currency hit

Norwegian translation: valutatap

22:01 Feb 4, 2015
English to Norwegian translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general)
English term or phrase: currency hit
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But however much companies do to mitigate exchange rate movements, they will still feel the effects when they repatriate earnings back home and pay dividends.
Some currency strategists feel they systematically underestimate these risks. One describes advising a company in detail on hedging, only to see later from its published results that it must have ignored the advice and suffered a currency hit as a result.

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Hanne Aas
Norway
Local time: 09:21
Norwegian translation:valutatap
Explanation:
tap som følge av ugunstig valutakursutvikling

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Note added at 13 hrs (2015-02-05 11:49:51 GMT)
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ordet "hit" indikerer at tapet er plutselig eller uventet
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Joachim Stene
Norway
Local time: 09:21
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Valgte dette forslaget. Tusen takk for hjelpen!
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4 +2valutatap
Joachim Stene
2valutaangrep
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
valutaangrep


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Norskpro
Norway
Local time: 09:21
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
valutatap


Explanation:
tap som følge av ugunstig valutakursutvikling

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Note added at 13 hrs (2015-02-05 11:49:51 GMT)
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ordet "hit" indikerer at tapet er plutselig eller uventet

Joachim Stene
Norway
Local time: 09:21
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Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Valgte dette forslaget. Tusen takk for hjelpen!

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agree  Bjørnar Magnussen
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agree  Exactitude: There is no better translation
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