pueden girarse en nuestra contra
English translation: may work/count against us
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|  Selected response from: Noni Gilbert Riley Spain Local time: 03:23 | ||||||
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may turn out to be counterproductive Explanation: I believe this works fairly well. The cheaper measures may turn out to be counterproductive. |
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may be counterproductive Explanation: An option. |
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9 mins confidence:
may turn out not to be so Explanation: las medidas que a priori son más baratas, pueden girarse en nuestra contra, cuando se evalúa su efectividad y se analiza su coste en base = the measures which initially seem the cheapest may turn out not to be so when assessing their efficacy and analysing their cost based on...... This is how I would say it. |
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may not have such positive results Explanation: Another alternative |
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6 hrs confidence:
may turn against us / may turn out to be uneffective / end up not being Explanation: This is a money issue, one spend more money then it would be required when the initial concern was to save. the measures which initially seem the cheapest, may turn against us / end up not being / may turn out to be uneffective , when it comes to assessing their efficacy and analysing... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2011-02-21 17:48:34 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- uneffective or inefficient |
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7 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2may work against us / may not be such good value for money Explanation: My immediate reaction. I imagine you've already thought of this and aren't happy for some reason, but here it is fwiw! The second option is more a matter of extrapolation because I get the impression it's the money angle that is being studied... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 hrs (2011-02-21 18:56:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- May actually count against them .... I think what is throwing me is "en nuestra contra" - surely it is actually against the dressings themselves insofar as they lose ranking points... But I still feel rather inclined towards my second suggestion. ;-) |
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