Wirtschaftsinformatik (Bachelor-Studiengang): Wirtschaftsenglisch (1. Semester)
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KW / CM, Kurs vom 01.04.2002 - 30.09.2002
Internal Organisation
| Vokabular | Erklärung | Übersetzung |
|---|---|---|
| accounts department | a/c's department the department that is responsible for keeping an exact record of the money that a company has received and the money it has spent |
Buchhaltung |
| accountant | a person working in this area | Buchhalter |
| chief accountant | head of the accounts department | Hauptbuchhalter |
| to achieve (goals, success) | erreichen (Ziele), erzielen (Erfolg) | |
| balance sheet | a document showing the total of money received and money paid out and the difference between them | Bilanz |
| board of directors | The board of directors is responsible for directing the company. | Vorstand |
| supervisory board | Aufsichtsrat | |
| chairperson (British English), president (American English) | The chairperson chairs the meetings of the board. | Vorsitzende(r) des Vorstands/Rates |
| to cancel | to arrange that a planned activity or event will not happen | absagen, aufheben, annulieren |
| commitment | a promise to do something, the state of being willing to give a lot of time and energy to sth. or sb.; to show commitment to the job | Verpflichtung, Engagement |
| complaint | Reklamation, Beschwerde | |
| to make / lodge a complaint | to state that one is annoyed or not satisfied about sth.; to complain about sth. | reklamieren |
| company secretary | person in charge of administration and legal matters | Verwaltungschef |
| contract | a legally binding agreement | Vertrag |
| to negotiate a contract | einen Vertrag aushandeln | |
| to conclude a contract | einen Vertrag abschließen | |
| to sign a contract | einen Vertrag unterzeichnen | |
| courtesy | Höflichkeit; im Kontext z.B: auf Kosten der Firma | |
| courtesy car | Firmenwagen | |
| delivery | the act of carrying goods to a destination / customer | Lieferung |
| to deliver | liefern | |
| distribution, to distribute | moving goods to places where they are aold | Vertrieb, vertreiben |
| faulty | not perfectly made, not working correctly | fehlerhaft, schlecht |
| to file | to place sth. / documents in order in a particular place so that they can easily be found | ablegen, einordnen, abheften |
| file | Ablage, Ordner, Datei | |
| (senior) executive | a person working in administration or management of a company | (obere) Führungskraft, leitender Angestellter |
| head, to head | the person in charge of a group / organisation; to be in charge of | Leiter, Chef; leiten, führen |
| headquarters, head office | the place where a company is based | (Haupt-)Sitz, Zentrale |
| to implement (a plan) | to put (a plan) into operation | (einen Plan) aus-, durchführen |
| Inland Revenue, tax office, Revenue Commissioners | Government department which collects national taxes. | Finanzamt |
| insurance | protection against risk by regularly paying a sum to an insurance company that agrees to provide compensation | Versicherung |
| to investigate | to examine sth. carefully | untersuchen, nachforschen |
| invoice | a list of goods supplied or work done that states how much you have to pay | Rechnung |
| to invoice someone for sth. | jemandem etwas in Rechnung stellen | |
| managing director (British English), chief executive officer / CEO (American English) | In a United States corporation, CEO is the most powerful management position. | Generaldirektor, Hauptgeschäftsführer |
| order, to order | a request for goods or services | Auftrag, Bestellung, bestellen |
| to place an order | einen Auftrag erteilen | |
| to receive an order | einen Auftrag erhalten | |
| personnel department / human resouces department | The director of human resources ordered his staff to employ 20 new workers. | Personalabteilung |
| to purchase | to buy | (ein)kaufen |
| purchasing power | money available to buy goods | Kaufkraft |
| quotation | statement of the price of a commodity or service; an estimate of costs | Preisangabe, Preisangebot |
| to quote (a price) | (einen Preis) angeben | |
| redundancy | the loss of a job because it is no longer needed | Entlassung (nach Rationalisierung) |
| redundancy payment | Entlassungsabfindung | |
| to make (someone) redundant | John was made redundant because there was no more work and the boss couldn't pay him. | (jemanden) entlassen |
| to dismiss, dismissal | Ken was dismissed for drinking on the job and turning up late on a regular basis. | entlassen, Entlassung (wegen Fehlverhalten) |
| research and development | The company allocates 20% of its resources to research and development. | Forschung und Entwicklung |
| to sell | to give sth. to somebody in exchange for money | verkaufen |
| hard sell | a forceful way of getting people to buy sth. | aggressive Verkaufstaktik, Hardselling |
| to be on sale | to be available to be bought | zum Verkauf stehen |
| salesperson | Verkäufer, Vertreter | |
| sales force | Verkaufspersonal | |
| to be subordinate to | The departmental managers are subordinate to the general
