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13:19 Feb 9, 2009 |
Dutch to English translations [PRO] Manufacturing | |||||
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| Selected response from: Kitty Brussaard Netherlands Local time: 16:22 | ||||
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lower the cost dramatically Explanation: Just my guess, but I think it means to lower the cost dramatically. |
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seriously/sigificantly affect Explanation: ...but the proper semantic unit is 'minder zwaar drukken', which could be translated here as 'have less of an impact (on something)'. There are also various other ways to phrase this. |
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weigh heavily Explanation: The amount can be decisive for the cost price of the end product because the fixed costs per kilo weigh less heavily in case of larger volume. This is how I would translate it. |
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This should be paraphrased Explanation: Quantity/volume can be a decisive cost factor because fixed costs decrease as the weight of the end-product increases. |
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