pick up; drop off

Chinese translation: 取得; 递交

13:32 Jan 31, 2004

English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics

English term or phrase: pick up; drop off

You may pick up, mail, or drop off your completed Business Registration Application at The San Francisco Treasurer & Tax Collector's Office

Java Kuang KudoZ activity Questions: 47 (none open) Answers: 42 China
Local time: 04:24

Chinese translation:取得; 递交

Explanation:
Pick up 取得: to obtain the form from the office
Drop off 递交: to leave the form at the office

For both, you have to be physically there.

Selected response from:

Denyce Seow
Singapore
Local time: 04:24

Grading comment

Thanks you all, my client accept the translation: "您可以從三藩市司庫及稅收官辦公室領取表格，並將填妥的表格郵寄或遞交到:".
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +3

取得; 递交

Denyce Seow

5 +2

领取、送到

albertdeng

3 +2

not a good sentence

chica nueva

提取; 递交

Twinpens (X)

Answers

49 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

取得; 递交

Explanation:
Pick up 取得: to obtain the form from the office
Drop off 递交: to leave the form at the office

For both, you have to be physically there.

Denyce Seow
Singapore
Local time: 04:24
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks you all, my client accept the translation: "您可以從三藩市司庫及稅收官辦公室領取表格，並將填妥的表格郵寄或遞交到:".

7 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

not a good sentence

Explanation:
There are problems of grammar and sense
First,sense. Is the form you pick up completed (filled in) or blank? Probably blank?

Grammar:
pick up from
mail to
drop off at

You may pick up your application form from ...

- and you may either mail the completed form to the office or drop it off at the office in person.
- and you may return the completed form to the office by mail or in person

chica nueva
Local time: 08:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 19

10 hrs confidence:

提取; 递交

Explanation:
pick up: 提取
drop off: 递交
These two phrases are parallel, and in the same style.

Twinpens (X)
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 4

18 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

领取、送到

Explanation:
It means to take something from somewhere and leave something at somewhere.

albertdeng
New Zealand
Local time: 08:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese

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