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Prozent der gesamten Konsumausgaben

English translation: percent of total consumer spending

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German term or phrase:Prozent der gesamten Konsumausgaben
English translation:percent of total consumer spending
Entered by: David Williams

16:16 Feb 3, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Mathematics & Statistics / Market share
German term or phrase: Prozent der gesamten Konsumausgaben
Context:

"***land ist mit rund *** Millionen Verbrauchern einer der wichtigsten Absatzmärkte für Konsumgüter weltweit, insbesondere für Nahrungsmittel und Getränke. Rund 30 Prozent der gesamten Konsumausgaben wenden die russischen Verbraucher dafür auf, bis 2015 sollen die Ausgaben für Nahrungsmittel um weitere 62 Prozent steigen."

To me, this sounds like food and beverages currently account for about 30% of consumer spending spending on consumer goods in this country, with spending on food predicted to rise by a further 62% by 2015, i.e. to over 92% of consumer spending!

Now OK, I wasn't top of the class in maths, and haven't studied economics, but something tells me this is somewhat unlikely, as it would spell doom for almost all other consumer goods, however expensive food gets between now and then...

* Sentence or paragraph where the term occurs: See above
* Document type: Press release
* Target audience: Trade fair exhibitors
* Country and dialect: Germany (corporate, no dialect)
David Williams
Germany
Local time: 20:20
percent of total consumer spending
Explanation:
You're misunderstanding the arithmetic - total spending is rising by 62%, not 62 percentage points on top of 30%.

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-02-03 17:50:33 GMT)
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The two percentages relate to different things, like apples and pears. The first is the proportion of total consumer spending. If total spending is 100, then 30 is spent on food. If total food spending increases by 62%, it goes up to 162% of 30, which is 48.6.

Do you follow now? It's actually an arithmetic rather than a language question!
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philgoddard
United States
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Many thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2percent of total consumer spending
philgoddard
Summary of reference entries provided
Prozentrechnung
British Diana

Discussion entries: 5





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
"Prozent der gesamten Konsumausgaben"
percent of total consumer spending


Explanation:
You're misunderstanding the arithmetic - total spending is rising by 62%, not 62 percentage points on top of 30%.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2011-02-03 17:50:33 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

The two percentages relate to different things, like apples and pears. The first is the proportion of total consumer spending. If total spending is 100, then 30 is spent on food. If total food spending increases by 62%, it goes up to 162% of 30, which is 48.6.

Do you follow now? It's actually an arithmetic rather than a language question!

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
Many thanks!
Notes to answerer
Asker: OK, but surely "um weitere" means that it is on top of the 30%, and "Prozent" means "percent", not "percentage points", does it not?

Asker: Ah! Many thanks Phil, that makes perfect sense now :-)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ramey Rieger (X): yes
6 mins
agree  phillee
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Reference comments


2 hrs
Reference: Prozentrechnung

Reference information:
This is something lots of people get wrong, so why not the writer of the OT ?


    Reference: http://www.brinkmann-du.de/mathe/fos/wieder03_01.htm
British Diana
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Note to reference poster
Asker: Thanks, Diana. But looking beyond the writer's mistake, what could actually be meant here, in actual fact?

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