stuwadoor

English translation: stevedore

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Dutch term or phrase:stuwadoor
English translation:stevedore
Entered by: hirselina

08:27 May 12, 2004
Dutch to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Dutch term or phrase: stuwadoor
a profession of a ship
tracy
stevedore
Explanation:
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/stevedore

(Kan ook "stevedoring company" zijn naargelang de context)
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hirselina
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Summary of answers provided
4 +8stevedore, longshoreman
Chris Hopley
5stevedore
Rowan Morrell
5stevedore
hirselina
3someone who loads cargo onto a ship
Brave


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
stevedore


Explanation:
From Eurodicautom (but other dictionaries would also confirm it):

"Subject Transport (TR)

(1)
TERM stuwadoor

Reference Dict. Techn. ill. IV-ll3



(1)
TERM stevedore

Reference Dict. Techn. ill. IV-ll3"

Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Local time: 02:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
stevedore


Explanation:
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/stevedore

(Kan ook "stevedoring company" zijn naargelang de context)

hirselina
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in DutchDutch
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
stevedore, longshoreman


Explanation:
See, for example, http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/stevedore

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Note added at 5 mins (2004-05-12 08:33:37 GMT)
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-> \"Als stuwadoor werk je bij een haven- en vervoersbedrijf en bij logistieke afdelingen van distributie-bedrijven. Je houdt je bezig met het laden en lossen van schepen en vrachtwagens.\"
http://oud.schoolweb.nl/studiekeuze/skp_sum/beroep/beroep.as...

-> \"a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port\"
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/stevedore

Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 16:18
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rowan Morrell: Beats me why you didn't win the points here!
0 min
  -> I know. I'm gutted... ;-)

agree  Adam Smith
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agree  George Vardanyan
9 mins

agree  Jacqueline van der Spek
27 mins

agree  Mirjam Bonne-Nollen
51 mins

agree  Sanmar (X)
1 hr

agree  vixen
1 hr

agree  hirselina: Time lag? When I entered my reply, none was visible
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
someone who loads cargo onto a ship


Explanation:
Het laden en lossen van een schip en/of vrachtwagen gebeurt door de stuwadoor of de cargadoor. Het werk bestaat uit verpakken van goederen, communicerern via portofoon en/of handgebaren. De precieze engelse term weet ik niet maar mogelijk kan je het omschrijven


    oud.schoolweb.nl/studiekeuze/skp_sum/beroep/beroep.asp?sBerCode=0313 - M
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Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
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