EN-ME-4.13 Bookkeeping Today

Task

Your boss has found an English article about bookkeeping on the Internet. He is not good at English and wants you to help him.

1.Go to http://www.accountingcoach.com/online-accounting-course/61Xpg01.html#bookkeeping-past-and-present and read the texts “Bookkeeping Today” and “Recording Transactions”.

2. Write down the technical terms with the corresponding German translation. Be able to translate the text into German with the help of these keywords.

Aim

I can translate the keywords into german

I can translate the text into german.

self-evaluation

It was not so easy for me to read the text because there where alot of unkown words in it and i had to look them up first. I worked for 40-50 minutes on the task

The words i translated

English	German
simultaneously	gleichzeitig
invoice	in Rechnung stellen
ledger	Konto
Cost of goods sold	Umsatzkonten
financial tatements	Bilanzabschluss
debit	abbuchen
trial balance	Testbilanz/Probebilanz
manual system	Systemhandbuch
omitted	ausgelassen
fraudulent transactions	betrügerische Geschäfte
vendor invoice	Lieferantenrechnung
payroll	Gehaltsverzeichnis
adjusting entries	Berichtigungsbuch
revenues	Einnahmen
assets	Vermögen
expenses	Aufwendungen
liabilities	Schulden
(pre)payments	(Vor)auszahlung
depreciation expense	Abschreibungssumme
determine	feststellen
inaccurate	ungenau
proprietor	Inhaber
retained earnings account	Ergebnisvortragskonto
stockholder	Aktionär
bookkeeping	Buchführung
loans payable	Darlehensschuld
rent expense	Mietaufwand
efficiencies	Wirkung