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English translation: external sales


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German term or phrase:Aussenumsatz
English translation:external sales
Entered by: Christine Andrews
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17:56 Feb 8, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting
German term or phrase: Aussenumsatz
Die XXX Gruppe generierte 2008 einen Brutto-Aussenumsatz von 123 Mrd. €.

I translated this as "gross external sales", however it has previously been translated as "gross consumer sales". Could these mean the same thing? Which would be correct?
Christine Andrews
Local time: 23:16
gross external sales
Explanation:
I think you're spot on with "gross external sales". Schäfer lists "external sales" for "Außenumsatzerlöse". I would think they mean all sales outside the group (as opposed to intercompany sales), so I guess "consumer sales" would kind of work too. I prefer yours though!
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Victoria Holmes
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:16
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Summary of answers provided
4gross external salesVictoria Holmes
3 -2export turnover
Raghunathan


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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -2
export turnover


Explanation:
export sales as compared to import sales / domestic sales for trading companies.

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Note added at 7 hrs (2010-02-09 01:51:46 GMT)
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Christine,
sorry for the wrong suggestion.
In line with Daniela's and Tony's recommendation, "Gross external sales" seems to be the best option as of now.

Raghunathan
Local time: 03:46
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  TonyTK: Nothing to do with exports, I'm afraid.
1 hr
  -> Thanks Tony, you are right. I was working in a trading company and used this time quite extensively - this time for a change used it in a wrong place
disagree  philgoddard: That's Exportumsatz.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Philgoddard. Thanks for the clarification. Have learnt something today to start with, and to me that is important
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
gross external sales


Explanation:
I think you're spot on with "gross external sales". Schäfer lists "external sales" for "Außenumsatzerlöse". I would think they mean all sales outside the group (as opposed to intercompany sales), so I guess "consumer sales" would kind of work too. I prefer yours though!

Victoria Holmes
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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