Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
negative-to-zero
Spanish translation:
de perdida neta a cero ganancia
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lopatita
Aug 7, 2014 23:52
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English term
negative-to-zero
English to Spanish
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Finance (general)
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"The Chinese players are selling at negative-to-cero profit margin, generating losses in their operations. This decrease in prices has translated to North America, one of the most important markets for the company."
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 4 +1 | de perdida neta a cero ganancia |
hebealicia
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| 3 | margen de beneficio/ganancia no positivo |
DLyons
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| 3 | negativo o cero |
GuillermoPerez
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Change log
Aug 8, 2014 00:54: Charles Davis changed "Language pair" from "Spanish to English" to "English to Spanish"
Proposed translations
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de perdida neta a cero ganancia
"Los operadores chinos estan vendiendo conun margen que va de perdida neta a cero ganancia, generando perdidas en sus operaciones. Esta reduccion de precios se ha trasladado a Norteamerica, uno de los mercados mas importantes de la empresa".
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margen de beneficio/ganancia no positivo
"Non-positive" is the neatest way of expressing the idea.
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GuillermoPerez
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negativo o cero
Si bien una traducción más literal de negative-to-zero sería "de negativo a cero", yo traduciría en este caso como "margen de beneficio negativo o cero", pues es más comprensible y se conserva la fidelidad a la expresión original "negative-to-zero".
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