lassen Sie sich den Schaden bestätigen

English translation: have the damage confirmed

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German term or phrase:lassen Sie sich den Schaden bestätigen
English translation:have the damage confirmed
Entered by: Rowan Morrell

03:58 May 29, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Food & Drink / Food Cooling Device
German term or phrase: lassen Sie sich den Schaden bestätigen
"Sollten Sie einen Schaden feststellen, notieren Sie diesen auf den Papieren des Frachtführers sowie auf Ihrem Formular und lassen Sie sich den Schaden bestätigen."

Talking about taking delivery of some sort of food cooling device and checking it for transport damage. The meaning of "lassen Sie sich den Schaden bestätigen" isn't completely clear to me. Does it mean the customer or whoever "Sie" is double-checks the damage himself? Or is he meant to have someone else check it to confirm it? TIA for your clarification.
Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Local time: 00:33
have the damage confirmed
Explanation:
the damage must be confirmed by a third party (in this case I would say the person who delivers the goods)

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Note added at 13 mins (2004-05-29 04:11:42 GMT)
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\"Sie\" is the customer
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David Hollywood
Local time: 08:33
Grading comment
I think I'll go with this, although Narasimhan's answer provided some interesting food for thought. Thank you all for your assistance.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3have the damage confirmed
David Hollywood
5take open delivery
Narasimhan Raghavan


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
lassen Sie sich den Schaden bestätigen
have the damage confirmed


Explanation:
the damage must be confirmed by a third party (in this case I would say the person who delivers the goods)

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Note added at 13 mins (2004-05-29 04:11:42 GMT)
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\"Sie\" is the customer

David Hollywood
Local time: 08:33
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 78
Grading comment
I think I'll go with this, although Narasimhan's answer provided some interesting food for thought. Thank you all for your assistance.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  cologne
19 mins

agree  Ingrid Blank: quite right, the customer writes down his complaints on the delivery note and on his own copy and lets the person who delivered the goods sign the original and the copy thus giving proof that the goods were damaged during transport.
34 mins

agree  Trudy Peters
8 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
lassen Sie sich den Schaden bestätigen
take open delivery


Explanation:
As an engineer in the Public Works Department, I used to go to the goods arrival yard to take delivery of the goods for which our office was the consignee. If we notice damages on the packages, which we perceive to cause problems afterwards, we ask for the open delivery note. This involves the preparation of a special delivery note on the part of the yard authorities, who take cognizance of the damages and make a suitable entry in the above note. We call the entire process as taking open delivery
In other words:
"Sollten Sie einen Schaden feststellen, notieren Sie diesen auf den Papieren des Frachtführers sowie auf Ihrem Formular und lassen Sie sich den Schaden bestätigen"

Narasimhan Raghavan
Local time: 17:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Tamil
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