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leg

English translation: specified part of the transport route

06:14 Jan 23, 2010
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: leg
In a leg only the addresses can be used as pickup addresses which are marked as pickup, shipping or production facility.
If they are not marked as one of these address types they can not be linked to a leg.


This is from minutes of an international logistics business meeting which I am translating into German. I cannot fathom what the "leg" relly means/refers to
Stephen Sadie
Germany
Local time: 21:38
Selected answer:specified part of the transport route
Explanation:
in a logistics concept
Selected response from:

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 21:38
Grading comment
thanks edith and also to teresa who kindly provided the next step for me after actually understanding it
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +9specified part of the transport route
Edith Kelly
4 +5section of a journey
Noni Gilbert Riley
5stage
Marina Cecilia Candioti Crook
4Etappe
Teresa Reinhardt
3 -1course of a journey
Yasutomo Kanazawa
Summary of reference entries provided
Eng (online) dictionaries
writeaway

  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Etappe


Explanation:
or Streckenabschnitt; as in a race (which strangely fits logistics)

Teresa Reinhardt
United States
Local time: 12:38
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Edith Kelly: right if asker wanted the German term but this is an English to English question, these things happen to me also all the time
2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
course of a journey


Explanation:
I believe this is what it means in the above context.

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 04:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Edith Kelly: that would simply mean "during"
21 mins
disagree  Tony M: Agree with Edith: 'course' would have the wrong meaning here
44 mins
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +9
specified part of the transport route


Explanation:
in a logistics concept

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 21:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 26
Grading comment
thanks edith and also to teresa who kindly provided the next step for me after actually understanding it

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
24 mins
agree  Jessica Noyes
1 hr
agree  Jenny Westwell: Exactly. Saludos :)
3 hrs
agree  Stephanie Ezrol
3 hrs
agree  Maria Fokin
6 hrs
agree  Rolf Keiser
8 hrs
agree  marina hennies
11 hrs
agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro
1 day 11 hrs
agree  Ildiko Santana
3 days 9 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
section of a journey


Explanation:
The original is a little strange, perhaps not written by a native speaker. The first sentence should read: "In a leg only the addresses which are marked as pickup, shipping or production facility can be used as pickup addresses."

In other words alternative facilities which have not been pre-agreed may not be used. The client cannot change the point from which the goods are to be picked up, different methods of transport/routes may not be used etc.

Journeys are divided into different legs for coordination purposes. Items would normally be collected from various pick up points and taken to a central depot in a small city, for example (first leg). The central depot then becomes a pick up point, and from there and from various other city depots the items would be taken to a logistics hub (second leg) etc etc.

In short, what the sentence is saying is that there is no flexibility in procedure, no adlibbing. Otherwise tracking would become a nightmare.

Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 21:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Annett Kottek (X): See the word in action: http://www.3mfuture.com/articles_thesis/2005_Thesis_Sreedhar...
8 mins
  -> Thanks Annett. Yes, it's page 28 of your pdf ("transportation legs"),
neutral  Tony M: I agree with all your comments, but we really wouldn't usually talk about a 'journey' in a logistics context
24 mins
  -> Yes, you're quite right Tony, although since I was explaining rather than translating, I forgive myself I think!
agree  Jack Doughty
33 mins
  -> Thanks Jack.
agree  Jack Dunwell
9 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro: Good explanation!
1 day 11 hrs
  -> Thank you Paula
agree  Polangmar
1 day 16 hrs
  -> Thanks
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2 days 12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
stage


Explanation:
A noun
1 stage, leg

a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
Category Tree:
act; human action; human activity
╚action
╚change
╚motion; movement; move
╚travel; traveling; travelling
╚stage, leg
╚fare-stage
2 leg

(nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
Category Tree:
act; human action; human activity
╚action
╚change
╚motion; movement; move
╚travel; traveling; travelling
╚leg




    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/definition/leg
Marina Cecilia Candioti Crook
Argentina
Local time: 16:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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Reference comments


2 hrs
Reference: Eng (online) dictionaries

Reference information:
6. A stage of a journey or course, especially:
a. Nautical The distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack.
b. The part of an air route or a flight pattern that is between two successive stops, positions, or changes in direction.
c. One of several contests that must be successfully completed in order to determine the winner of a competition.
d. Sports One stretch of a relay race.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/leg

10. one of the distinct sections of any course: the last leg of a trip.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/leg

writeaway
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  Jack Dunwell: This is all rather obvious in this context. It is the joy of the search for the succinct and relevant which distinguishes the commitment of translation.
9 hrs
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