Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
diskontieren
English translation:
to discount future periods to their present value
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Lingua.Franca
Jan 22, 2009 12:23
15 yrs ago
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German term
diskontieren
German to English
Bus/Financial
Accounting
CAPM
In der Bewertungspraxis ist es üblich, spätere Perioden sukzessiv auf dem Gegenwartszeitpunkt zu diskontieren.
Here's my attempt, but I really have no good idea of whether that's even close.
"In evaluation praxis it is common to successively discount later periods based on the presence."
This sentence comes from an essay regarding CAPM and I just can't make heads or tails of it in English. I would appreciate if someone could give me an idea of what the entire sentence means in English. It would help me out a lot!!
Here's my attempt, but I really have no good idea of whether that's even close.
"In evaluation praxis it is common to successively discount later periods based on the presence."
This sentence comes from an essay regarding CAPM and I just can't make heads or tails of it in English. I would appreciate if someone could give me an idea of what the entire sentence means in English. It would help me out a lot!!
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +5 | to discount future periods to their present value |
Lingua.Franca
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References
Investopedia-Eintrag |
Steffen Walter
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Change log
Jan 22, 2009 12:31: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "Finance (general)" to "Accounting"
Feb 5, 2009 12:46: Lingua.Franca Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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to discount future periods to their present value
this is it.
Note from asker:
Sounds good to me but someone just told me this: "don't be lulled into instantly translating this as "discount". When I consider the whole sentence carefully I end up inclined to talk of "neglecting consideration for later periods" (and after the neglection of consideration for an original one, the one under discussion in context)." What do you think about that? It doesn't really make sense to me, i.e. I am not quite sure what he is saying |
Peer comment(s):
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waschbaer
: or 'later periods' depending on the context
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misterherrnau
: I have no problem with "discounted," which is used correctly in the Wikipedia article on "present value."
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Michael Rose
: look up net present value. What they're saying e.g. is that at 100 EUR in a year are worth 95,2 EUR today, discounted at 5%.
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RobinB
: Very standard terminology here.
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agree |
Dr.G.MD (X)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you!"
Reference comments
1 hr
Reference:
Investopedia-Eintrag
Die u. a. englische Quelle hilft vielleicht bei der Klärung von Unsicherheiten.
Reference:
Discussion
The same person just wrote me this: "Bewertung" is of course permutated from a transitive verb - "to evaluate" in English, or more likely "to audit" if we're talking financial interests. "Neglect considering later periods during a particular period of time."
I am still not sure I understand the logic or why it would mean that it is neglected. Any ideas?