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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Entfernungswerk

English translation:

distance calculation software

Added to glossary by PoveyTrans (X)
Mar 21, 2007 14:57
17 yrs ago
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German term

Entfernungswerk

German to English Tech/Engineering Computers: Software
Der Bereich Softwarestandard beschränkt sich derzeit auf kommerzielle Produkte in den Bereichen Antivirensoftware, Betriebssysteme, Officesoftware, Groupware und Entfernungswerk.

This is from a manual for a logistics company system.

Thanks

Simon
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 distance determination/calculation software
3 +1 consignement monitoring and tariffs
3 +1 Graded distance schedule
2 teleworking
2 distance work(s) / distance tables
Change log

Mar 22, 2007 10:51: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "IT (Information Technology)" to "Computers: Software"

Discussion

Susan Zimmer Mar 21, 2007:
I'm not quite sure if a GPS system is in anyway equivalent, or if these are two different system types, since I don't use one....just a thought
PoveyTrans (X) (asker) Mar 21, 2007:
LittleBalu is right given that this is a logistics manual. I am looking for the nearest English equivalent but haven't managed to find anything yet so these suggestions are very useful. Thanks for all your help
Ulrike Kraemer Mar 21, 2007:
Hit the "Post and send to asker button" too quickly. ;-) Here's the reference: http://www.dr-malek.de/entfernungswerke-ews.php
Ulrike Kraemer Mar 21, 2007:
I don't know how you would express this in English but here's a reference that explains what an "Entfernungswerk" is (it is used to calculate distances in freight traffic).

Proposed translations

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distance determination/calculation software

This site is quite helpful - they provide documentation for this type of software in both German and English:

http://www.gpc-world.de/StandLoes/OrtsD/ortsd.html
Peer comment(s):
agree Kcda : I followed the link and downloaded the Eng. version the translator used "distance determination" is used 1:1 for "Entfernungswerk". So a good sugestion deserves an "agreed" like the others!
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consignement monitoring and tariffs

found the link below, HTH
Reference:

http://www.komalog.de/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=8

Peer comment(s):
agree Kcda : Looks like almost there but I think there is more to it if you want to integrate it into given sentence context.
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+1
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Graded distance schedule

Peer comment(s):
agree Kcda : The word schedule challenges "werk" Maybe a re-wording would do the trick here?/ No worries, I was just being curious and believe that there might not be a perfect term in English for this one at all so interpretations thereof might be the only choice.
24 mins
my own understanding is that of a list or index, not sure about it, though
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teleworking

Despite the fact that the usual meaning of 'Entfernungswerk' is apparently as indictated by the other answers, it seems a rather large leap to me from the first four rather broad-based areas to the quite specific and narrow-based area of transport distance calculations. Maybe they mean 'teleworking'?

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Note added at 40 mins (2007-03-21 15:37:16 GMT)
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That was supposed to read 'teleworking?', but it looks like the question mark fell victim to the glossary police.

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-03-21 16:11:52 GMT)
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Naja, I missed the 'logistics manual' bit. It's still a big step, but at least plausible.
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distance work(s) / distance tables

The following link uses both terms:

http://www.cargo-system.de/info/XCargo_4.0_e_LoRes.pdf

This is little more than a guess, though.



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Note added at 1 hr (2007-03-21 16:53:30 GMT)
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Here's another link that may be of help:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Güterfernverkehrstarif
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