "relais". Sometimes, a shop like a newsagent serves as a "relai". It takes 24 hours for a parcel to be delivered to the relai, where it can be picked up.
But, of course, it depends on the context.

DPolice
Local time: 10:22
PRO pts in pair: 454
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