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English translation: stress test

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German term or phrase:	Belastungstest
English translation:	stress test
Entered by:	M00nshine

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09:09 Nov 3, 2009

German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Insurance

German term or phrase: Belastungstest

Bestnote im Belastungstest

Concerning a press release for a Life Insurance Comany

M00nshine KudoZ activity Questions: 78 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (12 closed without grading) Answers: 80
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stress test

Explanation:
Stress test (stress testing) can refer to banks or other financial institutions (see second web reference).

Load test is a possible translation, but for mechanics/software.

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John Taylor
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:10

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4 +7

stress test

John Taylor

viability test

Bernd Runge

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6 mins confidence:

viability test

Explanation:
Basierend auf
"Der Belastungstest deckt auf, ob die Versicherer mit ihren Kapitalanlagen auch bei einem Crash der Finanzmärkte die Verpflichtungen ihres Versicherungsbestandes erfüllen können."
http://www.finanzwelt.de/bestnote-im-belastungstest-von-morg...

Bernd Runge
Germany
Local time: 00:10
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 16

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you for your input Bernd. I have, however, found that the term is "stress test".

22 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

stress test

Explanation:
Stress test (stress testing) can refer to banks or other financial institutions (see second web reference).

Load test is a possible translation, but for mechanics/software.

Reference: http://www.dict.cc/german-english/Belastungstest.html
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_stress_tests

John Taylor
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:10
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English
PRO pts in category: 4

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Nov 5, 2009 - Changes made by M00nshine:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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