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21:05 Aug 16, 2017 |
Danish to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Insurance | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Helen Johnson United Kingdom Local time: 11:49 | ||||||
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3 | vis-à-vis |
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1 | against |
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vis-à-vis Explanation: This is what i usually write for "over for" - it covers all sorts of situations. |
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against Explanation: over for > against: "Costs incurred by A against B" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 59 mins (2017-08-16 22:05:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- another option would be: over for > with respect to "Costs incurred by A with respect to B" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2017-08-16 22:07:41 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- depends on your context as to what A and B exactly are -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day20 hrs (2017-08-18 17:35:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- three (3) further options: take precedence over / as against / as compared to: either costs incurred by sub-contracting freight forwarder A take precedence over costs incurred by subcontracting freight forwarder B or both sub-contracting freight forwarders A and B are compared in terms of costs incurred as in: "Costs incurred by A as against [costs incurred by] B" / [costs incurred by A as compared to costs incurred by B] -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 days16 hrs (2017-08-20 13:05:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "over for" translates DA>DE as "gegenüber von": dict.cc Wörterbuch :: gegenüber :: Deutsch-Englisch-Übersetzung www.dict.cc/deutsch-englisch/gegenüber.html gegenüber [+Dat.] [im Vergleich]compared to {prep} in comparison with {prep} as against {prep} [as opposed to / as compared with] gegenüber jdm./etw. [verglichen mit]over sb./sth. {prep} [compared to/with] gegenüber [+Dat.] [hinsichtlich, bezüglich]with respect to {prep} gegenüber [+Dat.] [im Gegensatz zu]versus {prep} as opposed to {prep} |
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