over for

English translation: vis-à-vis

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Danish term or phrase:over for
English translation:vis-à-vis
Entered by: Diarmuid Kennan

21:05 Aug 16, 2017
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Insurance
Danish term or phrase: over for
"Omkostninger afholdt af A over for B" - I just can't seem to get my head around this phrase - "Costs incurred by A to B?"
Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 02:10
vis-à-vis
Explanation:
This is what i usually write for "over for" - it covers all sorts of situations.
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Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:10
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andres-larsen


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vis-à-vis


Explanation:
This is what i usually write for "over for" - it covers all sorts of situations.

Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
against


Explanation:
over for > against:

"Costs incurred by A against B"

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Note added at 59 mins (2017-08-16 22:05:12 GMT)
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another option would be:

over for > with respect to

"Costs incurred by A with respect to B"

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Note added at 1 hr (2017-08-16 22:07:41 GMT)
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depends on your context as to what A and B exactly are

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Note added at 1 day20 hrs (2017-08-18 17:35:16 GMT)
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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]



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Note added at 3 days16 hrs (2017-08-20 13:05:57 GMT)
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"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}

andres-larsen
Venezuela
Local time: 22:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for all your suggestions, but in this case vis-à-vis was a perfect suggestion because the source was so vague.

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