kalkulatorisch

English translation: measurable

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German term or phrase:kalkulatorisch
English translation:measurable
Entered by: Steffen Walter

11:33 Aug 17, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics / agriculture
German term or phrase: kalkulatorisch
from (end of) a BMFT report on raw material alternatives for yeast manufacture.

"Lediglig bei der Nutzung einiger staerkereicher Rohstoffe and deren Verzuckerung in den Hefefabriken ergeben sich kalkulatorische Hefenherstellkosten, die mit dem Rohstoff Melasse kompatibel sind.....
Jon Fedler
Local time: 20:14
measurable
Explanation:
Not all costs to a production operation can be measured. These can.
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Roddy Stegemann
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Local time: 11:14
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4measurable
Roddy Stegemann
3leave it out
Kieran McCann
1accrued
Jonathan MacKerron


  

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leave it out


Explanation:
Very tricky term to translate because it can refer to almost any kind of financial calculation, though it normally describes theoretical figures of one sort or another. Usually somewhere close to 'notional/imputed' cost or 'standard' cost. But I think in this case he's talking about actual costs and is just saying that it's not economically feasible to produce it unless the right raw materials/processes are used, so I think it's being used as one of those German abstractions which don't add anything and which we leave out in English. You could perhaps say 'only if...is it possible to calculate a cost of production for yeast which...'.

The one translation that doesn't work is 'calculatory' (despite previous kudoz answers) because the term is unknown in English and will only mean anything to German speakers



Kieran McCann
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kalkulatorish
measurable


Explanation:
Not all costs to a production operation can be measured. These can.

Roddy Stegemann
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Local time: 11:14
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kalkulatorish
accrued


Explanation:
sort of what it means??

Jonathan MacKerron
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