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 Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:21 pm |
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| md02439 |
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Hi people,
I have trouble translating from greek the phrase "απόδειξη παροχής υπηρεσιών" or in greeklish "apodei3i paroxis iperesiwn" to english. Can someone help me please?
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| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:15 pm |
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| My Greek ain't brilliant, although my English is good. How about "proof of services supplied"? Maybe "certification of conformity of services supplied", depending on the context. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:09 am |
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Well, I will try to explain what it is about. When you visit a doctor after he receives his payment he issues a receipt. This is called when translated word for word from greek "receipt of providing services" - as opposed to providing goods, I think. I thought "invoice of service" would be the right phrase but my sister keeps telling me it is wrong.
Any ideas?
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:25 pm |
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How about:
invoice of services rendered
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receipt of services provided |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 3:21 pm |
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A doctor does not invoice his services. He submits a Note for his honorarium or, sometimes, fees.
Partridge is quite clear:
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| honorarium is not synonymous with salary ... it is a fee for services rendered, esp., by a professional person (barrister, architect, doctor etc.)... |
My Greek diccy gives η αμοιβή for honorarium, but I think that's got a wider connotation than the English word. |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:21 am |
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I will tell you exactly in which contex I need the phrase so maybe you can give me a hint. I want to offer a company I am going to work for an alternative way of paying me: instead of being an employee I could give them invoices/receipts/whatever for the work done over a period of month.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:46 am |
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Are you a doctor?
What kind of services are we talking about? Will you be some kind of subcontractor/freelancer?
Maybe you need something like this?:
http://www.envision-sbs.com/ |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:52 am |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:49 pm |
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| md02439 wrote: |
I will tell you exactly in which contex I need the phrase so maybe you can give me a hint. I want to offer a company I am going to work for an alternative way of paying me: instead of being an employee I could give them invoices/receipts/whatever for the work done over a period of month.
Dimitris |
Sounds like you want to be a consultant, in which case you can invoice your fees, unless you are a registered member of one of the liberal professions (doctor, lawyer, chartered architect, chartered accountant or chartered engineer: these submit notes for their honorarium. Note that unchartered members of the last three are the same as ordinary consultants. They submit invoices for fees). |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 5:29 pm |
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@Piratis:
Yes, I am a doctor.
I a going to offer medical services to tourists who booked their holidays with a certain tour opperator. Many companies here in Greece are reluctant in employing new stuff because of the high fees they have to pay for their social insurance, almost 50% of the salary goes to IKA, the Greek Social Security Organisation. On the other side if you work for your own you have to pay much less.
I don't know how exactly the situation is in the UK, but I would like to give them some alternatives.
@devil & @Piratis:
Thank you people |
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