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have little immediate impact

English translation: will not have a noticeable effect in the short-term


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English term or phrase:have little immediate impact
English translation:will not have a noticeable effect in the short-term
Entered by: Jenni Lukac
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09:31 Jun 23, 2011
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Art/Literary - Business/Commerce (general)
English term or phrase: have little immediate impact
In his message, a CEO says:

''Our partnership will be further improved as our internal resources are realigned and energized globally to respond to the ongoing challenges your business can expect to face. I am confident these changes to our organization will have little immediate impact in our day to day interaction, but will have exciting and very beneficial effects in the future for each of our businesses.''

Does the CEO really mean to say that the proposed changes will only slightly affect adversely/disrupt day-to-day interaction with customers?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Grzegorz Mysiński
Local time: 21:52
will not have a noticeable effect in the short-term
Explanation:
"Immediate" meaning right away, soon. At first, people will not notice changes in their everyday routine, but later, the positive effects of the changes will be obvious and perhaps, even exciting. The CEO has taken the approach of reassuring people that they won't have to deal with a lot of changes (immediately, at first) and that they will benefit from them, and even get to like they jobs better, in the future because they have been implemented. A typical executive speech . . .
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Jenni Lukac
Local time: 21:52
Grading comment
Thank you Jenni!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6will not have a noticeable effect in the short-term
Jenni Lukac
4 +4have almost no effect to begin with
benettfreeman
4 +1not much of an effectFionaT
4 -1not much direct influence
Vesna Maširević
4 -1will affect our daily ..... .to a minor extent onlyEllen Kraus


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
not much of an effect


Explanation:
Yes, you have interpreted it correctly. The changes will not have much of an effect on their day-to-day dealings with the customer.

FionaT
Netherlands
Local time: 21:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Liz Broomfield
1 min
  -> Thanks, Liz
neutral  B D Finch: You have failed to translate "immediate".
12 mins
  -> I had the impression that the asker had understood that, but you're right, the addition of "in the short term" or something to that effect would have been more precise.
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
not much direct influence


Explanation:
Only slight direct changes in their day to day interaction

Vesna Maširević
Serbia
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  B D Finch: "Immediate" is about time (i.e. right away), not about direct or indirect.// Not in this context.
12 mins
  -> Not necessarily. immediate - very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past", "immediate supervisor" http://www.thefreedictionary.com/immediate
neutral  Nesrin: The rest of the sentence confirms B D's interpretation though: "...will have exciting and very beneficial effects in the future for each of our businesses".
2 hrs
  -> Yes you are probably right ;)
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
have almost no effect to begin with


Explanation:
The other answerers have underplayed the role of 'immediate' in the sentence. This suggests that the factor could make itself felt to a greater degree at a later stage.

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Note added at 13 mins (2011-06-23 09:45:18 GMT)
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For example:

"No immediate impact of Japanese tsunami on Indian auto sector...The Japanese earthquake and tsunami may not adversely affect the Indian automobile sector in the short term, but the impact over medium to long term will have to be seen..."

from

http://www.navhindtimes.co.in/business/no-immediate-impact-j...

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Note added at 14 mins (2011-06-23 09:46:23 GMT)
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Analysts are aware that their predictions are heavily scrutinised, and use this kind of vague terminology so as to create leeway should they be later proven incorrect.

benettfreeman
Local time: 21:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch: Exactly!
5 mins
agree  Charles Davis
48 mins
neutral  Vesna Maširević: I don't think effect should be used here as a synonym for impact. Effect as a noun means "result." Why are they doing it in the first place if there will be no results?
1 hr
  -> If you want to get into semantics, then 'impact' IS an 'effect'. The reorganisation could have occurred due to business streamlining, relocations, or just as part of the endless reorganisations that managers implement for no ostensible reason.
agree  Suzan Hamer: Yes; you won't notice much difference right away in the way things are usually done, but (as the next sentence says) in the future you will see exciting and beneficial effects as a result of these changes.
1 hr
agree  Thuy-PTT
4 days
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
will affect our daily ..... .to a minor extent only


Explanation:
or will not directly affect our ,,,,,

Ellen Kraus
Local time: 21:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  B D Finch: "Immediate" is about time (i.e. right away), not about direct or indirect.
3 mins
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
will not have a noticeable effect in the short-term


Explanation:
"Immediate" meaning right away, soon. At first, people will not notice changes in their everyday routine, but later, the positive effects of the changes will be obvious and perhaps, even exciting. The CEO has taken the approach of reassuring people that they won't have to deal with a lot of changes (immediately, at first) and that they will benefit from them, and even get to like they jobs better, in the future because they have been implemented. A typical executive speech . . .

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 21:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 34
Grading comment
Thank you Jenni!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: Yes, though I think not having a noticable effect is stronger than having little immediate impact.// Indeed, which is why I would have given you an "agree" were it not for that change of emphasis.
3 mins
  -> Short-term is the key here, BD.
agree  Andrew Mason: I think this is the better rendering in this context.
36 mins
  -> Cheers and thanks, Andrew.
agree  Charles Davis: I had doubts about whether "noticeable" was over-interpreting, but I think it's legitimate; that is the implication
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Charles. By my personal experience, that is the implication. Whether it's the truth or not, dawns on people later.
agree  marybro
1 hr
  -> Thanks very much, Marybro.
agree  eski: You're the best! eski :))
8 hrs
  -> ¡Greetings and thanks, compai!
agree  Phong Le
12 hrs
  -> Thanks very much Phong Le. I have just returned from the Delta of the Ebro River - kilometers of rice fields! I thought of you because we all talked about the rice production (and the fantastic cuisine) of Vietnam. Greetings!
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
1 day1 hr
  -> Thanks very much, Yasutomo. Have a good evening.
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