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terrestre


14:18 Nov 8, 2009
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Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Spanish term or phrase: terrestre
Esta es la empresa con la que estamos trabajando importaciones, exportaciones y terrestre América, desde hace varios años.

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bernar3
Local time: 23:57


Summary of answers provided
4 +1inland
Lydia De Jorge
4domesticmediamatrix
3 +1surface or land transportpolyglot45


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
inland


Explanation:
based on context, I think it refers to inland...

Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 18:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 26

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mediamatrix: Yes - 'inland' in the sense of 'domestic services', not making a distinction vs. maritime, air-freight, or whatever.
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
surface or land transport


Explanation:
they work with the comany for import, export and surface transport in the US

The term "overland' is also used at times

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Note added at 24 mins (2009-11-08 14:43:36 GMT)
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check iy out on IATE - which gives land transport(ation), has zero mention of "inland transport" (inland waterway transport, yes, but that is something specific).

polyglot45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  mediamatrix: 'surface' is used in opposition to 'air', and includes 'sea/maritime' which is clearly incompatible with 'terrestre'.
3 mins
  -> sorry - this is not true in my experience
agree  cranesfreak: Agree. transporte terrestre=land transport. Saludos :))
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
domestic


Explanation:
Expanding on my note under Lydia's correct answer:

From the context it is clear that 'inland America' refers to the entire 'domestic' (USUS) side of their business, as distinct from the international operations denoted by 'importaciones, exportaciones'. In principle, inland/domestic business can be handled not only 'terrestrially' (road, rail), but also using air or sea freight.

If the translation is for the UK, 'domestic' would perhaps be better-understood than 'inland', because of the UK has many islands which are actually part of the 'inland' market.

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Note added at 43 mins (2009-11-08 15:01:52 GMT)
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Oops! proz.com gobbled up the punctuation: (USUS) --> (US/US)

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