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life-time costs

German translation: Gesamtkosten

06:33 Sep 22, 2000
English to German translations [PRO]
English term or phrase: life-time costs
Life-time costs of certain cranes. The amount of money that these cranes will cost during their life-time (including purchase, maintenance, etc.)
julia holzapfel
German translation:Gesamtkosten
Explanation:
"Wartungskosten" it would be, if it only concerned the maintenance during the life-time.
Other possibility is allgemeine Kosten, but I'd prefer the above.
Have a great day,
Grusche.
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Grusche Rosenkranz
Local time: 15:42
Grading comment
Thank you very much. Your answer was most helpful as the word is easy to understand (not ambiguous). It will be used in a survey on the telephone, and there it is always important that everybody has the same understanding of a word. Thanks a lot!
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Summary of answers provided
naGesamtkosten
Grusche Rosenkranz
naLebensdauerkosten
Elisabeth Moser


  

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3 mins
Gesamtkosten


Explanation:
"Wartungskosten" it would be, if it only concerned the maintenance during the life-time.
Other possibility is allgemeine Kosten, but I'd prefer the above.
Have a great day,
Grusche.

Grusche Rosenkranz
Local time: 15:42
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 38
Grading comment
Thank you very much. Your answer was most helpful as the word is easy to understand (not ambiguous). It will be used in a survey on the telephone, and there it is always important that everybody has the same understanding of a word. Thanks a lot!
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12 mins
Lebensdauerkosten


Explanation:
Gesamtkosten is one of poss. interpretations of the above, but if your sentence states "life-time costs
of . . . ), then it should be translated
as "Lebensdauerkosten" oder "Kosten
Kosten ueber die Dauer ihrer Funktions-
faehigkeit" oder aber "Kosten ueber
die Lebenszeit des Kranes," etc.

The above I found in Muret-Sanders,
except for "crane," they stated the
examples with "machine."



    Muret-Sanders
Elisabeth Moser
United States
Local time: 09:42
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 311

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