Jan 12, 2006 09:53
18 yrs ago
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German term
Direktversicherungen
German to English
Bus/Financial
Accounting
GmbH directors\' benefits
This is from a GmbH's management report and refers to director's benefits - listed after the Geschäftsführergehälter are Nebenleistungen: KFZ, **Direktversicherungen**, Pensionszusagen, Mieten along with the appropriate amounts.
I assume these are payments into pension policies taken out on the directors' lives - but I can't find a specific term for Direktversicherungen in English in this context. Is it safe to simply render this as "pension contributions"?
TIA,
Ian
I assume these are payments into pension policies taken out on the directors' lives - but I can't find a specific term for Direktversicherungen in English in this context. Is it safe to simply render this as "pension contributions"?
TIA,
Ian
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | direct insurance |
becktrad
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| 3 | pension plans |
Nicole Schnell
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| 1 | pension plans / direct insurance |
kk ll (X)
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Proposed translations
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Selected
direct insurance
Versicherungswörterbuch
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Sarah Downing
: Schäfer:(Vers) direct insurance (ie, insurance premiums paid direct by employers on behalf of employees)
5 hrs
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Comment: "Thanks everyone. "Direct insurances" is probably the best single option for this context, although the dictionary entries may not be sufficiently up-to-date to be relied upon here and "pension plan contributions" would not IMO have been wrong. I did manage to find some evidence for the term "direct insurance" being used in this context, though, e.g. http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/globalnews2.asp?ID=13263&nm=Europe"
10 mins
Nicole Schnell
United States
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Related KudoZ points
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7
pension plans
Source: dict.leo
Same source offers "primary insurance" (AE)
Same source offers "primary insurance" (AE)
14 mins
pension plans / direct insurance
direct insurance [insur.] > die Direktversicherung
pension plan > die Direktversicherung
Leo Dicc.
pension plan > die Direktversicherung
Leo Dicc.
Discussion
For de just put de instead of en in the above link. HTH
@Nicole: I should perhaps have said - but assumed I didn't need to ;-) - that I've already spent some time with dicos (including Leo) and glossaries, but haven't been able to find 100% confirmation that pension plan payments/contributions is the right option in this context. It may well be, but I'd like to be sure.
@becktrad: this would clearly be right if "Direkt-" was referring to the method of marketing an insurance policy, but I've not found any evidence for it being correct in my context. Have you?