Nah- und Fernverkehr

English translation: long and short haul transportation

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German term or phrase:Nah- und Fernverkehr
English translation:long and short haul transportation

17:05 Nov 18, 2019
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German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s) / MUSTER Rahmentransportvertrag für Nah- und Fernverkehr EW/MW
German term or phrase: Nah- und Fernverkehr
Hi,

I'm working on a transportation agreement and could use some further insight/trans suggestions on the above terms. My researches mostly gave me hints such as "short-distance and long-distance traffic" but I'm not sure if that's it, after all. I figure these are terms specific to the German freight forwarding railway system and seem to not have an exact match in EN.

Some context:

Dieser Rahmentransportvertrag gilt für Transportaufträge sowohl im Fern- und Nahverkehr als auch für den Transport von Einweg und Mehrweg.
Für grenzüberschreitende Transporte innerhalb sowie außerhalb der Europäischen Union gelten zusätzlich zu diesem Vertrag die Allgemeine Deutsche Spediteurbedingungen (ADSp).

Tks!
Deborah Lüdi Reidy
United States
long and short haul transport
Explanation:
I don't think they would use this in the UK, but if US English is acceptable, that might work.
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Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 20:26
Grading comment
Thank you, Micheal and everyone who helped!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4long and short haul transport
Michael Martin, MA
5local and long-distance transport
George Szenderowicz


Discussion entries: 10





  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
long and short haul transport


Explanation:
I don't think they would use this in the UK, but if US English is acceptable, that might work.

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 20:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 245
Grading comment
Thank you, Micheal and everyone who helped!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, Michael! This seems to fit the context here! Appreciate all the help!!

Asker: And yes, it's US English.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Long- and short-haul. And it's the same in the UK.//Sorry, I thought you were talking about long- and short-haul rather than transport/transportation.
8 mins
  -> Good to know. And you're good with apostrophes, too. Ahem, hyphens;)

agree  Björn Vrooman: Routes or movement of goods would get you around the freight transport(ation) issue.//Don't ask me why Americans prefer the longer word. Here's the National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.: https://www.nap.edu/read/14453/chapter/4
20 mins
  -> Yeah I was inclined to think that transportation is for people and transport for goods but that's probably just me..

agree  Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X): agree - in which case it should be transportation, I guess
1 hr

agree  Eleanore Strauss: transport is definitely more British, we Amis use transportation.. transport as per your explanation but more rarely
6 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
local and long-distance transport


Explanation:
it's to do with public transport not road haulage

George Szenderowicz
Austria
Local time: 02:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: No it isn't. And even if it were, your answer is just a variation on Michael's.
2 hrs

agree  Dhananjay Rau: agree
15 hrs

disagree  Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X): don't agree - this is not the English term
3 days 4 hrs
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