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German to English translations [PRO]
Transport / Transportation / Shipping / logistics | | German term or phrase: Verlader - Transportdienstleister - Spediteur | Logistics: (for UK market)
In a freight exchange there are 3 roles possible: "Verlader" who offers freights and searches for freight capacities, "Transportdienstleister" who offers freight capacities and searches for freights, and "Spediteur" who offers/searches for freights or freight capacities.
Would the following terms be OK (for the UK market):
Verlader = shipper?
Transportdienstleister = transporter?
Spediteur = carrier? |
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Judith Schmid
Local time: 13:24
| Grading comment Habe noch von einem Engländer Hilfe bekommen. Er meinte Verlader = shipper, Spediteur = carrier, Transportdienstleister = transport services provider.
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9 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +3 shipper/carrier/forwarding agent
Explanation:
Verlader = shipper
Transportdienstleister = carrier
Spediteur = forwarding agent
SAPterm-Datenbank, Erfahrung als Logistikbersetzerin
| Judith Schmid
Local time: 13:24
Native speaker of:  German
PRO pts in category: 4
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| | Grading comment | Habe noch von einem Engländer Hilfe bekommen. Er meinte Verlader = shipper, Spediteur = carrier, Transportdienstleister = transport services provider. |
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