Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

godsmärke

English translation:

shipping marks

Added to glossary by David Rumsey
Apr 5, 2014 21:40
10 yrs ago
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Swedish term

godsmärke

Swedish to English Bus/Financial Manufacturing
Godsmärke skall alltid anges på fraktsedel i rutan ”Godsmottagarens referenser".

Is this a "product label"; "product name" or "brand name" or "model name"?
Proposed translations (English)
3 shipping marks
3 marks
3 reference

Proposed translations

11 hrs
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shipping marks

Geesh, what industry are you in? shipping rail as in your other questions? I see your trouble, but the Swe term doesn't seem to be used consistently and the intn'l standards don't seem to use it very much.

This is a somewhat neutral suggestion based on these references, but you will also see the term 'goods label'. I sort of see the 'label' as the whole thing (etikett) and your context indicates this is only a small part of the label (i rutan...).

An idea, and some research ... hope this helps.

https://www.gov.uk/customs-procedures-when-transporting-good...
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17 hrs

marks

Microsoft uses 'marks' in their ERP system Dynamics AX according to their translation memories: Search on 'godsmärke' at http://www.microsoft.com/language/en-us/search.aspx. The Business Dictionary (http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/marks.html) defines 'marks' as: "Letters, numbers, and/or symbols painted, printed, stamped, written, or otherwise affixed to cargo containers or packages for identification. Marks are the responsibility of the shipper and any back-freight or over-carriage due to wrong or insufficient marks is chargeable to him or her. Also called markings." Hope this helps.

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Note added at 18 hrs (2014-04-06 16:00:06 GMT)
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Further to my previous answer ('marks'), APICS uses 'marks and numbers', which is "Identifying agents placed on products or containers used to identify a shipment or its parts." (http://www.apics.org/dictionary/dictionary-information?ID=24... if you do a Google search on this phrase you'll see it defined in the same way in the context of fraktsedlar, for example here: http://shippingandfreightresource.com/parts-of-a-bill-of-lad...
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19 hrs

reference

This is a catch-all term in Swedish - see how many variations arise when you put "godsmärke' in your search engine, some are very specialised - see www.ventrafiken.se/index.php/se/godstransporter‎.
I feel "marks" is too wide, and here "shipping marks" would be more appropriate to what the carrier puts on the overall label, so I offer this as a generic option, while acknowledging that the context may require different translations in other cases.
Example sentence:

A reference is always to be put in the Recipient\\\\\\\'s reference box.

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