Aug 15, 2005 17:22
18 yrs ago
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Levent Cinar & Katherine Toews
Native in: English 
, Turkish
Works in: English to Turkish, German to English, German to Turkish, and 3 more.
"consignment" the right word?
English
Marketing
Marketing / Market Research
I am trying to find a word in English that means basically "mailings". I am doing a proofreading job where much of the translation has already been done; however, the translator has used the word "consignment" to mean "things that are sent via the mail; e.g., letters, postcards, announcements, invoices, etc.". I don't feel this is the right word., but can't think of one generic term to encompass it all. Any suggestions?
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| 3 +5 | mailing |
DarekS
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Gareth McMillan
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| 3 +1 | mail batch? |
Refugio
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| 4 | attachments |
Balasubramaniam L.
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| 3 | mail correspondence |
Lori Dendy-Molz
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Aug 15, 2005 17:24: writeaway changed "Language pair" from "German to English" to "English"
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English term (edited):
things that are sent via the mail
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mailing
I think so. Look at the link below.
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Nick Lingris
: Mailings, IMO.
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Refugio
: You are right, and it is definitely not consignment.
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jccantrell
: Agree with Ruth, and mailings as in "mass mailings" for junk mail is the term used in the USA.
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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RHELLER
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Comment: "Thanks for your input; "mailings" is what I ultimately went with. Sometimes the best and simplest answer is the least obvious!"
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English term (edited):
consignment
mail batch?
Does it mean all the things that are sent out by mail on a given day?
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Printek Systems - Print Management and Design
I have small mail batches. Can I still get a postal discount? Do you do address verification? What happens to return mail? Intelligent Inserting ...
www.printeksystems.com/about/about-faq.cfm - 38k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 12 mins (2005-08-15 17:34:08 GMT)
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Printek Systems - Print Management and Design
I have small mail batches. Can I still get a postal discount? Do you do address verification? What happens to return mail? Intelligent Inserting ...
www.printeksystems.com/about/about-faq.cfm - 38k - Cached - Similar pages
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Lori Dendy-Molz
Germany
Germany
Native in English
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English
Specializes in field
Germany
Experienced journalist and marketing pro
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English
English term (edited):
consignment
mail correspondence
"consignment" is definitely wrong, but there isn't really a single word that fits all the things you're dealing with. "Mailing" or "mailout" is close, but they're really for marketing items, and invoices are just business correspondence. You might want to use different terms for different uses, if possible.
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Gareth McMillan
Native in English
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English
Specializes in field
Least is most, so keep it simple!
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, English
just the "mail" IMO.
Why complicate it?
At the end of a day a member of the office staff in a company might collect the "mail" (all sorts) and take it to the post office. Or collect the "mail" from the post office in the morning. You could also call it the "post" (more used in UK).
A "mail" train carries all kinds of correspondence, "mail" sorters work on the train (and femail (hehe).
That's what we used to say, anyway.
Why complicate it?
At the end of a day a member of the office staff in a company might collect the "mail" (all sorts) and take it to the post office. Or collect the "mail" from the post office in the morning. You could also call it the "post" (more used in UK).
A "mail" train carries all kinds of correspondence, "mail" sorters work on the train (and femail (hehe).
That's what we used to say, anyway.
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María Teresa Taylor Oliver
: Why complicate it? --> indeed. There are all sorts of things that can be mailed, but they can all be called simply "mail", right? ;-)
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Armorel Young
: a mailing has to be a batch of similar things, whereas the mail is simply everything that is being posted
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Lucy Phillips
: much more simple and more comprehensive - and agree that "post" would be more likely in UK
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Konstantin Kisin
: consignment is for packages
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Tony M
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Susanne Rindlisbacher
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Rahi Moosavi
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Sabine Tietge
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Saiwai Translation Services
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humbird
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Balasubramaniam L.
India
India
Works in field
India
Fast, accurate, elegant translation
Native in: Hindi
Works in: English to Hindi, Hindi
English term (edited):
consignments
attachments
Documents, photos, invoices, etc. that are send with emails are referred to as attachments.
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Note added at 13 hrs 27 mins (2005-08-16 06:49:45 GMT)
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Other terms that may be useful are: email correspondence.
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Note added at 13 hrs 27 mins (2005-08-16 06:49:45 GMT)
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Other terms that may be useful are: email correspondence.
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