Compte d'autrui
English translation: commercial transport
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|  Selected response from: Sarah Walls Australia Local time: 03:51 | |||
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| 4 | commercial transport (this context) |
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| 4 | addendum: transport for hire or reward |
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| 2 | calculation/total for a third party/ of others |
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calculation/total for a third party/ of others Explanation: compte could also mean countdown, or scoring(among other things). I´m half guessing from the meanings I´ve found |
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commercial transport (this context) Explanation: In the context of transport, Eurodicautom gives two phrases which are relevant: "transport pour compte d'autrui", which is translated either as "commercial transport" or "transport for hire or reward"; and "transport pour compte propre", translated as "own transport". The first refers to carriage of goods for profit, the second where carriage of goods is done for a firm's own business or by a non-profit-making carrier. So your phrases could be translated as "commercial transport", "own transport" and "commercial and own transport". HTH. Reference: http://europa.eu.int/eurodicautom/Controller |
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addendum: transport for hire or reward Explanation: Sarah Walls is on the right track. Below is an official definition of the difference between own account operation (pour compte propre) and operations for hire or reward (pour autrui). Own Account Operator. Transport operation broadly falls into one of two categories:. Own account operator; Hire or reward operator. Own transport means the ... www.haguidetofreight.co.uk/IndustryStructure/id215.htm Years of working in the transport industry enable me to support her and offer this with conviction. I would, however, not recommend the term "commercial transport". It is not in common use in the trade |
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