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f.d.l.v.
Jul 1, 2009 15:40
14 yrs ago
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German term

2 % Skonto, 30 Tagen netto

German to English Bus/Financial Law: Contract(s) Consignment store contract
Please can someone help me untangle my Skontos and nettos. What exactly is Firm XXX to pay and when? The sentence reads: "Die Zahlung für die entnommene Konsignationsware erfolgt monatlich durch Firma XXX innerhalb von 14 Tagen 2 % Skonto, 30 Tagen netto nach Datum der Ausstellung des Beleges."
Proposed translations (English)
3 +5 2% discount for payment within 14 days
5 +4 2/14, net 30
3 2% 14 Net 30
Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (2): Sabine Akabayov, PhD, Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)

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Discussion

Jo Bennett (asker) Jul 1, 2009:
Too zappy for legal context? OK thanks, though the second link doesn't seem to work, but there do seem to a number of hits, and I like the conciseness of the term. But this is, as I say, in the formal legal context of a contract, and I suspect these options would be too zappy!
Ted Wozniak Jul 1, 2009:
US and UK Just google "2/10, net 30" site:UK and you will get hits such as

wps.pearsoned.co.uk/wps/media/objects/.../0273685988_ch11.ppt

www.finntrack.co.uk/finntrack.com/mbi/.../chapter 10.ppt
Jo Bennett (asker) Jul 1, 2009:
USA / UK? Can you guys (Ted and David) who are proposing the short punchy versions confirm that these are acceptable in UK English as well as US English (the target language is UK English).

Proposed translations

+5
2 mins
Selected

2% discount for payment within 14 days

If you pay within 14 days you get 2% discount - otherwise it's the full (net) price within 30 days.
Peer comment(s):
agree Lirka : exactly
1 min
agree caro.tulu
2 mins
agree Sabine Akabayov, PhD
33 mins
agree philgoddard : I've never seen the abbreviations suggested by Ted and David. I'm British, so maybe the abbreviations are American.
2 hrs
agree Lancashireman : Best expressed as words. I certainly wouldn't know what to make of 2/14.
3 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Great, thanks Armorel."
+4
4 mins

2/14, net 30

Is the standard way to write this in English. It means there is a 2% discount if paid within 14 days, otherwise the full amount (net = without the discount) is due within 30 days.
Peer comment(s):
agree Alison Schwitzgebel
23 mins
agree wfarkas (X) : Stated another way: 2/14 n/30
1 hr
agree Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
1 hr
agree Peter Manda (X)
8 hrs
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6 mins

2% 14 Net 30

2 per cent discount if payment received within fourteen days, otherwise payment 30 days after invoice date
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