Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
costos indirectos de administración, imprevistos y utilidades (A. I. U.)
English translation:
indirect overhead, contingency, and profit (cost components)
Spanish term
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costos indirectos de administración, imprevistos y utilidades (A. I. U.)
Este se debe efectuar a cada una de las actividades listadas. Los valores resultantes están determinados por las condiciones establecidas en las especificaciones de construcción en cuanto a materiales, equipos y mano de obra e igualmente por los rendimientos esperados y porcentajes aplicados a los costos indirectos de administración, imprevistos y utilidades (A. I. U.) concluidos estos análisis de precios se les fija a cada una de las actividades el valor unitario correspondiente, con lo cual se puede calcular los valores parciales.
Feb 28, 2011 01:04: María Eugenia Wachtendorff changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/126813">Manuel Aburto's</a> old entry - "costos indirectos de administración, imprevistos y utilidades (A. I. U.)"" to ""indirect overhead, contingency, and profit costs""
Feb 28, 2011 01:06: María Eugenia Wachtendorff changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/37522">María Eugenia Wachtendorff's</a> old entry - "costos indirectos de administración, imprevistos y utilidades (A. I. U.)"" to ""indirect overhead, contingency, and profits""
Proposed translations
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indirect overhead, contingency, and profit costs
An example from the web:
http://books.google.com/books?id=PaaO04hztSgC&pg=PA218&lpg=P...
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Note added at 1 day3 mins (2011-02-27 13:20:36 GMT)
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Sorry, I meant "Indirect overhead, contingency and profit cost components".
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indirect overheads relating to administation and contingency outlays, as well as those deriving from
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-02-26 14:17:01 GMT)
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.......as well as those deriving from profits
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FVS (X)
: overheads deriving from profits?? Come now. Look where the commas fall.
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María Eugenia Wachtendorff
: These are some of the items included in the total cost of a project.
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Discussion
http://esl.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/economics/11344...
where the terms 'general overhead, contingencies and profit' aparecen juntos. Seguramente valdra.
costos indirectos de administración=general overheads
Gerencia de los costos indirectos (overhead )
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=opera&hs=6wg&rls...