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Kostenpunkt rund 68,5 Millionen Schilling

English translation: The cost is approximately 68.5 million Austrian Shillings (AS)

13:11 Dec 6, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Kostenpunkt rund 68,5 Millionen Schilling
Kostenpunkt rund 68,5
Millionen Schilling

Kostenpunkt: cost question?
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English translation:The cost is approximately 68.5 million Austrian Shillings (AS)
Explanation:
As an Austrian (and your source text is quite clearly Austrian) I can assure you that "Kostenpunkt" means simply "Kosten". It's just the Austrian usage of the language.
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Christa Zeller Thomas
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5 +2The cost is approximately 68.5 million Austrian Shillings (AS)
Christa Zeller Thomas
2 +3cost
Nils Andersson (X)
4matter of expense
Tanja Wohlgemuth


  

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matter of expense


Explanation:
"cost question" doesn't quite sound right to me - I think it depends on the context: either "... at the cost of..." or "(matter of) expense(s): ...Schilling"


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Tanja Wohlgemuth
Germany
Local time: 20:03
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +3
cost


Explanation:
Without a larger context, it is hard
to tell. "-punkt" is probably just
blabber, but it COULD refer to
something like "break-even cost"
or some other qualifier, again,
context dependent.

Nils Andersson (X)
United States
Local time: 11:03

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ursula Peter-Czichi: You are right, -punkt is blabber. I would translate 'Kostenpunkt' = Price (It is what they have to pay.) Kostenpunkt is usually used to make an issue of the amount.
1 hr
agree  Pro Lingua
1 hr
agree  rjbemben: In my context it was "bottom line (cost)"
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
The cost is approximately 68.5 million Austrian Shillings (AS)


Explanation:
As an Austrian (and your source text is quite clearly Austrian) I can assure you that "Kostenpunkt" means simply "Kosten". It's just the Austrian usage of the language.


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Christa Zeller Thomas
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters
41 mins
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agree  Pro Lingua
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