paluukyyti

English translation: backhaul

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Finnish term or phrase:paluukyyti
English translation:backhaul
Entered by: Adriana Andronache

06:40 Sep 26, 2010
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Finnish term or phrase: paluukyyti
Mulle tuli erään pienemmän kuljetusliikkeen paluukyytinä
Adriana Andronache
Local time: 23:02
backhaul
Explanation:
A professional term for this is 'paluukuorma'. It is quite commonly used method for transportation of cargo that does not have to be in destination at a predetermined time. You just catch someone who otherwise would return back empty and thus is willing to take anything even in quite cheap.
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Timo Lehtilä
Finland
Local time: 23:02
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Kiitos!
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5 +1return
Mirka Kiljala
4 +1backhaul
Timo Lehtilä


  

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return


Explanation:
"Paluukyyti" means the return from somewhere, but the actual form / choice of word depends on how the sentence continues. Maybe it is just some product that was returned. This sentence is spoken Finnish, so it would probably be just "X was returned to me".

Mirka Kiljala
Finland
Local time: 23:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  urbom
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
backhaul


Explanation:
A professional term for this is 'paluukuorma'. It is quite commonly used method for transportation of cargo that does not have to be in destination at a predetermined time. You just catch someone who otherwise would return back empty and thus is willing to take anything even in quite cheap.

Timo Lehtilä
Finland
Local time: 23:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Finnish
PRO pts in category: 18
Grading comment
Kiitos!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Asta Arminen (X): Can also be "paluuajo" in Finnish
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