Sachbuchungen

English translation: General ledger account postings/general ledger entries

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German term or phrase:Sachbuchungen
English translation:General ledger account postings/general ledger entries
Entered by: Sebastian Witte

22:21 Nov 2, 2018
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - SAP / Confidential report
German term or phrase: Sachbuchungen
Dear all,

I have not been able to locate the term in the SAP glossary and I have unsuccessfully tried to translate it manually
using Google Define. There is a LEO entry but LEO is not my first choice for accounting terms and I do not know what to do with that English entry there.

This is from the realm of ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning software. The company assessed in the report sells physical goods as a dealer rather than as a manufacturer.

DE:
Sachbuchungen
Or is it Sachkontenbuchungen?

Context:
Da SAP das führende Buchhaltungssystem ist, müssen im neuen ERP-System keine manuellen ***Sachbuchungen*** durchgeführt werden. Lediglich die Buchungen, die aus den Kundenaufträgen resultieren, finden Berücksichtigung in der Schnittstelle zu SAP.
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Inwieweit die Sachbuchungen aus der Lagerregulierung an SAP übergeben werden können, muss in der Detailanalyse geklärt werden.

Thanking you good people kindly for any informed or intuitively formed input,

Best regards,

Sebastian Witte
Sebastian Witte
Germany
Local time: 14:56
General ledger (account) posting
Explanation:
Buchung in SAP = Posting

German page on Sachkontobuchung: https://help.sap.com/saphelp_470/helpdata/de/52/1eae17879011...
"Mit dieser Funktion können Sie Sachkontenbuchungen erfassen."
English: https://help.sap.com/saphelp_470/helpdata/en/52/1eae17879011...
"You can use this function to enter G/L account postings. "

Or this one
https://help.sap.com/erp_hcm_ias_2013_01/helpdata/de/48/7e01... (Geschäftsvorfälle -> Buchen -> Sachkontenbuchen
https://help.sap.com/erp_hcm_ias_2012_03/helpdata/en/29/830e... (Business transactions -> Post -> G/L account posting)
Selected response from:

Mair A-W (PhD)
Germany
Local time: 14:56
Grading comment
Actually based on my accounting translator intuition, and in line with Ted's comment, which comment picks up on a previous KudoZ answer he was involved with back then, I decided to put general ledger entries, regardless of the "official" SAP wording for Buchung, but I understand your answer is along or mostly along those lines anyway. Thanks very much for your fine contribution.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2General ledger (account) posting
Mair A-W (PhD)
4ledger entries
David Hollywood


  

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ledger entries


Explanation:
manual ledger entries

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I think this is what they're getting at

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A ledger entry is a record made of a business transaction. The entry may be made under either the single entry or double entry bookkeeping ...

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computer rule and they might take us over in the long run....hope not ....

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but a serious possibility... not kidding

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kein Witz ... ist die Wahrheit

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borrowed from this: Explanation:
From Sachbuch=G/L

also see http://doc.tip-informatik.at/index.php/Sachbuchungen_(Beispi...

More context would improve the confidence level

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so don't want to pinch and the cooperation goes on... in our modern world the main idea is to exchange info and that's what we're doing in proz

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Alvin Toffler had the right idea years ago...

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und er hat ganz recht

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Geld ist wichtig aber Wissenschaft ist der König

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meine Ideen und hoffentlich hilft es dir weiter...

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but if you select this answer, the points go to Stephen

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always keen to get more points but in this case it would be pinching so....

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if it helps it's ok

David Hollywood
Local time: 10:56
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
General ledger (account) posting


Explanation:
Buchung in SAP = Posting

German page on Sachkontobuchung: https://help.sap.com/saphelp_470/helpdata/de/52/1eae17879011...
"Mit dieser Funktion können Sie Sachkontenbuchungen erfassen."
English: https://help.sap.com/saphelp_470/helpdata/en/52/1eae17879011...
"You can use this function to enter G/L account postings. "

Or this one
https://help.sap.com/erp_hcm_ias_2013_01/helpdata/de/48/7e01... (Geschäftsvorfälle -> Buchen -> Sachkontenbuchen
https://help.sap.com/erp_hcm_ias_2012_03/helpdata/en/29/830e... (Business transactions -> Post -> G/L account posting)

Mair A-W (PhD)
Germany
Local time: 14:56
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Actually based on my accounting translator intuition, and in line with Ted's comment, which comment picks up on a previous KudoZ answer he was involved with back then, I decided to put general ledger entries, regardless of the "official" SAP wording for Buchung, but I understand your answer is along or mostly along those lines anyway. Thanks very much for your fine contribution.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: convincing refs
46 mins

agree  Ted Wozniak: But I would leave a translator's note about assuming the author meant Sachkontenbuchungen (which can also be called "G/L entries"
2 hrs
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