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Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / belastingen | | Dutch term or phrase: meer dan bijkomstig zakelijk karakter | | een vergoeding van maaltijden is onbelast, als de maaltijden een meer danbijkomstig zakelijk karakter hebben. |
| | | more than complementary (work-related) nature | Explanation:
I would leave 'work-related' out because we all know that this is about work. So the meal will be reimbursed if it was absolutely necessary, so if the employee did not go for an ice cream because he felt like one ;).
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bijkomstig: (Van Dale) 1 erbij komend 2 minder belangrijk
incidental: (Collins) 1. happening in connection with or resulting from something more important; casual or fortuitous
2. (postpositive; foll by to) found in connection (with); related (to)
3. (postpositive; foll by upon) caused (by)
4. occasional or minor incidental expenses
I don't know, but Van Dale Nl-Eng does not provide bijkomstig with incidental as a translation. Because, I guess, incidental has some kind of 'accidental' meaning too. I don't think that this is meant here, but rather what the employee can claim these expenses back or not. So, even whether the incidentals he has to claim back and the company did not pay for him up front, are really work-realted or not. Going for dinner with a client for example would be an claimable incidental as it is work-realted. What would be left to argue, in view of 'incidental' also being a noun (apparently) for expenses, if 'bijkomstig' would be translated as incidental (adj)? |
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10 mins confidence:   more than complementary (work-related) nature
Explanation:
I would leave 'work-related' out because we all know that this is about work. So the meal will be reimbursed if it was absolutely necessary, so if the employee did not go for an ice cream because he felt like one ;).
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Note added at 28 mins (2011-06-14 09:10:50 GMT)
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bijkomstig: (Van Dale) 1 erbij komend 2 minder belangrijk
incidental: (Collins) 1. happening in connection with or resulting from something more important; casual or fortuitous
2. (postpositive; foll by to) found in connection (with); related (to)
3. (postpositive; foll by upon) caused (by)
4. occasional or minor incidental expenses
I don't know, but Van Dale Nl-Eng does not provide bijkomstig with incidental as a translation. Because, I guess, incidental has some kind of 'accidental' meaning too. I don't think that this is meant here, but rather what the employee can claim these expenses back or not. So, even whether the incidentals he has to claim back and the company did not pay for him up front, are really work-realted or not. Going for dinner with a client for example would be an claimable incidental as it is work-realted. What would be left to argue, in view of 'incidental' also being a noun (apparently) for expenses, if 'bijkomstig' would be translated as incidental (adj)?
| Kirsten Bodart
Germany
Local time: 12:24
Native speaker of:  Dutch, English
PRO pts in category: 12
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Asker: what do you think of "more than incidental nature"?
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| Sindy Cremer
Ireland
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