Joseph Given (X) Jul 7, 2012:

@Diana wrong question I think I am now wondering if you have got your questions mixed up :
This one has to do with non-allocable expenses.
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german_to_english/real_estate/4857...

Ausfall also has nothing to do with non-allocable. The fact that the costs were lower has nothing to do with the fact that they could not be allocated.

Joseph Given (X) Jul 7, 2012:

Nice to agree for a change Phil :)

philgoddard Jul 7, 2012:

I agree with Joseph. Betriebskosten are not service charges.

Joseph Given (X) Jul 7, 2012:

Well, to be honest, I think the selected answer is wrong. Service charges is a very wide term, wich applies for instance to service in restaurants, and does not apply to "costs for "services": i.e. gas, electricity, water, etc. it might apply to tradesmans' services, but those are generally only a very small part of Betriebskosten. Furthermore your reason for selecting it has nothing to do with your question. Nichtumlagefähig was not part of what you wanted to have translated.

philgoddard Jun 27, 2012:

You may be right - let's see what other people think.

Joseph Given (X) Jun 27, 2012:

@Phil I think that's a good translation but it would be hard to put into the context. You'd have to turn the whole thing around and call it "for which a higher operating cost shortfall/deficit was assumed". Which would imply that a deficit had been assumed from the beginning, which is not the case here.

So I am pretty sure Ausfall doesn't really refer to deficit, but to the total result, e.g. Langenscheidt.

Ausfall Definition 8
"8. (Ergebnis) outcome, result"
© Langenscheidt KG, Berlin und München

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Ausfall definition 3
3. Art [und Weise], Beschaffenheit, Ergebnis, Güte, Zustand; (bildungsspr.): Qualität.