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Treuhandkosten

English translation: escrow

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
German term or phrase:Treuhand (E-Commerce)
English translation:escrow
Entered by: Ian M-H (X)

11:55 May 25, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Internet, e-Commerce / Online shopping
German term or phrase: Treuhandkosten
Software strings from a NON-RETAIL online shop PHP file:

"$locale_strings['**treuhandkosten**_von_uns_uebernommen'] = 'Die Kosten für den **Treuhandservice** werden von uns übernommen.';

There must be something other than trustee?

TIA
Textklick
Local time: 07:20
escrow costs
Explanation:
Or escrow fees

You might have a little more context, and that might rule this answer out, but in many cases escrow will work - including escrow services for domain names and loads of other things that could apply in your non-retail context.

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/legalities-2-software-escro...

http://www.sedo.com/services/s_escrow.php?language=us

(just for starters...)


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Note added at 1 hr 41 mins (2005-05-25 13:36:52 GMT)
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Asker\'s note about payment methods makes me feel slightly more confident about this suggested answer - payment by means of an escrow service. (eBay calls this a \"Treuhand\" service in German, BTW.)



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Note added at 2 hrs 16 mins (2005-05-25 14:12:13 GMT)
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Frosty wonders how familiar the term is. Fair point. All I can say is that it\'s used by, among others, eBay and Amazon. That ought to have increased its currency.

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/confidence/items-escrow.html

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/3149661/026-...

One could equally ask how many \"simple citizens\" in German-speaking areas hage a clear understanding of what\'s meant by a \"Treuhand\" service. I suspect many would think it\'s got something to do with liquidating the assets of the GDR... ;-)

Selected response from:

Ian M-H (X)
United States
Local time: 02:20
Grading comment
Many thanks Ian for your inspirational research, which was much appreciated. Might be an idea to add the suffix (e-commerce)or similar when you make that useful glossary entry?
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +1escrow costs
Ian M-H (X)
2 +1Agency costs
Frosty
3costs related to on-line security
Raghunathan Rajagopalan


Discussion entries: 4





  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Agency costs


Explanation:
A shot in the dark!

Frosty
Local time: 08:20
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  silfilla: or costs of agency services, perhaps
27 mins
  -> Thankyou - and of course!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
costs related to on-line security


Explanation:
in the context of on-line shopping, hope it is ok....

Raghunathan Rajagopalan
Local time: 11:50
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
escrow costs


Explanation:
Or escrow fees

You might have a little more context, and that might rule this answer out, but in many cases escrow will work - including escrow services for domain names and loads of other things that could apply in your non-retail context.

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/legalities-2-software-escro...

http://www.sedo.com/services/s_escrow.php?language=us

(just for starters...)


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Note added at 1 hr 41 mins (2005-05-25 13:36:52 GMT)
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Asker\'s note about payment methods makes me feel slightly more confident about this suggested answer - payment by means of an escrow service. (eBay calls this a \"Treuhand\" service in German, BTW.)



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Note added at 2 hrs 16 mins (2005-05-25 14:12:13 GMT)
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Frosty wonders how familiar the term is. Fair point. All I can say is that it\'s used by, among others, eBay and Amazon. That ought to have increased its currency.

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/confidence/items-escrow.html

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/3149661/026-...

One could equally ask how many \"simple citizens\" in German-speaking areas hage a clear understanding of what\'s meant by a \"Treuhand\" service. I suspect many would think it\'s got something to do with liquidating the assets of the GDR... ;-)



Ian M-H (X)
United States
Local time: 02:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Many thanks Ian for your inspirational research, which was much appreciated. Might be an idea to add the suffix (e-commerce)or similar when you make that useful glossary entry?

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Frosty: This occurred to me too, but my reservation was, how many simple citizens know what escrow means? It caught me out the first time I heard it several years ago! / Quite true. Treuhand:GDR = possible, but unlikely.
36 mins
  -> I don't think the term is *that* uncommon, but Asker will need to decide if it fits his context or not.
agree  gangels (X): since it's NONretail, they should know the meaning of escrow
1 day 3 hrs
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