Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Störungsaufkommen
English translation:
malfunction frequency
Added to glossary by
Dierk Seeburg
Sep 3, 2000 03:14
24 yrs ago
German term
Canada
Störungsaufkommen
German to English
Bus/Financial
Talking about cash recycling in ATMs and the effect which crumpled or dirty banknotes might have: "Auch wenn dies kurzfristig zu einem erhöhten Störungsaufkommen führen sollte, sind die Vorteile durch die Reduzierung der Transportkosten langfristig erheblich."
Proposed translations
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| 0 | malfunction frequency |
Dierk Seeburg
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| 0 | increased number of malfunctions |
Natalie Grassmann
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Proposed translations
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Dierk Seeburg
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Native in: German (Variants: Namibian, Platt / Nieder (Low German), Germany, South Tyrol (Italy), Saxon (Upper), Belgian, Swiss, Swabian, Bavarian, Alsatian, Austrian) 
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malfunction frequency
I would translate Störung in this context of ATMs with malfunction and Aufkommen with frequency as it refers to the number of times the malfunction occurs.
Cheerio,
Dierk
Cheerio,
Dierk
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Natalie Grassmann
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Italy
Fast, professional and totally reliable
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English
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increased number of malfunctions
I'm presuming its saying the crumpled notes may block the machine! "Stoerung" as in the time the ATM is out of order?
Stoerungsanzeiger: malfunction indicator
Stoerungsdauer: downtime
Stoerungsanzeiger: malfunction indicator
Stoerungsdauer: downtime
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