German term
United States
Betriebskosten
This is a partially translated ad for hotel apartments. What do you think they mean by Betriebskosten??
| 3 +4 | operating expenses |
Edith Kelly
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| 4 +2 | maintenance and utility charges |
William Stein
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| 4 +1 | maintenance fees |
swisstell
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| 4 | operating costs |
Kathi Stock
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| 4 | Running expenses.... |
David Moore (X)
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| 4 | overhead, overhead expenses |
Сергей Лузан
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Nov 28, 2006 10:32: Steffen Walter changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Nov 28, 2006 10:32: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "Betriebskosten (in this context)" to "Betriebskosten" , "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Real Estate"
Proposed translations
Switzerland
Professional conference interpreter
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: German to English, English to German, Dutch to German, and 4 more.
operating expenses
Schaetzing
Fachwörterbuch für Hotellerie & Gastronomie
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Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
3 mins
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Thanks.
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William Stein
35 mins
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Ellen Zittinger
1 hr
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Athanasios Tsifis (X)
4 hrs
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Thanks all.
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maintenance fees
United States
With German Quality & Accuracy
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German to English
operating costs
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Note added at 2003-06-23 18:01:27 (GMT)
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Ach ja, Reinigung des Zimmers, TV-Anschluss und solche Dinge fallen natürlich auch darunter, siehe:
www.deraghotels.de/preise/app_gkf_03.pdf
Costa Rica
Translations that read like originals
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK)
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
maintenance and utility charges
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Armorel Young
: I'm not sure about operating costs - that would be fine for running a business, but not for renting an apartment
2 hrs
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Right, I was going to answer "operating costs" automatically, but then when I saw it was an apartment that didn't sound right.
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invguy
: Only 'utility charges' might do. 'Maintenance' normally includes (some) repairs, property tax etc (depending on local legislation). 'Operating' suggests rather a business, a plant, equipment etc.
5 hrs
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Running expenses....
Russian Federation
Always welcome! :)
Native in: Russian
Works in: German to Russian, English to Russian, Spanish to Russian, and 7 more.
overhead, overhead expenses
Re.: 3. Collins German Dictionary, ISBN 0-00-470406-1
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Note added at 2003-06-24 17:15:06 (GMT)
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TYPO - overheadS
running costs (von Maschine) are hardly applicable here, I guess.
Discussion
But what exactly does that cover? Maybe "operating costs" would be the safest given the lack of specificity.