Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Corporate allocations
Chinese translation:
企业分摊/分配
Added to glossary by
Julia Zou
May 4, 2007 06:25
17 yrs ago
English term
Corporate allocations
English to Chinese
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a) Please rank the top 5 cost areas (average annualized cost) of the following areas of ATM ownership for both onsite and off-premise ATMs?
i. Hardware costs
ii. Software costs
iii. Transaction processing
iv. Telecom costs
v. Corporate allocations (e.g. interest cost of cash)
谢谢！
i. Hardware costs
ii. Software costs
iii. Transaction processing
iv. Telecom costs
v. Corporate allocations (e.g. interest cost of cash)
谢谢！
Proposed translations
(Chinese)
| 3 | 企业间接成本分摊/分配 (例如，现金/现金贷款利息成本） |
Hanyi Magnusson
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| 4 | 企业摊配 |
Frank_jie
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| 3 | 企业分配额 |
karcsy
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| 3 | 总行补贴/拨付 |
wingedvampire
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May 8, 2007 14:26: Julia Zou changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/600612">Julia Zou's</a> old entry - "Corporate allocations "" to ""企业间接成本分摊/分配 (例如，现金/现金贷款利息成本）""
May 8, 2007 14:26: Julia Zou changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/600612">Julia Zou's</a> old entry - "Corporate allocations "" to ""企业分摊/分配 ""
Proposed translations
13 hrs
Hanyi Magnusson
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企业间接成本分摊/分配 (例如，现金/现金贷款利息成本）
My understanding judging by the text is that this “coporate allocations” means 'overhead cost', it is one kind of cost. It seems the text is trying to evaluating the cost of investing in ATM terminals.
'Corporate allocations' in this context will refer to those cost that cannot be allocated anywhere else: such as the man power of senior management in head quater; the interest the investor/corporate have to pay on the bank lawn--they probably borrowed money to invest in these ATMs; rentals of the office to have people oversee the ATM operations, etc.
Hence I understand " the interest cost of cash" actually meant the interest rate on borrowed cash for the investment.
Hope this helps a little.
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Note added at 13 hrs (2007-05-04 20:08:56 GMT)
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apologize: typo, shoul be 'bank loan'.
'Corporate allocations' in this context will refer to those cost that cannot be allocated anywhere else: such as the man power of senior management in head quater; the interest the investor/corporate have to pay on the bank lawn--they probably borrowed money to invest in these ATMs; rentals of the office to have people oversee the ATM operations, etc.
Hence I understand " the interest cost of cash" actually meant the interest rate on borrowed cash for the investment.
Hope this helps a little.
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Note added at 13 hrs (2007-05-04 20:08:56 GMT)
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apologize: typo, shoul be 'bank loan'.
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Comment: "Thank you very much!"
11 hrs
企业分配额
This is not an accounting entry. It means that certern amount of money is set aside (allocated) by the corporation for specific purpose such as cash placed in ATMs.
现金的利息成本 即是存放在ATMs的现金导致利息的损失。
现金的利息成本 即是存放在ATMs的现金导致利息的损失。
20 hrs
企业摊配
Agree with Hanyi's explaination. But I think using "企业摊配" will be better.
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wingedvampire
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总行补贴/拨付
allocation: The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer.
试译：总行补贴/拨付（如持有现金导致的利息损失）
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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2007-05-05 09:47:30 GMT)
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interest cost of cash在这里是指“现金导致的利息损失”，因为存放在ATM中的现金是不会产生利息收入的，相对这笔金额放贷可能产生的利息收入就是损失。interest cost 翻译成“利息成本”是对债务人/借款人而言，他们必须向贷款支付利息，计为成本项目，就是利息成本了。
试译：总行补贴/拨付（如持有现金导致的利息损失）
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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2007-05-05 09:47:30 GMT)
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interest cost of cash在这里是指“现金导致的利息损失”，因为存放在ATM中的现金是不会产生利息收入的，相对这笔金额放贷可能产生的利息收入就是损失。interest cost 翻译成“利息成本”是对债务人/借款人而言，他们必须向贷款支付利息，计为成本项目，就是利息成本了。
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