manager. to be responsible to, to report to |
jemandem unterstellt sein |
| subordinate | Unterstellter |
Types Of Business Organisations
| Vokabular | Erklärung | Übersetzung |
|---|---|---|
| Articles of Association | document stating the internal relationship of a plc or ltd | Satzung (einer AG) |
| approval, to approve | act of accepting a plan, decision | Zustimmung, zustimmen |
| asset | Property is a valuable asset nowadays. | Vermögen(swert) |
| bummer | an unpleasant situation / event | ärgerliche Situation |
| to borrow | to receive sth. / money that belongs to someone else which must be returned / repaid | (aus)borgen, (ent)leihen |
| to lend | to give someone sth. / a sum of money, expecting it to be given back / repaid | verleihen |
| loan | sth. that is lent or the action of lending | Darlehen, Kredit; Leihen, Ausleihung |
| co-operative | a business society which is owned and run by the people involved, with profit shared by them | Genossenschaft, Kooperative |
| certificate of trading (British English), business license (American English) | Certificates of trading are issuded to sole traders. | Gewerbeschein |
| to compete (with) | to try to be more successful than another person or organisation / competitor | konkurrieren (mit) |
| competition | Konkurrenz(kampf) | |
| competitive(ness) | Konkurrenzfähig(keit) | |
| deed (of partnership) | signed agreement, about legal rights or ownership of property | (Gesellschafts)Vertrag |
| debt | sum of money owed to sb. They had to settle / pay the debts incurred within two weeks. |
Schulden |
| to run / get into debt | sich verschulden | |
| to be in debt | verschuldet sein | |
| economies of scale | the more you produce / buy the cheaper a product is | Größenvorteil, Kostendegression |
| franchise, to franchise | to authorise others to use an organisation's name and sell its goods. | Franchise, auf Franchise-Basis vergeben |
| to go public | the act of becoming a public limited company; to issue and sell shares on the stock exchange |
an die Börse gehen |
| to go bankrupt | Konkurs machen, bankrott gehen | |
| to go bust | pleite machen | |
| to file for bankruptcy | Konkurs anmelden | |
| to go out of business, to close down | schließen, zumachen | |
| to go into liquidation | in die Liquidation gehen | |
| to liquidate | The company's assets are liquidated by a receiver to pay the creditors. | liquidieren, abwickeln, auflösen |
| joint stock company | a business formed by a group of people using capital provided by all of them | Teilhabergesellschaft |
| liability | a financial obligation, the responsibilty to settle a
debt; A sole trader bears unlimited liability. |
Haftung |
| limited liability | The liability is restricted / limited to the value of the shares / amount of capital invested in an organisation. | beschränkte Haftung |
| to be liable for | to be responsible for | haften für |
| Memorandum of Association | document stating the external relationships of a plc or ltd | Gesellschaftsvertrag, Gründungsurkunde |
| partnership | Personengesellschaft, Sozietät, Teilhaberschaft | |
| general (commercial) partnership | an unlimited partnership with unrestricted liability of its partners | Allgemeine Personengesellschaft, Offene Handelsgesellschaft (OHG) |
| limited (commercial) pertnership | a business with one or more general (fully liable) partners and one or more limited partners (with limited liability) | Kommanditgesellschaft |
| legal prerequisites | (Rechts)Vorschriften, Anordnungen | |
| sleeping partner | a partner who invests but takes no active part in running a business | stiller Teilhaber |
| private limited company / plc (British English), open corporation (American English) | The shares of a plc may be bought and sold on the stock exchange. | Aktiengesellschaft |
| Registrar of Companies | Registerführer für Aktiengesellschaften | |
| Register of Companies | contains the names and addresses of directors of companies | Handelsregister, Gesellschaftsregister |
| sole trader (British English), sole proprietor (American English) | Einzelunternehmer | |
| to raise (capital / a credit) | to collect money | beschaffen, aufnehmen |
| (legal) requirements | sth. that is needed or demanded (by law) of (legal) prerequisites | (Rechts)Vorschriften, Anordnungen |
| to run (a business) | to be in charge of sth., to manage sth. | (eine Firma) führen, leiten |
| shortage | a lack of / not enough of sth. that is needed | Mangel, Knappheit, Defizit |
| small-scale enterprise | Kleinunternehmen | |
| medium-sized enterprise | mittelständisches Unternehmen | |
| large-scale enterprise | Großunternehmen | |
| subsidiary (company) | a company of which the share capital is (partially) owned by another company | Tochtergesellschaft |
| stock exchange | a place where shares are publicly bought and sold He bought some shares on the New York Stock Exchange, which is America's main stock market. |
Börse |
| takeover | the buying of a company by another company or person | Übernahme |
| to launch a takeover bid | ein Übernahmeangebot unterbreiten | |
| trading company | Handelsgesellschaft |