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01:06 Jul 6, 2011 |
Danish to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Management / project management | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Christine Andersen Denmark Local time: 08:54 | ||||||
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3 | Guesstimate |
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3 | rough guess / best guess |
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Guesstimate Explanation: ´Rough estimate´is fine. You might also be able to use ´guesstimate´, which carries the element of ´bedste gæt´ in the Danish. guesstimate (also guestimate) informal n noun an estimate based on a mixture of guesswork and calculation. n verb form a guesstimate of. Concise Oxford Dictionary The tragic events in Japan could push the Japanese However, the spillover effects to the rest of the world. Given the close trade and capital flow linkages, Asia-With initial conditions for the global economy relatively economy into a short and deep recession, with GDP shrinking by 1-3% this year, according to very rough and preliminary estimates by our Japan team. However the spillover effects should be relatively limited. We guesstimate that the event could shave about half a percentage point off our pre-quake global real GDP growth estimate of 4.3%. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/morgan-stanley-on-what-the-ja... The tragic events in Japan could push the Japanese. ... We guesstimate that the event could shave half a percentage point off our pre-quake global real GDP... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2011-07-06 07:46:58 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry about the double quote - there was a ´teknisk uheld´ when I tried to submit the answer. |
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rough guess / best guess Explanation: Estimating with use of the best guess technique. I would possibly use rough guess and best guess here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_estimation -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 days (2011-07-11 02:56:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- You use the best guess technique in different mathematical applications e.g. statistics, estimating, convergence etc. I don't know if it exactly applies to your context, but it seems to fit given they reference specific estimating techniques. |
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