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English translation: turning payroll accounts into quasi checking accounts
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| 05:52 Jun 14, 2005 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Management / Checklist | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: silfilla Local time: 23:19 | ||||||
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25 mins confidence: 
giro account in disguise Explanation: A pay account is not a giro account. These pay accounts are used as giro accounts with respect to union duties. In a way they are giro accounts disguised as pay accounts. |
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26 mins confidence:
disguised current/checking account Explanation: Don't drop the "Giro" in the translation - this makes it obvious that money can be easily withdrawn. |
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42 mins confidence:
"restricted" current account Explanation: maybe this fits better |
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4 hrs confidence:
turning payroll accounts into quasi checking accounts Explanation: would be my suggestion for the entire parenthetical phrase The author is saying that payroll accounts serve as troughs, so to speak, for unions. |
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