Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Gefälligkeitsbescheinigung
English translation:
bogus receipt/invoice
Added to glossary by
Katy Dean
Feb 11, 2005 10:56
19 yrs ago
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German term
Gefälligkeitsbescheinigung
German to English
Bus/Financial
Law: Taxation & Customs
Tax
This is in a letter regarding taxation. They first say they need to find out 'ob diese Mietbescheinigung echt ist' then say 'ob es sich um eine Gefälligkeitsbescheinigung handelt...' Is it perhaps just another way of saying, 'is it a fake document'?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | bogus receipt/invoice |
Lancashireman
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| 4 +1 | accomodation certificate |
Susanne Kolbert
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| 3 | accomodation certificate |
Daniela Wolff
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Proposed translations
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German term (edited):
Gef�lligkeitsbescheinigung
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bogus receipt/invoice
simulated payment between two people collaborating to defraud the taxman
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Comment: "I chose bogus document in the end because it was not a receipt or invoice in this case. However, I felt this was more appropriate than accomodation because following 'Mietbescheinigung', 'accomodation' would not have been understood as meaning fake or counterfeit."
17 mins
German term (edited):
Gef�lligkeitsbescheinigung
accomodation certificate
I first thought that it meant something that was issued as a favour to someone else, but then I went to dict.leo.org and typed in gefaelligkeit* an all of the compound nouns given that start with gefaelligkeits***, refer to accommodation, e.g. gefaelligkeitspapier = accommodation paper.
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Susanne Kolbert
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German term (edited):
Gef�lligkeitsbescheinigung
accomodation certificate
They do mean it's a fake, but you would need to put it more politely!
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