Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] What's all this fuss about "GmbH"?
From: "Henning J. Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 22:34:10 -0700
References: <B5A1353C.15FB%rof@mac.com> <4.2.2.20000723223932.00bda7d0@www.snapdragontech.com>

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.

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