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Aussenumsatz

English translation: external sales

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German term or phrase:Aussenumsatz
English translation:external sales
Entered by: Christine Andrews (X)

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 (X)
Local time: 03:13
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: 03:13
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Summary of answers provided
4gross external sales
Victoria Holmes
3 -2export turnover
Raghunathan Rajagopalan


Discussion entries: 2





  

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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 Rajagopalan
Local time: 07:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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: 03:13
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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