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Teilelebenslauf/Entwicklungsteilelebenslauf
Feb 20, 2012 19:22
12 yrs ago
German term

BLvD

German to English Other Transport / Transportation / Shipping Truck driver questionnaire
Can someone tell me what this would be please - in a survey about truck drivers and phone calls when driving. Als BLvD kann sich bei einem anruf die Antwort etwas verzoegern
Proposed translations (English)
1 Betriebsleiter vom Dienst - operations manager on duty
Change log

Feb 22, 2012 08:26: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "Automotive / Cars & Trucks" to "Transport / Transportation / Shipping"

Discussion

Charles Stanford (asker) Feb 25, 2012:
Thanks to all of you for your help with this. Unfortunately I am not going to be able to let you know the answer for sure - it is just not that kind of job/customer. Used Johanna's solution in the end but thank you to everyone for helping out
Charles Stanford (asker) Feb 21, 2012:
I'd love to know too Ingeborg but I don't think it is the kind of text that I am going to be able to find out about (set of verbatims). I passed on Johanna's suggestion in the end because it was better than anything I had dreamt up. Can I take this opportunity to thank you all for trying to help and maybe I will be able to twist Johanna's arm into posting it as an answer... If I find out more then I will definitely let you know
Ingeborg Gowans (X) Feb 21, 2012:
@ Charles no, don't ever feel stupid. But if you can ask the client and get an answer, it would be great to find out what it is. It seems to have everyone stumped :0
Charles Stanford (asker) Feb 21, 2012:
Thanks to everyone for their input. The actual survey question is not clear - all I know Phil is that it is a survey about truck drivers and the impact of not being allowed to use a mobile phone when driving and I am afraid that that is the entire sentence Christian. Unfortunately the BL does not come up elsewhere in the text Johannes. Maybe Johanna is right but if he is Betriebsleiter then you would think that his Antwort wouldn't verzoegern (because he wouldn't be out driving). I am pleased that it is not immediately obvious - at least I don't feel so stupid...
Ingeborg Gowans (X) Feb 20, 2012:
w/ philgoddard Can you please put the pertinent question in German first to make sense of the answer?
Possibly Johanna's interpretation might work here
philgoddard Feb 20, 2012:
And if this is the answer to a survey question, what is the question?
Johanna Timm, PhD Feb 20, 2012:
Betriebsleiter vom Dienst vielleicht?
Johannes Gleim Feb 20, 2012:
BLvD Was BL bedeutet, weiß ich ohne weiteren Kontext nicht, aber "vD" könnte sowas wie "vom Dienst" bedeuten. Taucht "BL" sonst noch irgendwo im Text auf?
Christian Köstner (X) Feb 20, 2012:
More context Do you have the full sentence in which this appears?

Proposed translations

1 day 3 hrs
Selected

Betriebsleiter vom Dienst - operations manager on duty

Ok, I'm posting this as a guess!
I did some creative googling (Betriebsleiter+ Spedition) which brought up some of the tasks of a Betriebsleiter in a Speditionsunternehmen:

Führung von Transportabteilung und Disposition
• Fahrerüberwachung, Einteilung und Überwachung
• Koordination und Überwachung von Lager und Logistikwesen
Direkte Unterstützung der operativen Mitarbeiter
• Konfliktlösung im operativen Umfeld
• Mithilfe und Unterstützung der Geschäftsleitung in strategischen Zielen und Projekten

http://www.geisseler.ch/downloads/vorlage_betriebsleiter.pdf

So it is actually conceivable that the BL communicates (via phone) with his drivers and that his response is occasionally delayed because of all the other stuff he has to do!!

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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Johanna - really grateful to you"
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