Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Geldsammelstelle
English translation:
monetary funds, private equity funds
Added to glossary by
Michael Rose
Nov 10, 2005 13:03
18 yrs ago
German term
Geldsammelstelle
German to English
Bus/Financial
Real Estate
Effects of globalisation
From a speech on the effects of globalisation on the real estate valuation business.
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Der Shareholder Value wird zur alles bestimmenden fast möchte ich sagen „Glaubensfrage“. Vor etwa 2 Jahrzehnten hat ein bekannter Politiker die Feststellung getroffen. Zitat „ Am Beginn des nächsten Jahrtausend werden einige wenige ***Geldsammelstellen*** die Wirtschaft diktieren“. Das ist letzlich auch eingetreten und wirkt auf viele Menschen sehr beunruhigend.
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I'm proofreading a translation, the original translator has used "money collection centres", which sounds rather too literal to me. Does anyone have a better idea?
TIA, Stephen
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Der Shareholder Value wird zur alles bestimmenden fast möchte ich sagen „Glaubensfrage“. Vor etwa 2 Jahrzehnten hat ein bekannter Politiker die Feststellung getroffen. Zitat „ Am Beginn des nächsten Jahrtausend werden einige wenige ***Geldsammelstellen*** die Wirtschaft diktieren“. Das ist letzlich auch eingetreten und wirkt auf viele Menschen sehr beunruhigend.
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I'm proofreading a translation, the original translator has used "money collection centres", which sounds rather too literal to me. Does anyone have a better idea?
TIA, Stephen
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | hedge funds / funds that collect money |
Michael Rose
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| 3 | money pools |
Norbert Hermann
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| 2 | companies which attract money |
BrigitteHilgner
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| 1 | sources of capital |
Jonathan MacKerron
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Proposed translations
22 mins
Michael Rose
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English
Bilingual Financial Expert
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, German
Works in: German to English, English to German, Spanish to German, and 1 more.
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8
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hedge funds / funds that collect money
Obviously he's talking about the "grasshoppers" made famous by former SPD party leader Müntefering.
If you don't want to outright use hedge fund you'll have to make up an expression, like the speaker did.
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Note added at 26 mins (2005-11-10 13:30:16 GMT)
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or simply "funds"
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Note added at 33 mins (2005-11-10 13:36:28 GMT)
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I meant locusts, Heuschrecken
If you don't want to outright use hedge fund you'll have to make up an expression, like the speaker did.
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Note added at 26 mins (2005-11-10 13:30:16 GMT)
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or simply "funds"
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Note added at 33 mins (2005-11-10 13:36:28 GMT)
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I meant locusts, Heuschrecken
Note from asker:
| Prompted by your suggestion, it just occured to me; how about "monetary funds"? Lots of usage of this term with respect to the world bank, IMF etc. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for all the ideas. I went with "monetary funds" in the end, prompted by this answer."
13 mins
BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Austria
Native in German
Austria
b2b/economics/marketing/market research/
Native in: German 
Works in: German to English, French to German, English to German
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20
companies which attract money
This is more a guess than knowledge - I am not quite sure that I interpret the term correctly (the content is insufficient to be sure).
1 hr
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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67
sources of capital
???
1 hr
Norbert Hermann
Native in German
&
English
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Native in: English , German
Works in: English to German, German to English, Portuguese to German, and 3 more.
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15
money pools
I think Geldsammelstellen is used here quite loosely
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