French term
United States
Very fast turnaround
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English, Arabic to French, and 1 more.
les marchandises conditionnées dans un emballage
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Catharine Cellier-Smart
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| 4 | merchandize packed in a package |
Tony M
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| 4 | the goods already wrapped and packed |
gabuss
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| 4 -1 | conditioned in a package or any other... |
Liliane Hatem
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Mar 3, 2010 09:51: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "les marchandises conditionnees dans un amballage" to "les marchandises conditionnées dans un emballage"
Mar 3, 2010 09:58: mchd changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
PRO (3): Julie Barber, Chris Hall, Stéphanie Soudais
Non-PRO (3): writeaway, SJLD, mchd
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Proposed translations
Lebanon
Fast and reliable
Native in: English 
, Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic to French, and 3 more.
conditioned in a package or any other...
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Conditionner textiles, ble, etc...
Reunion
The Smart Solution
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English, Creoles & Pidgins (French-based Other) to English, English
goods already packaged
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writeaway
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thank you writeaway
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Liliane Hatem
: This is the answer that should be put, but what about "ou tout autre dispositif"?
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as mentioned above, personally I think that the translation of 'tout autre dispositif' is included in the general word "packaging".
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Julie Barber
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thank you Julie
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Tony M
: Or possibly easier to work in: 'packaged merchandize'
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effectively, thank you Tony
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Chris Hall
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thank you Chris
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Verginia Ophof
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merchandize packed in a package
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That's the whole problem: there isn't a suitable single-word solution in EN!
But now we're beginning to narrow down the context a bit, we're getting closer, I think. Are these kinds of packaging (bidon, fut, rouleau) intended as examples of 'emballages' — or is 'emballage' just another one of the items in the list?
I think the solution your probably need is going to be something like: "merchandize in different kinds of pack: cans, drums, etc." — I think the whole problem is that the word 'conditionné' simply becomes redundant once translated into EN.
| Hi Tony, I apreciate your help, it's related to inventory management of different kinds of products , here are some examples , that are hard for me to tanslate, thanks Les marchandises conditionnées en bidon, en fût Les marchandises conditionnées en rouleaux |
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Michael GREEN
: It is pretty awful - I wonder if "over-wrapped packaged merchandize" might work ...? As you say, Tony, it all depends on a number of factors.
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Thanks, Michael! At least you have understood the real issue here!
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Liliane Hatem
: packed means put in a package, this is bad english
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It's not "bad English", just clumsy... as I had already pointed out very clearly; the problem is, we don't in EN have one single word for 'conditionné', it has to depend on the context...
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the goods already wrapped and packed
In case the goods are in liquid form, replace "wrapped" by "bottled"
Discussion
Those little bottles of paint were packed in an inner wrap of 12 and then an outer wrap of 144.
And I would use "canned", " bottled" or whatever for liquids, but I suppose "packaged" is ok ;o)
I worked in CPG for many years, so it is the first term that came to mind.
And, to Asker, yes "packaged" works for liquids. The CPG arena where I worked involved small bottles and tubes of paints.
http://www.marketingcharts.com/category/topics/packaged-good...
Otherwise prepared/packaged in a container.
Or prepared in a package.
Since it is just an inventory of individually packaged goods, I would be inclined to use, quite simply, "(miscellaneous) packaged goods" or even "packaged items" ...
I wouldn't use "packed" for liquid products, but if they are in a list, you won't need to describe their packaging.
Generally, "conditionné" can mean "packed", but not necessarily "wrapped" - eg "conditionnés sur palette" - "packed on pallets" - they might then be overwrapped : "conditionnés sur palette sous film plastique" - "packed and over-wrapped on pallets".
This is perhaps slightly more specific than the everyday, layman's use of the term, as when one packs a suitcase or a parcel for example.
You are right