Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 9:23 PM -0700 7/23/00, Brian Reid wrote: >Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung > >Literally, "Society with limited liability". > >It means almost exactly the same thing that "Limited" does in the UK, and >is similar to "Incorporated" in the USA. > >Best translation of "GmbH" is "Inc" if you are American and "Ltd" if you >are from other parts of the British empire. 'Gesellschaft' also means 'Company', so GmBH translates to 'Company with limited liability' or Co. Ltd. in both a literal and legal way, as close as the legal systems will allow. * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com