feilsatsinger

English translation: misplaced investments

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Norwegian term or phrase:feilsatsinger
English translation:misplaced investments
Entered by: Carole Hognestad

08:30 Aug 21, 2015
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting
Norwegian term or phrase: feilsatsinger
From a text concerning accounting principles (the arm length's principle in particular):
Det var ikke holdepunkter for å anta at prisene som hadde blitt beregnet var i strid med armlengdeprinsippet. Retten legger her spesielt vekt på at det «ikke [er] påvist feilsatsinger eller andre ekstraordinære forhold ved driften i selskapet dette året».
Carole Hognestad
Local time: 19:12
misplaced investments
Explanation:
Failed efforts, misdirected expenditure - satsing is simply an effort to do something, while mis- indicates the failure of such an effort to accomplish the desired result.
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Per Bergvall
Norway
Local time: 19:12
Grading comment
Many thanks for your help.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1misplaced investments
Per Bergvall
1misallocation
Diarmuid Kennan


Discussion entries: 4





  

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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
misallocation


Explanation:
Just a guess

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 18:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 14
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
misplaced investments


Explanation:
Failed efforts, misdirected expenditure - satsing is simply an effort to do something, while mis- indicates the failure of such an effort to accomplish the desired result.

Per Bergvall
Norway
Local time: 19:12
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
PRO pts in category: 59
Grading comment
Many thanks for your help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adrian MM. (X): could also be misguided.
6 mins
  -> In this case, there were not shown to be any, so misguided, misplaced or just failed becomes moot...:-)
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