Apr 8, 2004 13:30
20 yrs ago
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French term
Pamela Hewitt (X)
LVI
French to English
Bus/Financial
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Transportation documents
From a purchase order for the shipment of goods, this refers to a transportation document. It may well be an English abbreviation.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | international consignment note |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 4 +5 | international waybill |
Marian Greenfield
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| 4 | see comment |
Hacene
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Proposed translations
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international consignment note
Marian is right in her explanation but this is the official terminology of the International Union of Railways (UIC) and the term used in rail transport. "waybill" is translated as "feuille de route"
Ex-UIC, so I should know!
Ex-UIC, so I should know!
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This was a tough one to decide but in the end I asked the client and they use 'international consignment note'
Many thanks for your help"
+5
14 mins
Marian Greenfield
Native in English
Over 30 years in financial translation
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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4
international waybill
From http://www.welcomexport.org/fr/information/glossary/frame.ht...
LVI: Lettre de voiture internationale. Document relatif à un contrat de transport dans les acheminements ferroviaires internationaux.
INCOGRAIN contract n° 21 - FREE DELIVERED BY RAIL
... LVI : Lettre de voiture internationale (International Waybill). I.
Price. Price is agreed for goods supplied free delivered by rail. ...
www.jurisint.org/pub/02/en/doc/src/11.htm - 29k - Cached - Similar pages
Domestic Rates – Effective 01 July 2002
... SERVICE CHARGE. R 20,00 (Applies to every LVI waybill regardless of the rate or minimum).
TO. CPT. DUR. GRJ. JNB. PLZ. ELS. FROM. CPT. R 7.20. R 7.20. R 7.20. R 7.20. R 7.20. ...
www.airfreightbrokers.co.za/rates.htm - 101k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
LVI: Lettre de voiture internationale. Document relatif à un contrat de transport dans les acheminements ferroviaires internationaux.
INCOGRAIN contract n° 21 - FREE DELIVERED BY RAIL
... LVI : Lettre de voiture internationale (International Waybill). I.
Price. Price is agreed for goods supplied free delivered by rail. ...
www.jurisint.org/pub/02/en/doc/src/11.htm - 29k - Cached - Similar pages
Domestic Rates – Effective 01 July 2002
... SERVICE CHARGE. R 20,00 (Applies to every LVI waybill regardless of the rate or minimum).
TO. CPT. DUR. GRJ. JNB. PLZ. ELS. FROM. CPT. R 7.20. R 7.20. R 7.20. R 7.20. R 7.20. ...
www.airfreightbrokers.co.za/rates.htm - 101k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Vicky Papaprodromou
0 min
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| agree |
Graham macLachlan
8 mins
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| agree |
Hacene
12 mins
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| agree |
Tom Bishop
: Often designated CMR. "Lettre de Voiture Internationale (CMR)" http://www.pmoioui.com/reglementation/lvi/lvi01.html
19 mins
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| agree |
ACOZ (X)
: Usually CMR (contrat de transport international de marchandises par route)
9 hrs
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26 mins
see comment
might be Local Veterinary Inspection if the goods are meat or animals;
http://www.dogsaway.co.uk/getting_passport/certification.htm
or it might be Locational Value Index (page 4 on link below)
http://www.space.qinetiq.com/plains/CEUS_paper_v1.doc
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Note added at 27 mins (2004-04-08 13:57:26 GMT)
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but yet, Marian is probably right
http://www.dogsaway.co.uk/getting_passport/certification.htm
or it might be Locational Value Index (page 4 on link below)
http://www.space.qinetiq.com/plains/CEUS_paper_v1.doc
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Note added at 27 mins (2004-04-08 13:57:26 GMT)
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but yet, Marian is probably right
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