Sep 22, 2005 18:29
18 yrs ago
English term
TRANSLATIONS THAT READ LIKE ORIGINALS
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
XXX-purchased
English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
hyphenated expressions
Dear colleagues,
I am proofreading a Spanish text translated from English by someone else.
The English original reads:
Charges: $20 activation fee; $10.15 shipping charge for XXX-purchased equipment.
"XXX" is the name of the company. As I understand it, the hyphenated expression "XXX-purchased" is equivalent to "purchased by XXX", and does not mean "purchased from XXX". These hyphenated expressions could be ambigiuous, since "store-bought" means bought at or from a store.
In the specific case of "XXX-purchased", do you agree that it appears to mean "purchased by", rather than "purchased from"?
Your input will be greatly appreciated.
I am proofreading a Spanish text translated from English by someone else.
The English original reads:
Charges: $20 activation fee; $10.15 shipping charge for XXX-purchased equipment.
"XXX" is the name of the company. As I understand it, the hyphenated expression "XXX-purchased" is equivalent to "purchased by XXX", and does not mean "purchased from XXX". These hyphenated expressions could be ambigiuous, since "store-bought" means bought at or from a store.
In the specific case of "XXX-purchased", do you agree that it appears to mean "purchased by", rather than "purchased from"?
Your input will be greatly appreciated.
Responses
+5
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Selected
the hyphen means that XXX is active subject...
..so it's "by XXX", not "from"
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María Teresa Taylor Oliver
: That's the way I read it, although these hyphenated expressions are all over the place nowadays, and sometimes used inaccurately.
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it's the global English, thanks
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Martine Brault
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Emilie
: I do hope it is the way we read it. Hyphens make it really difficult (but short!).
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jennifer newsome (X)
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Alfa Trans (X)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you all for your help. I am glad I am not the only one who finds it unclear, but the customer says it is "bought from"."
+1
10 mins
Laurens Landkroon
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purchased by
I would go for this option; it seems to me that in most cases, a company has to pay shipping charges and not individuals................. (but maybe a bit more context could clearify this)
1 hr
agree that it is very confusing
it doesn't really matter who manufactured the equipment; anyone can sell it/purchase it, right?
I don't know if this helps but here is a link showing usage meaning the equipment was bought by the School
Support for School-purchased equipment is generally prioritized in the following way: 1st: equipment purchased with 19900 funds; 2nd: equipment purchased ...
www.gseis.ucla.edu/etu/policy.html -
I don't know if this helps but here is a link showing usage meaning the equipment was bought by the School
Support for School-purchased equipment is generally prioritized in the following way: 1st: equipment purchased with 19900 funds; 2nd: equipment purchased ...
www.gseis.ucla.edu/etu/policy.html -
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that you get from XXX
When the English doesn’t help, it takes a little detective work.
In this case, company AAA offers an Internet service deal that comes with its computer. You can choose service XXX, or service YYY, or service ZZZ, depending on who your telephone provider already is. Each of these three companies (service providers) will charge you for shipping their equipment to you. This has nothing to do with whether XXX manufactures the equipment or purchases it from some other company. The shipping charge will be paid in any case if you decide to have this service. So this simply means “shipping charge for equipment that you get from XXX (along with the service)”. The wording for service YYY is “$12.95 S&H and surcharges extra”, and for service ZZZ “$12.95 shipping and handling fee applies”.
Now, in case this is not convincing enough, there are a couple of sites where this is spelled out: “shipping charge for equipment purchased from XXX”.
In this case, company AAA offers an Internet service deal that comes with its computer. You can choose service XXX, or service YYY, or service ZZZ, depending on who your telephone provider already is. Each of these three companies (service providers) will charge you for shipping their equipment to you. This has nothing to do with whether XXX manufactures the equipment or purchases it from some other company. The shipping charge will be paid in any case if you decide to have this service. So this simply means “shipping charge for equipment that you get from XXX (along with the service)”. The wording for service YYY is “$12.95 S&H and surcharges extra”, and for service ZZZ “$12.95 shipping and handling fee applies”.
Now, in case this is not convincing enough, there are a couple of sites where this is spelled out: “shipping charge for equipment purchased from XXX”.
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for the equipment purchased from xxx
i agree it is a bit confusing, but as i read it it should have this meaning
Discussion
I know for a fact that the DSL modems the company uses are manufactured by other companies, not by XXX.
My interpretation of the phrase is that "XXX-purchased" means that XXX buys the equipment from the manufacturers, and leases it to its customers, also charging them for the shipping costs.