Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
positive
English answer:
good, but with a slight suggestion of real as well
Added to glossary by
Jenni Lukac (X)
Sep 24, 2012 10:49
11 yrs ago
English term
positive
English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
"The new name more clearly reflects our mission to put relevant, impactful services into the hands of underserved people and is more indicative of the evolving role of mobile as a key tool enabling ***positive*** social and economic change," said YYY, Managing Director, XXXMobile for Development. "Through its ubiquity, mobile is the predominant infrastructure in emerging markets and the XXX's Mobile for Development programme will continue to bring together mobile operators, the wider mobile industry and the development community to drive commercial mobile services for underserved people in emerging markets."
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Since its creation, the XXX Development Fund has partnered with 35 mobile operators across a range of programmes, rolling out 53 services and ***positively*** impacting the lives of tens of millions of people across 30 countries. It has identified opportunities for social, economic and environmental impact and helped to stimulate the development of scalable, life-enhancing mobile services through different programmes.
What is the sense here? A good impact, or a real impact?
[...]
Since its creation, the XXX Development Fund has partnered with 35 mobile operators across a range of programmes, rolling out 53 services and ***positively*** impacting the lives of tens of millions of people across 30 countries. It has identified opportunities for social, economic and environmental impact and helped to stimulate the development of scalable, life-enhancing mobile services through different programmes.
What is the sense here? A good impact, or a real impact?
Responses
| 4 +1 | good, but with a slight suggestion of real as well |
Jenni Lukac (X)
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| 4 +1 | good, for the better |
Stephanie Ezrol
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| 4 | tangible (meaningful) good change(s) or impact |
Yvonne Gallagher
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Change log
Sep 26, 2012 12:22: Jenni Lukac (X) Created KOG entry
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good, but with a slight suggestion of real as well
That's to say that "real" is not ruled out: to be good, something must really manifest itself.
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Comment: "Thank you"
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Stephanie Ezrol
United States
United States
Native in English
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
French to English, English to English
Native in: English
Works in: English, French to English, French Middle (ca.1400-1600) to English
Related KudoZ points
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68
good, for the better
The use here means good, for the better
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Note added at 17 mins (2012-09-24 11:07:04 GMT)
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I did bot post here to disagree with Jenni, my computer connection is slow rhis morning. However I do think the meaning here is good. Real can be positive or negative, and the intention of the author is to convey that the effect was neither neutral (no effect) nor negative (bad effect)
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Note added at 17 mins (2012-09-24 11:07:04 GMT)
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I did bot post here to disagree with Jenni, my computer connection is slow rhis morning. However I do think the meaning here is good. Real can be positive or negative, and the intention of the author is to convey that the effect was neither neutral (no effect) nor negative (bad effect)
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Ireland
Native in English
&
English
Specializes in field
Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian, Irish, UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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79
tangible (meaningful) good change(s) or impact
I'd go a bit further than my colleagues and say both meanings are present here, positive =good and actual (tangible) impact
Usually, when positive changes are spoken about people actually expect to see some real changes, i.e. some tangible effect or meaningful impact as that is really the only way the positive change can be measured
Usually, when positive changes are spoken about people actually expect to see some real changes, i.e. some tangible effect or meaningful impact as that is really the only way the positive change can be measured
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