Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

mittelfristig entfallen

English translation:

lose its significance/fade in the medium term

Added to glossary by Tanja Spath-Nagazi
Aug 2, 2006 14:18
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German term

mittelfristig entfallen

German to English Other Business/Commerce (general)
Der nordamerikanische Exportmarkt ist aufgrund der Kapazitätserweiterung in den USA und Kanada rückläufig und wird mittelfrist für Europa entfallen.
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Aug 2, 2006 14:18: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Discussion

TonyTK Aug 2, 2006:
What specific segment of the market are we talking about?

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lose its significance/fade in the medium term

"redundant" to me is "superfluous"; we're talking about a market that is fading because of problems
Peer comment(s):

agree HarryHedgehog : I like fade. And I think they mean it will fade away completely in the medium term.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks a lot for all your helpful suggestions! I like Ineke's idea most in this context."
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will become redundant in the mid-term

the market will no longer exist later
Peer comment(s):

agree Leonor Maia (X)
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thanks leonor
agree CathyBermingham : I agree
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thanks cathy
neutral Lancashireman : In what sense might a market become redundant (spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus), Stephen? http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=redundant
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neutral HarryHedgehog : I don't think "become redundant" is the right wording here. Sorry Stephen
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disappear

... is what some markets do.

Perhaps: "Due to [capacity expansion] in the USA and Canada, North American demand for European imports is on the dedline and will disppear altogether in the medium term."

If we knew what market we were talking about, I'd prefer: "... North American demand for imported European [nuclear warheads] is on the dedline and will disppear altogether in the medium term.
Peer comment(s):

agree HarryHedgehog : Yep, this works too. Disappear, vanish altogether, cease to be, hop the twig, join the choir invisible. This... is EX DEMAND!
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will decline, and in the medium term will lose the market (share) altogether

As Tony has pointed out, there are two aspects to this question

1) Due to the capacity expansion, european exports to NA and Canada will decline

2) European exports to NA & Canada will become zero in the medium-term

Here is the translation:
Due to the capacity increase in the USA & Canada, the european exports to this market will decline, and finally in the medium term, it will lose its market share (to North america & Canada) altogether
Peer comment(s):

neutral Lancashireman : "finally in the medium term"?
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German term (edited): Der Markt wird mittelfristig entfallen

The market will dwindle in the medium term.



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Note added at 1 hr (2006-08-02 15:25:01 GMT)
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If the vendors don't start doing more training, the mainframe market will dwindle, so it's in their interest to get involved.
http://www.vnunet.com/computing/features/2072215/mainframes-...
And the enterprise market will dwindle further because many of the enterprises themselves, will become extinct.
http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2005/07/dead...
If the PS2 can't prove itself to be a great game system early on, it will inevitably fall back on the other features built in, especially the movie player, and eventually the PS2 software market will dwindle because no one is buying games for it.
http://www.planetgamecube.com/mailbagArt.cfm?artid=3301
Data compiled by IDC, a global market research and advisory firm, predicts that Window's share of the market will dwindle to 58 percent by 2007
http://www.vault.com/store/book_preview.jsp?product_id=38814


in the medium term
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/125303

mid-term: the halfway point in a semester or course, usually either the end of the first or third quarter. www.oswego.edu/academics/continuing/orientation/terms.html


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Note added at 8 hrs (2006-08-02 22:39:50 GMT)
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Harry and others are pushing very hard towards the zero concept. Only your context will tell you whether exports will vanish, disappear, be 'lost altogether', made redundant (sic) or simply 'dropped'.
In this case you could refine 'dwindle' to 'dwindle away' which, of course, signifies that they have ceased to exist.
Peer comment(s):

agree nic456 : I like dwindle, although the exact meaning is little remains, but then I do not believe there will be no more exports altogether!
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My interpretation too. Thanks.
neutral Stephen Sadie : entfallen = to be dropped according to all dictionaries consulted..., dwindle would be lovely for verringern, andrew// the sense is what we are asked for and not interpretation!
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"To be dropped". Why would European exporters want to 'drop' such a lucrative market?
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