komprador

English translation: passenger/freight supervisor

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Indonesian term or phrase:komprador
English translation:passenger/freight supervisor
Entered by: EngIndonesian

02:15 Feb 19, 2008
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Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Indonesian term or phrase: komprador
Someone has the job of being a "komprador" on a ferry that goes between island in Maluku. Anyone heard of this, what is it, what do they do, what is the Englihs?
EngIndonesian
Australia
Local time: 08:59
passenger and freight supervisor
Explanation:
Normally it would be ‘comprador’/’compradore’ but the link below indicates that it is someone employed to note down the number (and possibly the names of the passengers) and also the good that are loaded onto and unloaded from the ship. In Indonesia this is often problematic as ships are often overloaded.

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Note added at 19 hrs (2008-02-19 21:41:20 GMT)
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Aargh. Should be 'goods' that are loaded.
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Ian Forbes
New Zealand
Local time: 12:29
Grading comment
Thanks for this. Thanks everyone too for your ideas. Cheers. Arika
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1comprador
Ade Indarta
5comprador
Hengky Chiok
5indigen mediator
ivo abdman
3 +2passenger and freight supervisor
Ian Forbes


Discussion entries: 3





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
comprador


Explanation:
I found it in the Oxford Dictionary

comprador /%kQmpr@"dO;/ (also compradore)
· n. a person who acts as an agent for foreign businesses.
– ORIGIN C17: from Port., ‘buyer’.

Ade Indarta
Indonesia
Local time: 06:29
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
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Asker: Disagree


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agree  argosys
17 days
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
comprador


Explanation:
a Chinese agent engaged by a foreign establishment in China to have charge of its Chinese employees and to act as an intermediary in business affairs.
Can also be translated as a mediator


    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comprador
Hengky Chiok
United States
Local time: 16:29
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
indigen mediator


Explanation:
Or native mediator

See KBBI (Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia)
komprador --> pengantara bangsa pribumi yang dipakai perusahaan asing (di Tiongkok) dalam hubungan dengan orang-orang pribumi

ivo abdman
Indonesia
Local time: 06:29
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
passenger and freight supervisor


Explanation:
Normally it would be ‘comprador’/’compradore’ but the link below indicates that it is someone employed to note down the number (and possibly the names of the passengers) and also the good that are loaded onto and unloaded from the ship. In Indonesia this is often problematic as ships are often overloaded.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 19 hrs (2008-02-19 21:41:20 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Aargh. Should be 'goods' that are loaded.


    Reference: http://www.geocities.com/aboroe/sp240707.htm
Ian Forbes
New Zealand
Local time: 12:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks for this. Thanks everyone too for your ideas. Cheers. Arika

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hikmat Gumilar: http://tinyurl.com/2e44md
8 hrs
  -> Thanks Hikmat

agree  Hadiyono Jaqin
9 hrs
  -> Thanks Hadiyono
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