Dutch term
offshore maatschappijen
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Dave Greatrix
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Nov 29, 2014 15:18: Terry Costin changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Nov 29, 2014 19:08: writeaway changed "Field" from "Marketing" to "Bus/Financial"
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Dutch to English Technical Translator
Native in: English
Works in: Dutch to English, Flemish to English
Offshore organisations
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Hans Geluk
: Guess in this context indeed better "companies" // Sure, both are right!
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I think companies that work offshore, are more likely to be larger "organisations" e.g. Smit Bagger Matschappij
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Tina Vonhof (X)
: Agree with Hans: companies.
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writeaway
: Hi Dave. Nice to see a straightforward answer to a straightforward question for a change. Brings back memories of days of yore.
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Yes, there's often more wind around here than a baked beans convention....
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Natasha Ziada (X)
: Companies - much more appropriate in this instance.//I know what you mean, however context is clear enough in this case to avoid confusion.
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Disagree - "offshore companies" can often be mis-interpreted by English speakers to mean "off-the-shelf" corporations purchased to enable tax avoidance - so "organisations" would be the safest option IMHO.
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Kitty Brussaard
: With 'offshore companies' rather than 'offshore organisations' in this specific context.
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Richard Purdom
: orjust offshores
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