le fret maritime et aérien depuis le nord de l'Angleterre vers l'Extrême Orient

English translation: sea and air freight

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French term or phrase:	le fret maritime et aérien
English translation:	sea and air freight
Entered by:	mediamatrix (X)

12:20 Jul 8, 2008

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Transport / Transportation / Shipping

French term or phrase: le fret maritime et aérien depuis le nord de l'Angleterre vers l'Extrême Orient

Having a little trouble with phrasing this succintly.

"Company X" a repris le groupe britannique Company, spécialisé dans le fret maritime et aérien depuis le nord de l'Angleterre vers l'Extrême Orient et le Moyen-Orient."

***I'd like to ask only Native English speakers to reply to this question. Thanks***

Ysabel812

sea and air freight from northern England to the Far East

Explanation:
Some people might prefer Northern with an *N* - or 'the North of England', but you was something succinct.

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Note added at 4 mins (2008-07-08 12:25:05 GMT)
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oops, was --> want

Selected response from:

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 23:30

Grading comment

Thanks, mediamatrix! That does appear to be the best solution after all, just looking for some confirmation to make sure I didn't miss out on anything.
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sea and air freight from northern England to the Far East

Jennifer Levey

sea freight and air cargo

Bourth (X)

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

sea and air freight from northern England to the Far East

Language variant: UK native

Explanation:
Some people might prefer Northern with an *N* - or 'the North of England', but you was something succinct.

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Note added at 4 mins (2008-07-08 12:25:05 GMT)
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oops, was --> want

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 23:30
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 49

Grading comment

Thanks, mediamatrix! That does appear to be the best solution after all, just looking for some confirmation to make sure I didn't miss out on anything.

1 hr confidence:

sea freight and air cargo

Explanation:
It makes no real difference but you might have liked to consider it as on option.

The Google statistics on this one are surprising:

sea freight - 677 kghits (far fewer than I might have expected)
sea cargo - 142 kghits (far more than " " " " )

air freight - 2,910 kghits
air cargo - 3,160 kghits

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-07-08 13:58:45 GMT) Post-grading
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Ships and trains carry freight, planes as often as / more than not carry cargo.

Lots of "cargo planes/jets", not a lot of "freight planes/jets", even if the older Brits amongst us might remember the Bristol Freighter.

The International AIR CARGO Association
TIACA is the only worldwide organization which brings together all the links of the air logistics chain.
www.tiaca.org/

AIR CARGO Week is the world's only weekly newspaper published for the AIRFREIGHT professional - the carriers, forwarders, agents and service providers that ...
www.aircargoweek.com/

Global AIR CARGO, courier, and OCEAN FREIGHT. Services, freight calculator, and shipping forms.
www.apx-air-cargo.com/

Air Canada Cargo's goal is to become a leading provider of AIR CARGO TRANSPORTATION in every market that we serve and we are dedicated to the highest ...
www.aircanada.com/cargo/en/

Bourth (X)
Local time: 05:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 487

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