Dec 19, 2014 11:47
9 yrs ago
Spanish term

no aproximan las lluvias

Spanish to English Marketing Marketing / Market Research Consultancy
A study about the effect of seasonality on beer sales, the term, not very fortunate, appears in this context:

"Puede llover en una región y no hacerlo en otra. Las lluvias en cualquier región no aproximan las lluvias a nivel nacional y, por lo tanto, no suele entrar como variable explicativa a nivel agregado. Pero lo cierto es que la lluvia resta ventas en el mercado de cervezas."

Although the term in the source text does not appear to be properly chosen, this is how I see it:

"It may rain in one region and not in another. The rainfall of a region does not come close to the nationwide rainfall and, therefore, is not usually included as an explanatory variable in the aggregate. But the truth is that rainfall decreases sales in the the beer market."

Discussion

David Ronder Dec 20, 2014:
Eugenio, "does not come close to" would give the wrong idea, as it would imply "is much less than". The idea to convey is variance from national levels.

Proposed translations

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is not representative of rainfall

It strays a bit from the source, but I think renders the meaning, to say:

"The rainfall of a given region is not representative of rainfall on a national level"
Peer comment(s):

agree Neil Ashby : I like this one... ;@)
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agree Charles Davis : I think this captures the essential point: you can't extrapolate from one to the other
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agree Jaime Blank
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agree David Ronder
18 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Brilliant solution! Thank you very much for your help, Catherine"
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does not mean it rains nationwide

It means that the fact that it rains in one region does not include rains in all regions of the country. Cheers.
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bear no comparison to the rainfall / has little bearing on...

or "has little bearing on…"

"no resemblance to…"

The amount of rain in any particular region bears no comparison to the nationwide figures… But what we do know is that rain decreases sales…

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I guess people are less thirsty when it's raining!
Peer comment(s):

agree Neil Ashby : And this is what I was going to put "cannot be compared to national rainfall levels..."
23 mins
thanks Neil! Great minds and all that :)
agree Jaime Blank
46 mins
thanks Jaime!
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Rainfall for a particular region will not match rainfall on a national level

Another possibliity
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