Feb 25, 2013 09:52
11 yrs ago
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Italian term
Italy
confronto su
Italian to English
Bus/Financial
Management
organisational synergies
Appears in the annual report of a telecommunications company in the following sentence discussing the synergies between two companies within its group:
Nel biennio 2011-2012 sono state conseguite sinergie per circa euro XXXX, derivanti in parte dall’estensione temporale di attività già in corso, in parte dall’allineamento delle piattaforme tecnologiche e da una sempre maggiore attenzione al ***confronto su*** servizi innovativi, nonché dal continuo miglioramento delle rispettive performances domestiche a seguito di condivisione di best practices.
Not sure how to translate "confronto su" in this context.
TIA,
Dominic
Nel biennio 2011-2012 sono state conseguite sinergie per circa euro XXXX, derivanti in parte dall’estensione temporale di attività già in corso, in parte dall’allineamento delle piattaforme tecnologiche e da una sempre maggiore attenzione al ***confronto su*** servizi innovativi, nonché dal continuo miglioramento delle rispettive performances domestiche a seguito di condivisione di best practices.
Not sure how to translate "confronto su" in this context.
TIA,
Dominic
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 | exchange |
haribert
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| 4 +1 | the challenge of |
James (Jim) Davis
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| 4 | engagement with |
Thomas Roberts
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| 4 | leave it out |
philgoddard
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| 2 +1 | discussion |
Monica Mangh (X)
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| 2 | regarding |
Wendy Streitparth
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Proposed translations
4 hrs
Selected
exchange
maybe in this sense "a situation in which people give each other information or discuss their ideas and opinions"...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. In the end I went for "exchange of expertise""
+1
12 mins
discussion
an idea...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Pompeo Lattanzi
: They realized synergies by discussing how innovating services were offered by the different parts of the group.
44 mins
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grazie :-)
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19 mins
Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
45 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
regarding
al confronto su
26 mins
Thomas Roberts
Native in Italian
&
English
Works in field
Multilingual academic lawyer
Native in: English (Variant: Scottish) 
, Italian
Works in: Italian to English, German to English, French to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
44
engagement with
I think what they mean is that they created synergies by paying greater attention to engagement with innovative services.
4 hrs
philgoddard
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
16
leave it out
I think the very fact that we've had so many different answers suggests that its meaning is vague, and it doesn't add anything to the sentence.
I'd translate "una sempre maggiore attenzione al ***confronto su*** servizi innovativi" as "an increasing focus on innovative services".
I'd translate "una sempre maggiore attenzione al ***confronto su*** servizi innovativi" as "an increasing focus on innovative services".
+1
24 mins
James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Seychelles
Native in English
Works in field
Seychelles
25 years experience constantly improving
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Italian to English
Related KudoZ points
:
140
the challenge of
There are two possibilities here. One is that they just have to get to grips with innovative services and nail them, this is a challenge. The other is that they might currently be comparing different innovative services. In which case "the comparison of". Obviously you can reword these two interprations to fit the sentence construction.
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Note added at 7 hrs (2013-02-25 17:04:25 GMT)
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@Phil
The term is commonly used in all the dryest of financial reports. This is just the first instance of many found in the first financial report I opened Lloyds 2011:
The considerable reductions in the Retail and Wholesale impairment charges reflect the benefit of the actions we have taken over the past two years and our ongoing effective risk management, as well as the
slowly improving economic environment. While we were disappointed by the increases in the International portfolios, these reflect specific economic challenges facing Ireland, and to some degree Australia, which we are managing closely.
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Note added at 7 hrs (2013-02-25 17:04:25 GMT)
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@Phil
The term is commonly used in all the dryest of financial reports. This is just the first instance of many found in the first financial report I opened Lloyds 2011:
The considerable reductions in the Retail and Wholesale impairment charges reflect the benefit of the actions we have taken over the past two years and our ongoing effective risk management, as well as the
slowly improving economic environment. While we were disappointed by the increases in the International portfolios, these reflect specific economic challenges facing Ireland, and to some degree Australia, which we are managing closely.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
20 mins
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| neutral |
philgoddard
: I don't feel this fits in a fairly dry discussion of a company's financial results.
3 hrs
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