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German term or phrase:
Montagereise
English translation:
Business trip /trip on company business
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Montagereise
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Dies war wohl nicht seine erste Montagereise - bislang haben, laut Aussage des Kunden, die beigefügten Unterlagen für die Einreise in die USA immer gereicht.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | Business trip /trip on company business |
Patricia Will
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| 3 | This wasn't his first time travelling to do installations |
noleja
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| 3 -1 | installation trip / organisational trip |
Etienne Muylle Wallace
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Aug 17, 2007 08:49: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Tech/Engineering"
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Business trip /trip on company business
Presumably the person concerned is being sent by his company to install something at their client company. I don't think "installation trip" sounds at all natural in English. At immigration, when asked the purpose of his visit, he would no doubt reply "I'm here on business, to install a system" or words to that effect. I don't think the "Montage" part of it is important here.
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connie-z
: "Montage" is a distinction Germans make - it's a trip undertaken by construction/engineering workers whereas adminstrative staff and management go on a "Geschäftsreise". I don't think there is a corresponding term in English so I'd use business trip
2 days 6 hrs
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21 mins
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installation trip / organisational trip
depending on the trips: maybe he/she came in the USA on duty, having to organise a factory, business, machine; or to organise an official trip of a politician or so, or to organise and prepare a traval packet.
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connie-z
: it cannot be "organisational trip" - a "Montagereise" is usually used for people who work e.g. in engineering building bridges abroad or something like this, but NEVER for administrative staff, they go on a "Geschäftsreise"
2 days 9 hrs
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This wasn't his first time travelling to do installations
Or something like this. I have never been able to find a succinct description for "auf Montagereise".
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Note added at 3 days53 mins (2007-08-20 07:37:57 GMT)
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This wasn't his first time on a field installation trip
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Note added at 3 days53 mins (2007-08-20 07:37:57 GMT)
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This wasn't his first time on a field installation trip
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