Aug 30, 2013 05:43
10 yrs ago
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German term
Austria
Summenerhaltendes Runden
German to English
Bus/Financial
Mathematics & Statistics
From a disclaimer to a financial report: Prozentuelle Veränderungen beziehen sich auf die ungerundeten Werte. Die absoluten Werte sind summenerhaltend gerundet.
German info:
http://www.zinsen-berechnen.de/annuitaetendarlehen/summenerh...
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rundung#Summenerhaltendes_Runde...
Could this be compensated summation? The company would like an accurate term rather than just "The absolute values have been rounded off", to clarify the difference to Mathematisches Runden.
German info:
http://www.zinsen-berechnen.de/annuitaetendarlehen/summenerh...
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rundung#Summenerhaltendes_Runde...
Could this be compensated summation? The company would like an accurate term rather than just "The absolute values have been rounded off", to clarify the difference to Mathematisches Runden.
Proposed translations
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| 2 +1 | rounded maintaining their sum |
Erik Freitag
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| 2 | rounded off though remaining consistent with actual total |
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German term (edited):
summenerhaltend gerundet
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rounded maintaining their sum
Disclaimer: Not my working language direction, hence low CL.
There are several methods how to round values in a way that theirs sum is identical to that of the unrounded values (although this is usually done for proportions such as percentages, rather than for absolute values).
Anyway, we don't know which one has been used here, so I suggest that you use a similarly generic wording:
"Absolute values have been rounded maintaining their sum". To be more precise, it's the sum of the unrounded values that's maintained, but that may be a case of splitting hairs.
There are several methods how to round values in a way that theirs sum is identical to that of the unrounded values (although this is usually done for proportions such as percentages, rather than for absolute values).
Anyway, we don't know which one has been used here, so I suggest that you use a similarly generic wording:
"Absolute values have been rounded maintaining their sum". To be more precise, it's the sum of the unrounded values that's maintained, but that may be a case of splitting hairs.
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| agree |
philgoddard
: There may be a more commonly used term, but this will be understood.
6 hrs
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for helping. After checking with a couple more mathematicians, they confirmed that this is the same as compensated summation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahan_summation_algorithm"
10 hrs
rounded off though remaining consistent with actual total
Percentage changes do reflect the actual values. Absolute values are rounded off, though remaining consistent with the actual total.
or: while preserving the actual total
or: while preserving the actual total
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