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Versandapotheke

English translation: mail-order pharmacy

11:39 Feb 17, 2007
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Law (general) / pharmacies
German term or phrase: Versandapotheke
Die Drogeriekette hatte in Kooperation mit einer *Versandapotheke* einen Bestell- und Abholservice für Medikamente in xx-Filialen eingerichtet, durch welchen die üblichen deutschlandweiten Preise deutlich unterboten wurden.

I am about equally dissatisfied with "shipment pharmacy" and "shipping pharmacy", although both get google hits.
Gert Sass (M.A.)
Germany
Local time: 07:34
English translation:mail-order pharmacy
Explanation:


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Note added at 9 mins (2007-02-17 11:49:26 GMT)
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Dear Gert,
You are quite right to have qualms about ‘shipping/shipment’. To a literal-minded (and seagoing) British reader this appears to exclude road, rail and air.
Kindest regards
AJS
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Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:34
Grading comment
Thanks again.
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4 +7mail-order pharmacy
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
mail-order pharmacy


Explanation:


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Note added at 9 mins (2007-02-17 11:49:26 GMT)
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Dear Gert,
You are quite right to have qualms about ‘shipping/shipment’. To a literal-minded (and seagoing) British reader this appears to exclude road, rail and air.
Kindest regards
AJS


Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 328
Grading comment
Thanks again.
Notes to answerer
Asker: ship (v.): c.1300, "to send or transport by ship," from ship (n.). Transf. to other means of conveyance (railroad, etc.) from 1857, originally Amer.Eng. Shipment "that which is shipped" is from 1861. Mr Swift, muchas gracias for your fine proposal and sharp-witted comment. It actually makes me wonder why I would never have translated 'shipment' to 'Verschiffung' or the like in any case before.

Asker: ;-D


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Petra Raspel (X)
3 mins
agree  lindaellen (X)
9 mins
agree  Tim Jenkins
10 mins
agree  Nicole Schnell: Same for the US
14 mins
  -> Thanks, Nicole. I am relieved but also somewhat surprised to read that.
agree  David Moore (X)
22 mins
agree  writeaway: I think that mail-order is a universal English term. it does happen. Just like Versand is used in all Germany speaking countries, non?
36 mins
agree  Steffen Walter
43 mins
  -> Thanks for the agree, Steffen. I suspect that the ‘non-pro’ voting here may have had a political element, What do you think?
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