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factor de caida

English translation: economic downturn

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Spanish term or phrase:factor de caída
English translation:economic downturn
Entered by: Michael Powers (PhD)

16:03 Jun 18, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations / Estudios de mercado, mode
Spanish term or phrase: factor de caida
Se trata de estudiar que factor está afectando negativamente a las ventas de determinados productos de consumo, concretamente de bebidas. En este contexto:


"Las ventas siguen afectadas por un factor de caída. Pero, desde el 10 de noviembre, éste factor se ha frenado, por lo que las ventas se han recuperado."

De momento interpreto lo siguiente:

"Sales continue to be affected by a fall factor. But since November 10, this factor has slowed down, so that sales have recovered."
Eugenio Llorente
Spain
Local time: 23:16
downturn
Explanation:
downturn

and then later, since November, this element has been held in check,


Mike

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Note added at 2 days4 hrs (2011-06-20 20:41:52 GMT) Post-grading
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Muy amable, Eugenio. Mike
Selected response from:

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 17:16
Grading comment
Muchas gracias Michael. Perfecto.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2slump
paragonc
4 +2downturn
Michael Powers (PhD)
4 +1falloff factor
neilmac
4 +1declining trend
Neil Ashby
4drop
Evelina Botelle
4decline factor
FVS (X)
4sales drop
eski


  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
drop


Explanation:
me gusta más el término droping factor que falling...

Evelina Botelle
Argentina
Local time: 18:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  EleoE: Dropping. :)
5 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
slump


Explanation:
suggestion

paragonc
Spain
Local time: 23:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bubo Coroman (X): "slump" is correct for the U.K. (so would be appropriate for the asker)
23 mins
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
1 day 6 hrs
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
decline factor


Explanation:
This would fit I think.

FVS (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
falloff factor


Explanation:
Nice and alliterative for marketing jibber-jabber :)
falloff - a reduction or decrease: a falloff in car sales. - a noticeable deterioration in ...


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If you google it you will find mostly technical examples, but I would use it without reservations in the appropriate context. Like this one IMO.


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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-06-18 19:03:25 GMT)
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Falloff factor finds Ford factory flummoxed... :)

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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-06-18 20:35:53 GMT)
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BTW I do NOT agree that "downturn" is "too colloquial"; au contraire, mon frère. However, I do agree with FSV's comment on it.

neilmac
Spain
Local time: 23:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 69

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  EleoE
3 hrs
  -> Hurray! Thanks for your agree ;)
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sales drop


Explanation:
Consider:

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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-06-18 21:01:39 GMT)
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Or, a "decline in sales..." :
7 May 2011 ... “The PC market continues to be bifurcated,” Léo Apotheker, the H.P. ... A 23 percent decline in consumer computer sales far outweighed a 13 ...
www.nytimes.com/2011/05/18/.../18compute.html - Añadir a iGoogle
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Short Sales continue to decline | June 14, 2011 | Michael Braga ... - [ Traducir esta página ]
14 Jun 2011 ... Sarasota real estate agent Adam Robinson, who runs the sarasota-foreclosures.com web site provided the following analysis of the short sale ...
insiderealestate.heraldtribune.com/.../short-sales-continue-to-decline/ - En caché
Wii and 3DS US sales continue to decline - Gaming News - Digital Spy - [ Traducir esta página ]
US sales for the Nintendo Wii and 3DS are on the slide, according to the ... Wii and 3DS US sales continue to decline. Saturday, May 14 2011, 8:44am EDT ... Wii sales may also have been affected by speculation surrounding the console's ...
www.digitalspy.com › Gaming - En caché
New car sales continue to decline - Parkers - [ Traducir esta página ]
New car sales continue to decline. New car sales drop 7.4% to 137746 cars; April marks the 10th month of decline; Jaguar sales slump by almost 60% ...
www.parkers.co.uk › News - En caché
Wii and 3DS US sales continue to decline - Gaming News - Digital Spy - [ Traducir esta página ]
US sales for the Nintendo Wii and 3DS are on the slide, according to the latest ... Wii and 3DS US sales continue to decline. Saturday, May 14 2011, 13:44 BST ... Wii sales may also have been affected by speculation surrounding the ...
www.digitalspy.co.uk › Gaming - En caché

Saludos
eski :))

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sales drop at nearby mass merchandise chains Spanish-English Vocabulary / Vocabulario Español-Inglés.
forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1621380 - En caché
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Home Sales Drop In April, Foreclosures Declined - [ Traducir esta página ]
19 May 2011 ... WASHINGTON — Fewer people purchased previously occupied homes in April, a troubling sign that the weak housing market remains a drag on the ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../drop-in-home-sales-outweighs-fir... - En caché
U.K. Retail Sales Drop More Than Forecast on Fuel, Job Fears ... - [ Traducir esta página ]
16 Jun 2011 ... U.K. retail sales dropped more than economists forecast in May as higher fuel costs and concern about employment prospects restrained ...
www.businessweek.com/.../u-k-retail-sales-drop-more-than-fo... - En caché
April Pending Home Sales Drop After Two Monthly Gains - [ Traducir esta página ]
27 May 2011 ... The Pending Home Sales Index,* a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, dropped 11.6 percent to 81.9 in April from a ...
www.realtor.org/press_room/news_releases/.../gains_drop - En caché

eski
Mexico
Local time: 15:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
declining trend


Explanation:
Remember the "sales continue to be affected by a XXXXXX" does "downturn", "slump", "drop", etc...fit in well in place of XXXXX? AND fit in with the next sentence as FVS points out??

Neil Ashby
Spain
Local time: 23:16
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lourdes Sanchez
4 mins
  -> Gracias Lourdes :)
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
downturn


Explanation:
downturn

and then later, since November, this element has been held in check,


Mike

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Note added at 2 days4 hrs (2011-06-20 20:41:52 GMT) Post-grading
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Muy amable, Eugenio. Mike

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 17:16
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 68
Grading comment
Muchas gracias Michael. Perfecto.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  TechLawDC: an economic downturn, not just a downturn (too colloquial)
6 mins
  -> "economic downturn" does make it sound less colloquial - thanks, TechLawDC - Mike
agree  DLyons: "economic downturn" sounds good.
11 mins
  -> Thank you, DLyons - Mike
neutral  FVS (X): No. You can't then go on to say this downturn is decreasing and therefore sales are increasing. The concept of factor must be introduced.
17 mins
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