Feb 13, 2005 23:26
19 yrs ago
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French term
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etablissement d'attache
French to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
Franking machines for post rooms
This job involves translating a series of procedures for use by employees of a franking machine leasing company. The following sentence, which contains the phrase whose meaning I am seeking, is part of a description of what a franking machine does -- it prints on an envelope or a label "une empreinte mentionnant le nom de l’établissement postal ou du centre de traitement du courrier désigné dans les conditions particulières comme l’établissement d’attache et la date de dépôt des correspondances..."
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Tony M
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Well, if it's anything like the same system as in the UK, when you 'buy' franking from the Post Office, you have to nominate a Post Office where you intedn to post the mail, or at least, where it will be processed; this will be the office to which you are 'attached' or belong.
So I would deduce that this is the 'issuing establishment' --- or at least, in other contexts it would be 'issuing', though maybe that's not quite right here...
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Note added at 4 days (2005-02-18 09:23:57 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks, Sidney! As I said, I was pretty sure \'issuing\' wasn\'t exactly right, but I hoped at least the explanation might help lead you to the correct term... Generous of you to give me the points all the same! :-)
So I would deduce that this is the 'issuing establishment' --- or at least, in other contexts it would be 'issuing', though maybe that's not quite right here...
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Note added at 4 days (2005-02-18 09:23:57 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks, Sidney! As I said, I was pretty sure \'issuing\' wasn\'t exactly right, but I hoped at least the explanation might help lead you to the correct term... Generous of you to give me the points all the same! :-)
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Comment: "Thanks, but "issuing" is not quite the right word here"
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