German: gegenläufige KostenEnglish translation: inversely proportional (costs/expenses)  KudoZ The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators ... More  |
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | gegenläufige Kosten | | English translation: | inversely proportional (costs/expenses) | | Entered by: | macrettoc |
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Bus/Financial - IT (Information Technology) | | German term or phrase: gegenläufige Kosten | KONTEXT: ,,Gegenläufige Kosten: Die Kostenverläufe für vorbeugende Instandhaltung und Instandsetzung sind gegenläufig, und zwar in Abhängigkeit vom Intensitätsgrad der vorbeugenden Instandhaltung. Je höher der Intensitätsgrad der vorbeugenden Instandhaltung, desto höher die Kosten der vorbeugenden Instandhaltung. Je höher der Intensitätsgrad der vorbeugenden Instandhaltung, desto niedriger die Kosten der Instandsetzung."
Can I translate ,,gegenläufige (Kosten)" here as "differing (costs)"? |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseArmorel Young: 7:04pm Feb 26, 2008: It's not the costs themselves but the Kostenverläufe that differ - in one case the costs rise with the Intensitätsgrad and in the other they fall - it's the trend of the costs that is in different directions; I'm still looking for a neat way of putting it
Vittorio Ferretti: 4:25pm Mar 4, 2008: I am sorry, but "proportional" is not a qualitative but quantitative adjective, and means a linear function.
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| | inversely proportional (costs/expenses) | Explanation:
with thanks to Amorel for explaing what this is about.
sample refs:
Inversely proportional?
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Nevertheless, I do believe that the cost of technology is always inversely proportional to the strategic planning effort because our head-long dash towards ...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-02-26 21:13:04 GMT)
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naja, in this case you could also say 'opposite cost trends' -- as your text explains, the cost of preventive maintenance is directly proportional to the scope of PM, while the cost of servicing is inversely proportional to the scope of PM. |
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| | Gegenläufige Kosten countermoving costs
Explanation:
a literal translation, but w/o Ghits
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