[Gnucash-changes] r13879 - gnucash/trunk - Clarify definitions of and relations between bill, invoice, job, and order.

[Christian Stimming]

Author: cstim
Date: 2006-04-29 09:15:16 -0400 (Sat, 29 Apr 2006)
New Revision: 13879
Trac: http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/changeset/13879

Modified:
   gnucash/trunk/ChangeLog
   gnucash/trunk/po/glossary/de.po
   gnucash/trunk/po/glossary/gnc-glossary.txt
Log:
Clarify definitions of and relations between bill, invoice, job, and order.

Modified: gnucash/trunk/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- gnucash/trunk/ChangeLog	2006-04-29 07:30:20 UTC (rev 13878)
+++ gnucash/trunk/ChangeLog	2006-04-29 13:15:16 UTC (rev 13879)
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-04-29  Christian Stimming  <stimming at tuhh.de>
+
+	* po/glossary/gnc-glossary.txt: Clarify definitions of and
+	relations between bill, invoice, job, and order.
+
 2006-04-29  David Hampton  <hampton at employees.org>
 
 	* src/report/report-gnome/gnc-plugin-page-report.c: Don't allow

Modified: gnucash/trunk/po/glossary/de.po
===================================================================
--- gnucash/trunk/po/glossary/de.po	2006-04-29 07:30:20 UTC (rev 13878)
+++ gnucash/trunk/po/glossary/de.po	2006-04-29 13:15:16 UTC (rev 13879)
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: gnucash 1.7\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2006-02-07 21:51+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2006-04-29 15:14+0200\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2006-02-07 21:51+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Christian Stimming <stimming at tuhh.de>\n"
 "Language-Team: DE\n"
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
 msgid "bank"
 msgstr "Bank"
 
-#. "A written statement of money owed for goods or services supplied. In Gnucash, a 'bill' is a statement that we received, whereas an 'invoice' is one that we sent out."
+#. "A written statement of money owed for goods or services supplied. In Gnucash, a 'bill' is a statement that we received (from a vendor), whereas an 'invoice' is one that we sent out (to a customer)."
 msgid "bill"
 msgstr "Rechnung (Rechnungseingang, Empfangene Rechnung)"
 
@@ -380,11 +380,11 @@
 msgid "interest"
 msgstr "Zinsen"
 
-#. "A list of goods sold or services provided together with the prices charged; see also: a bill. In Gnucash, an 'invoice' is a statement that we sent out, whereas a 'bill' is one that we received."
+#. "A list of goods sold or services provided together with the prices charged; see also: a bill. In Gnucash, an 'invoice' is a statement that we sent out (to a customer), whereas a 'bill' is one that we received (from a vendor)."
 msgid "invoice"
 msgstr "Rechnung (Rechnungsausgang, Versandte Rechnung)"
 
-#. "In small business accounting: A piece of work or task undertaken on order at a stated rate?????"
+#. "In business accounting: Jobs are a mechanism by which you can group multiple invoices or bills that belong to the same customer or vendor. The job describes a (larger) piece of work or a task undertaken on order, for which one or many invoices or bills will be issued."
 msgid "job"
 msgstr "Auftrag"
 
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@
 msgid "options"
 msgstr "Optionen"
 
-#. "In small business accounting: unused term at the moment (maybe: a particular piece of work, maybe created through an order from a customer???)"
+#. "Watch out: Although this word exists in gnucash program code, all that program code in gnucash is currently not activated. In the future, it will be used in business accounting as follows: A particular request to make or supply goods, but belonging to a (larger) job. Such a request can come from a customer or be sent to a vendor. An order will probably generate one invoice or bill."
 msgid "order"
 msgstr "Bestellung"
 

Modified: gnucash/trunk/po/glossary/gnc-glossary.txt
===================================================================
--- gnucash/trunk/po/glossary/gnc-glossary.txt	2006-04-29 07:30:20 UTC (rev 13878)
+++ gnucash/trunk/po/glossary/gnc-glossary.txt	2006-04-29 13:15:16 UTC (rev 13879)
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 "balance sheet"	"A written record of money received and paid out, showing the difference between the two total amounts"
 "balance, to"	"To arrange for income and spending to be equal"
 "bank"	"-"
-"bill"	"A written statement of money owed for goods or services supplied. In Gnucash, a 'bill' is a statement that we received, whereas an 'invoice' is one that we sent out."
+"bill"	"A written statement of money owed for goods or services supplied. In Gnucash, a 'bill' is a statement that we received (from a vendor), whereas an 'invoice' is one that we sent out (to a customer)."
 "billing terms"	"Conditions on paying a bill. Both an invoice and a bill have billing terms. For example, you can have 'terms' of 'Net-30', where the bill is due in full in 30 days."
 "Book"	"The dataset that encapsulates all the collections of entities (accounts etc.) in gnucash. The written records of the financial affairs of a business."
 "book closing"	"Completing the records of financial affairs for a specific time period, e.g. at the end of the year."
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@
 "import"	"Process of extracting data from a non-Gnucash format into a Gnucash file. E.g. QIF Import."
 "income statement"	"Report that ... FIXME: add description. This report used to be called the 'Profit & Loss', but it was renamed on 2004-07-13."
 "interest"	"Money charged for borrowing money, or paid to somebody who invests money"
-"invoice"	"A list of goods sold or services provided together with the prices charged; see also: a bill. In Gnucash, an 'invoice' is a statement that we sent out, whereas a 'bill' is one that we received."
-"job"	"In small business accounting: A piece of work or task undertaken on order at a stated rate?????"
+"invoice"	"A list of goods sold or services provided together with the prices charged; see also: a bill. In Gnucash, an 'invoice' is a statement that we sent out (to a customer), whereas a 'bill' is one that we received (from a vendor)."
+"job"	"In business accounting: Jobs are a mechanism by which you can group multiple invoices or bills that belong to the same customer or vendor. The job describes a (larger) piece of work or a task undertaken on order, for which one or many invoices or bills will be issued."
 "ledger"	"A book in which a bank, business firm, etc. records its financial accounts"
 "liabilities/equity"	"The heading for the right side of the balance sheet. See also: Equity."
 "loan"	"A sum of money that is lent (by a bank)"
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 "open, to"	"to make accessible"
 "opening balance"	"If an account starts with a non-zero balance, then this amount is called the opening balance."
 "options"	"A menu choice in the graphical user interface that allows the user to specify how the application will act each time it is used. "
-"order"	"In small business accounting: unused term at the moment (maybe: a particular piece of work, maybe created through an order from a customer???)"
+"order"	"Watch out: Although this word exists in gnucash program code, all that program code in gnucash is currently not activated. In the future, it will be used in business accounting as follows: A particular request to make or supply goods, but belonging to a (larger) job. Such a request can come from a customer or be sent to a vendor. An order will probably generate one invoice or bill."
 "orphan"	"Name of an automatically created account that holds splits that have no account."
 "passphrase"	"A secret phrase that one needs to know in order to get access to a user account "
 "Payables/Receivables"	"An amount that must be paid / An amount for which money has not yet been received"