Jul 23, 2007 17:29
16 yrs ago
German term

eine Yacht verrichten

German to English Law/Patents Law: Taxation & Customs
Der niederländische Hoge Raad hat eine Ermittlung 'ins Blaue' für zulässig erachtet, bei der eine Versicherungsge¬sellschaft auf Anforderung der Finanzbehörde eine Liste aller Personen vorlegen mußte, die eine private Yacht verrichtet hatten (10.12.74, BNB 1975,22).
From an article about Taxation and Human Rights
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 insure a yacht

Discussion

Parzival (asker) Jul 23, 2007:
I think it means: working on a private yacht - tax evasion of deckhands and others would then be the subject.
Parzival (asker) Jul 23, 2007:
Logical would be: to insure a yacht. To build, to construct perhaps, in Holland, would also make some sense. I don't think the Dutch are great hunters, of ducks maybe.
Ken Cox Jul 23, 2007:
... although I don't know why an insurance company would be interested in knowing whether its policyholders go on safaris.
Ken Cox Jul 23, 2007:
'verrichten' has the same meaning in Dutch. Maybe someone mistranslated jacht (which also means 'hunt' or 'hunting').
Kim Metzger Jul 23, 2007:
Is it possible that verrichten is a false friend of the Dutch term? Does the Dutch term mean to construct?

Proposed translations

+1
2 hrs
Selected

insure a yacht

Apparently an incorrect translation (and to make things worse, the gazette reference is wrong).

ref (I assume you can read Dutch):

Een zaak waarin het privacybelang zoals neergelegd in art. 8 EVRM in het geding was, betreft het arrest op grond waarvan verzekeraars verplicht worden geacht gegevens aan de belastingdienst te verstrekken over Personen die een pleziervaartuig bij hen hebben verzekerd. De Hoge Raad
beschouwt art. 49 lid l Awr als een gerechtvaardigde beperking van art. 8 lid l EVRM, op grond van art. 8 lid 2 EVRM.22

22 HR 10 december 1974, BNB 1975/52.

https://www.openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/1887/3679/1/3...

see also:

If a government communicates information on a taxpayer pursuant to a treaty or a directive, that taxpayer’s privacy is breached. Although such interference is permitted if it is in accordance with the
law and is necessary in the interests of the economic well-being of the country,50 the privacy of the person concerned may not be unreasonably compromised.51

50 Article 8 paragraph 2 ECHR. The Dutch Supreme Court has interpreted “economic well-being” as to include taxation in its judgment of 10 December 1974, BNB 1975/52 (Stad Rotterdam Verzekeringen).

www.eatlp.org/uploads/Public/2006_Netherlands_Report.pdf

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-07-23 19:56:31 GMT)
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The numbers in the quoted texts (22, 50 and 51) are footnote numbers.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-07-23 19:58:10 GMT)
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And 'yacht' is probably not the best translation of 'pleziervaartuig'.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-07-23 20:14:20 GMT)
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Van Dale gives 'pleasure craft' for 'pleziervaartuig', with 'pleasure boat' and 'yacht' as secondary translations. Particularly in a formal context, I'd stay with 'pleasure craft', since (for example) a motor cruiser is a pleasure craft but not a yacht.
Peer comment(s):

agree Olaf (X) : Most likely "verrichtet" is a typo and should read "versichert".
1 hr
call it a typo if you will; in any case it's an error
neutral casper (X) : Does your translation suggestion imply that "verrichten" should be read as "versichern"?
1 hr
absolutely -- as can be seen from the Dutch text, it is obviously an error.
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