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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Alquiler de plataforma

English translation:

(tourist) letting (platform)

Added to glossary by Ellie Weekes
May 30, 2020 09:59
3 yrs ago
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Spanish term

Alquiler de plataforma

Spanish to English Bus/Financial Real Estate Hiring
Full sentence: "Esto hizo particularmente atractiva la compra de casas para destino de vivienda retiro y para alquiler de plataforma en zonas turísticas con alta plusvalía."

The text is relating to finances in Mexico, and this sentence refers to a fall in the exchange rate.
Proposed translations (English)
4 (tourist) letting (platform)
3 rentals
3 apartment rental / apartment letting
Change log

Jun 1, 2020 00:19: Toni Castano changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (3): philgoddard, neilmac, Toni Castano

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Discussion

philgoddard May 30, 2020:
For once, I'm not sure more context would help. They're presumably saying the peso is cheap against the dollar, making property affordable for American individuals and/or companies.
AllegroTrans May 30, 2020:
Asker You say this is about finances but it also seems to be about tourist accommodation. Can you post more context please, and some more of the text and tell us what exactly is your document?

Proposed translations

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(tourist) letting (platform)

I understand it to mean a "platform" (bit of a buzzword nowadays, rapidly getting old chez moi) for tourist rentals, sort of like air B&B, which also uses the term "platform", but maybe more upmarket (alta plusvalía).

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Note added at 13 mins (2020-05-30 10:12:46 GMT)
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Other versions such as "holiday rental platform/tourist letting platform, renting platform…" Are available.

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Note added at 14 mins (2020-05-30 10:13:51 GMT)
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, So, we get something along these lines:
"This made the purchase of houses for retirement accommodation and platform rental in tourist areas with high added value particularly attractive.."

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Note added at 9 hrs (2020-05-30 19:35:23 GMT)
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For the benefit of any other doubting Thomases out there, here are three links exemplifying current use of the term "holiday rental platform" (others are available).

https://medium.com/@salomeamao/ezystayz-sustainable-global-h...

https://shorttermrentalz.com/news/a1vacationhomes-european-p...

https://byownersglobal.business.site/

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Note added at 9 hrs (2020-05-30 19:37:22 GMT)
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PS: My answer is partly based on the assumption that the original authors put the word "platform" in there for a reason, however obscure it might seem.
Example sentence:

Holiday rental platform aimed at families with kids

Reference:

https://cohosting.es/blog/en/airbnb-alternatives/

Peer comment(s):
neutral philgoddard : This doesn't make sense to me. It might if the Spanish said "plataforma de alquiler", but it doesn't.
3 hrs
Well, it makes sense to me. We'll just have to agree to differ on this one.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
4 hrs

rentals

I have no idea what these two seemingly random words mean either, but the sentence makes perfect sense if you leave out "de plataforma".
Platform is often used as a fancy word for website - neilmac mentions Airbnb - but that doesn't appear to be the case here.
I wondered if the idea was "pied à terre", but that's normally something you own rather than rent.
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2 days 2 hrs

apartment rental / apartment letting

'Alquiler' refers to rental; 'de plataforma' would be 'of platform', but in this example I think 'apartment letting' is appropriate.
Example sentence:

Esto hizo particularmente actractiva la compra de casas para destino de vivienda retiro y para alquiler de plataforma en zonas turísticas con alta plusvalía.

This made the purchase of homes particularly attractive for retirement accommodation and for apartment letting with added value in tourist zones.

Peer comment(s):
neutral AllegroTrans : How do you know it's just about apartments (rather than villas etc)??; "casas" are not apartments
2 days 7 hrs
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