F.O.B.

Japanese translation: free on board

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English term or phrase:	F.O.B.
Japanese translation:	free on board
Entered by:	NZTIS Translations

01:59 Aug 8, 2005

English to Japanese translations [PRO]
Business/Commerce (general)

English term or phrase: F.O.B.

in the context "Would you please send us a proforma invoice confirming the current F.O.B. price"

NZTIS Translations KudoZ activity Questions: 85 (8 open) (4 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 3
Local time: 23:33

free on board

Explanation:
【略-2】＝free on board
本船渡し（条件）

from Eijiro

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Note added at 9 mins (2005-08-08 02:09:02 GMT)
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Sorry - the answer should be 「本船渡し」

Selected response from:

KathyT
Australia
Local time: 21:33

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +8

free on board

KathyT

Answers

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

f.o.b.

free on board

KathyT
Australia
Local time: 21:33
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Yuko TB

5 mins

-> Thank you, Yuko-san ;-)

neutral

Sadao Sasaki: I used to work for an export company. This terminology is commonly used as "F.O.B." in Japan, but the translation is not wrong.

30 mins

-> Yes, F.O.B. should be OK. Thanks, Sasaki-san ;-)

agree

Kazuo SAWADA: 積地で本船に積み込んだ時に所有権が買主に移転します。運賃や保険料は買主の負担となります。

7 hrs

-> Thank you, Sawada-san, and for the additional information. :-D

agree

mstkwasa: [Oops, the initial agreement deleted by mistake while editing - apologies] It has been asked fairly recently. See Naoki-san's comment on http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1016476

8 hrs

-> Gosh! That wasn't very long ago! Just goes to show - it always pays to do a KudoZ search first! Thank you, mstkwasa-san ;-D

agree

Elisha Nixon: Correct. I agree too

1 day 6 mins

-> Thanks, elisha105 ;-D

agree

Troy Fowler: (unrelated) F.O.B. is also a slang term for newly arrived immigrants: "Fresh Off the Boat"

1 day 3 hrs

-> Hi rasputin. Also "full of beer", "full of baloney", etc. See http://slang.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?string=exact&acr...

agree

MICHIRU YABU: Trading ref.: http://www.nextlinx.com/global_content/traderefs/incoterms_j...

2 days 3 hrs

-> Nice ref. Thank you, ROSE72 ;-)

agree

Yuriko Daikoku: Bit too late but, it's quite a common term for those who have accademically studied business English. It's on "Oxford Commercial Correspondence" as essential terms. b.t.w. I think it's about time KathyT should be graded....

3 days 4 hrs

-> Thanks, Yuriko-san. ;-)

agree

Minoru Kuwahara: ah yes, i asked the same question some time back. -

12 days

-> Aaah! So that was you, mulberryfield-san. O-genki desu ka? :-)

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