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."
"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."
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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"
"The rainfall of a given region is not representative of rainfall on a national level"
Peer comment(s):
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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
42 mins
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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!
"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):
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Neil Ashby
: And this is what I was going to put "cannot be compared to national rainfall levels..."
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thanks Neil! Great minds and all that :)
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Jaime Blank
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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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