Kettengeschäft

English translation: chain transaction

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German term or phrase:	Kettengeschäft
English translation:	chain transaction
Entered by:	jccantrell

01:22 Jan 17, 2010

German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / Specs/Stds

German term or phrase: Kettengeschäft

Hi folks.

I am doing a spec for fare management systems and I hit this term. Everywhere wants to translate it as "chain store" but I do not believe that it has that meaning here.

Now the offending sentence:

Auch das für die Sicherung der Zweiseitigkeit in den Geschäftsbeziehungen erforderliche Kettengeschäft (falls als Konstrukt von der BAFin gefordert) lässt sich auf der Basis des überarbeiteten Modells eindeutig darstellen.

I think they are using it in the sense of some sort of "serial business deal" but I cannot find any sort of confirmation.

Any thoughts welcome as this is REALLY not my area.

jccantrell KudoZ activity Questions: 193 (none open) (14 closed without grading) Answers: 5057 United States
Local time: 23:56

chain transaction

Explanation:
Not sure about this, but looks like a possibility.

Chain transaction

http://tinyurl.com/yd2n3oc

See page 219 and page xlv

Chain transaction – a transaction consisting of two or more successive contracts with the same objective and terms in material respects, such as a bill of exchange transaction, a letter of credit transaction, a credit transfer, or a successive carriage

http://tinyurl.com/ybcspu3

Selected response from:

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 00:56

Grading comment

Thanks Kim and thanks everybody. I went with this and will give the client a note because it does not occur elsewhere in the text.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +6

chain transaction

Kim Metzger

after sales business / subsequent business

Wulf-Dieter Krüger

business linkage

swisstell

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

28 mins confidence:

business linkage

Explanation:
a thought which, as you say, may be welcome

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 08:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 179

29 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

chain transaction

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 00:56
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 442

Grading comment

Thanks Kim and thanks everybody. I went with this and will give the client a note because it does not occur elsewhere in the text.

1 day 1 hr confidence:

after sales business / subsequent business

Explanation:
both terms reflect follow-up business after an initial transaction and are used in the automotive industry.
In banking one would speak of mass-/retail business (via the branches (chain) of the bank

Wulf-Dieter Krüger
Local time: 13:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: German

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