total cost of ownership

English to German Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)

With simple, centralized and secure management, high data availability, improved performance and superior scalability, customers have the opportunity to lower the total cost of ownership and ensure long-term viability for storage architecture.

Proposed translations (German)

0	Gesamt-Betriebskosten	Steffen Syhré - German Translator, Copywriter, Editor
0	"total cost of ownership"	tramont (X)
0	Total Cost of Ownership	Judith Schmid

Change log

Jul 24, 2005 16:39: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Business/Commerce (general)"

Proposed translations

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Steffen Syhré - German Translator, Copywriter, Editor

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Gesamt-Betriebskosten

Hatte mal eine Übersetzung für einen amerikanischen Kunden, ging um den Betrieb von Farbrikanlagen, üblicherweise wird TCO oder Total Cost of Ownership nicht übersetzt, damals war das aber ausdrücklich gewünscht, und "Gesamt-Betriebskosten" war der Favorit.

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own experience

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Andrea Kopf

4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Vielen Dank für die Hilfe!"

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tramont (X)

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"total cost of ownership"

Google produces 4500 hits for "total cost of ownership" or TCO in German language websites.

The dictionary reference below makes it clear that this is standard usage.

Reference:

http://www.wi1.uni-erlangen.de/buecher/lexikon/tco.html