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Post by hwinpp on Jan 27, 2010 15:24:16 GMT
Une pochette de voyage
La caution A.P.S.
From a list of included items in a tour.
A traveling towel? I can't believe there's a traveling handkerchief...
And APS? Must be some deposit but what's APS stand for and what would the equivalent be in English.
Maybe, if possible, a little bit fast, I've got an early flight to catch. Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2010 15:49:42 GMT
Sounds to me like a small toiletry kit but I could be wrong.
I have no idea what A.P.S. stands for and Google is no help. The two most common words in my mind to start an abbreviation like that would be 'Association' or 'Assurance'.
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Post by hwinpp on Jan 27, 2010 15:56:42 GMT
Ok, thanks a lot. That should suffice for the time being. I won't translate the APS part. Have to send it back to the office by tomorrow morning so it can be quoted and returned. If no answers until 29th I'll ask them myself as I'll be meeting them in Hanoi.  |
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 27, 2010 16:29:07 GMT
Maybe whoever wrote that was using a translation engine, or an in-house word usage. Here's what I found: www.wordreference.com/fren/pochettea.p.s. might be "as per standard", i.e., "the usual" in English, but would that follow a word in French? |
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Post by hwinpp on Jan 28, 2010 6:25:09 GMT
They were Vietnamese who wrote that. If they speak French it is usually good.
Though your theory sounds, er, sound.
It'll be put to the test tomorrow.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2010 7:44:34 GMT
In any case, the word 'pochette' has too many potential meanings without clarification.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 28, 2010 8:19:09 GMT
Somewhere along the line some clever person, I guess in the US, decided to call the brochures and other info handed out at conventions & the like a "kit". It's possible that "pochette" is that kind of kit. Obviously we need to keep mindlessly mulling this until the truth is revealed.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2010 10:06:54 GMT
Yes, it could just be a big envelope of advertising material.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2010 10:12:10 GMT
Meanwhile I have the reply about the second line: A.P.S. = Association Professionnelle de Solidarité du Tourisme It insures travel agencies against incidents that can happen to their customers and also regarding their own possible bankruptcy. Here is the website: www.tourisme-aps.com/ |
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Post by hwinpp on Jan 28, 2010 10:58:00 GMT
Ahhh, good. Gives me some additional info too Bixa, I translated it as travel info kit. Jack, that means the people I'm dealing with are themselves probably dealing with wholesalers in France. |
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Post by lagatta on Jan 28, 2010 12:45:10 GMT
Kit is the best translation as it could refer either to a pouch or to a toiletry etc kit. Glad to know about APS - I'd never heard that.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 29, 2010 8:27:09 GMT
But are you HAVING A GOOD TIME?
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Post by hwinpp on Jan 29, 2010 15:01:27 GMT
Well, what do you think?  |
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 29, 2010 17:56:45 GMT
Oh, what do I care? I'm not even the teensiest, tinsiest bit envious. No, no, not me. ( ) |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2010 17:59:13 GMT
And all that nasty food that you have to try to choke down!
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