Sep 15, 2021 15:18
2 yrs ago
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Spanish term
unidades de consumo
Spanish to English
Bus/Financial
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
International trade
SPAIN. I assume this would be "consumer units", but when I checked, the definitions I found are all similar to "The consumer unit is responsible for powering all the circuits in your home and is made up from various parts, such as: mains switch, residual current devices (RCD's), and circuit breakers."
However, this definition does not fit my context, which is EDI logistics and billing software. There is no helpful context, the terms appear in a list like this:
"Nº de unidades de consumo en unidad de expedición
Unid. medida unidades consumo
Unidad medida cant. base del precio
Mensaje de compra"
However, this definition does not fit my context, which is EDI logistics and billing software. There is no helpful context, the terms appear in a list like this:
"Nº de unidades de consumo en unidad de expedición
Unid. medida unidades consumo
Unidad medida cant. base del precio
Mensaje de compra"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | consumer unit |
Althea Draper
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| 3 +1 | commodity item/s |
Adrian MM.
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| 3 | consumption units |
Lisa Rosengard
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Proposed translations
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Althea Draper
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Freelance Medical Translator, MA (Hons)
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
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consumer unit
Going by Liz's first reference, (at http://gestiondepedidosystock.blogspot.com/2013/07/gestion-d... ), this American reference below would suggest it's a consumer unit -
"Consumer Unit: Trade item purchased by the consumer. May also be referred to as ‘ consumer package’ or ‘retail package’. May be an individual item (e.g. individual chocolate bar), or a multipack"
https://www.mondelezinternational.com/-/media/Mondelez/Procu...
This Dixons one refers to the consumer unit barcode -
"a common fault is to have the consumer unit barcode on the shipping carton - this is NOT permitted"
https://www.dixonscarphone.com/sites/dixons-carphone-v2/file...
This UK reference on Minimum requirements for in-bound logistics for retailers and suppliers states
"Consumer unit – The lowest level of the item hierarchy intended or labelled for individual retail sale."
https://www.gs1uk.org/sites/default/files/gs1_uk_perfect_ord...
And this ASDA one pages 9 and 10 has diagrams that show the consumer units and the problems with packaging.
https://docplayer.net/21031601-Asda-supplier-requirements-tr...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2021-09-15 17:26:33 GMT)
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Sorry, should have been plural - consumer units.
"Consumer Unit: Trade item purchased by the consumer. May also be referred to as ‘ consumer package’ or ‘retail package’. May be an individual item (e.g. individual chocolate bar), or a multipack"
https://www.mondelezinternational.com/-/media/Mondelez/Procu...
This Dixons one refers to the consumer unit barcode -
"a common fault is to have the consumer unit barcode on the shipping carton - this is NOT permitted"
https://www.dixonscarphone.com/sites/dixons-carphone-v2/file...
This UK reference on Minimum requirements for in-bound logistics for retailers and suppliers states
"Consumer unit – The lowest level of the item hierarchy intended or labelled for individual retail sale."
https://www.gs1uk.org/sites/default/files/gs1_uk_perfect_ord...
And this ASDA one pages 9 and 10 has diagrams that show the consumer units and the problems with packaging.
https://docplayer.net/21031601-Asda-supplier-requirements-tr...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2021-09-15 17:26:33 GMT)
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Sorry, should have been plural - consumer units.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks again to everyone who chipped in on this query. This is what I've been calling them all along."
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8 hrs
Adrian MM.
Austria
Austria
Native in English
Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
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Spanish term (edited):
unidad/es de consumo
commodity item/s
.... en unidad de expedición : in a unified, composite shipment. The unidad in the latter case may not mean a unit at all, but - confusingly to throw the reader, a 'single consignment'.
Example sentence:
A commodity is a type of widely-available product that is not markedly dissimilar from one unit to another. Within a category of commodity, one item or unit can be substituted for another with similar results.
Note from asker:
| I think this is what they actually mean, but to all intents and purposes it's the same as "Consumer Unit: Trade item purchased by the consumer." Thanks for posting ;) |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
AllegroTrans
12 hrs
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Thanks, Chris. There seems to be a chasm between export practice and translatorese.
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8 hrs
Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
experienced and well qualified linguist
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, English, Spanish, and 3 more.
consumption units
number of consumption units, units of expiry or expiry units, measure of consumption units, basic price, purchase message
Discussion
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/computers-soft...
Unidad de distribución: Unidades de consumo agrupadas para reducir el número de manipulaciones.
Unidad de expedición: Agrupación de unidades de transporte para facilitar la carga y el transporte.
Unidad de almacenaje: Unidad normalizada de almacenamiento que garantiza el aprovechamiento de las instalaciones.