Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
loonfabrikanten
English translation:
contracting manufacturers, contract manufacturers
Dutch term
Loonfabrikanten
ANNEX 3: ADRESSEN VAN LOONFABRIKANTEN SITES
TIA
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Jack den Haan
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Jack den Haan
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Jul 16, 2012 20:22: Maria Kopnitsky changed "Field" from "Medical" to "Law/Patents" , "Field (specific)" from "Medical: Pharmaceuticals" to "Law (general)" , "Term Context" from "related to previous question - ANNEX 3: ADRESSEN VAN LOONFABRIKANTEN SITES TIA" to " related to previous question - ANNEX 3: ADRESSEN VAN LOONFABRIKANTEN SITES TIA"
Jul 16, 2012 20:23: Maria Kopnitsky changed "Field (specific)" from "Law (general)" to "Law: Contract(s)"
Jul 31, 2012 19:23: Jack den Haan Created KOG entry
Jul 31, 2012 19:23: Jack den Haan changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/2519">Jack den Haan's</a> old entry - "Loonfabrikanten "" to ""contracting manufacturers, contract manufacturers""
Proposed translations
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contracting manufacturers
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philgoddard
: I think it's usually contract manufacturers.
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Thanks, Phil. There seems to some consensus about that ;-)
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Alexander Schleber (X)
: Agree with Phil
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Thanks, Alexander.
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Sally Hill (X)
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Thanks, Sally.
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Kitty Brussaard
: With Phil. And see also http://dut.proz.com/kudoz/dutch_to_english/law_patents/13113... and http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_dutch/bus_financial/422...
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Thanks, Kitty.
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Josephine Isaacs (X)
: and with Phil .
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Thanks, Josephine.
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Netherlands
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Native in: Dutch , English (Variants: US, UK)
Works in: Dutch to English, English to Dutch
Discussion
And I think in this case, Phil is correct in dropping the "ing". The "ing" makes it seem like the manufacturers are the hiring firms and I'm willing to bet this isn't the case.