lavametrittää
English translation: determine the volume of goods in loading meters
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| 15:39 Jan 6, 2011 |
| Finnish to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Loads, goods | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: TimoK Finland Local time: 19:13 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | determine the volume of goods in loading meters |
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| 4 | stack on pallets |
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| 3 | to determine the required platform/(bed) length for a cargo |
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stack on pallets Explanation: stack on pallets, load up on pallets Reference: http://www.paimionkuljetus.fi/rahtilaskuri.php |
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2 hrs confidence:
to determine the required platform/(bed) length for a cargo Explanation: The term seems to be very restrictedly professional. At least 99% of Finns have no idea of what it could mean. I was among them just a few minutes ago. The passage seems to be a part of curriculum for logistic engineers. The verbs (punnita, kuutioida, lavametrittää) quite obviously mean, respectively, to determine the weight, the volume and the required length of (truck) platform for the cargo. This is what the logistic engineers do; they determine these parameters of the cargo in order to resolve how to organize the transportation and how much it costs. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2011-01-06 18:30:55 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Oh, I just looked at the question and the word "detramines". I left it without attention, thinking that it is some curious English word that I don't know, but surely it apparently it was meant to be "determine". But about "punnita", I don't think it means concretely weighing the cargo. That's not what the logistic engineers do; they just calculate the weight. I have never heard Finnish word "punnita" being used exactly in this meaning, but if were sitting at the logistics lesson and would heard it used so, I would accept it immediately. And now I have already accepted this new for me meaning of "punnita" without even having sat at logistics lessons. (Thank you English boys for teaching me Finnish!) Reference: http://oppi.luovi.fi/Link.aspx?id=1023273 |
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5 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1determine the volume of goods in loading meters Explanation: Here's my suggestion. Cheers! |
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