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fighting for the better half of 1% profit margins

Chinese translation: 正为赢得0.5％强的利润率而努力

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11:57 Nov 27, 2006

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Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / Congo Capitalism

English term or phrase: fighting for the better half of 1% profit margins

Since Nambiar took over Unilever's soap, detergent, oil, and foodstuffs factory in 2002, he and his team have cut costs and tripled production. A new palm oil refinery is set to open next year.
"You can make a lot of money in Congo if you have the guts and tenacity," says Nambiar, who learned his craft selling electrical motors in Mumbai, fighting for the better half of 1% profit margins. "But you need the patience to understand business traditions in Africa and how to get things done."

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Chinese translation:正为赢得0.5％强的利润率而努力

Explanation:
总觉得在这个地方出现这样一句话比较突兀。也许还要结合更广泛的上下文。

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Bin Zhao
China
Local time: 19:09

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谢谢！
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Summary of answers provided

2 +4

正为赢得0.5％强的利润率而努力

Bin Zhao

4 +1

尽全力争取更多利润率，即便它连 1%也不到

Jiang Yu

3 +2

言外之意

Xiangdong Zhuo

4 +1

極力爭取百分之ㄧ都不到的最高利率

Guei Lin

3 +1

FYI

Angeline PhD

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59 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

正为赢得0.5％强的利润率而努力

Explanation:
总觉得在这个地方出现这样一句话比较突兀。也许还要结合更广泛的上下文。

Bin Zhao
China
Local time: 19:09
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 15

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谢谢！

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

wherestip

54 mins

-> 谢谢，wherstip

agree

Wenjer Leuschel: 圣经里说：敲门的就给他开门，寻找的就找着了。

5 hrs

-> 我昨天就看到您给出的这个链接了，您在利用网络搜索方面很独到啊

agree

Haiyang Ai

10 hrs

-> 谢谢，Haiyang

neutral

Jiang Yu: 个人觉得不妥。首先“正”字的用法就值得商榷，因为 fighting for the better half of 1% profit margins 所补充的是 learned his craft selling electrical motors in Mumbai, 即他在孟买卖电动马达时为了这点利润而奋斗，而不是指现在。而且 0.5% 强的表达也有点模糊。Just my two cents.

14 hrs

-> 您说的很正确，从这里看很难确定这个fighting是过去还是现在，也许原文表达也有点问题吧

agree

Danbing HE

14 days

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

言外之意

Explanation:
每一分利润都来之不易

Xiangdong Zhuo
China
Local time: 19:09
Native speaker of:

Chinese

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

FYI

Explanation:
为赢得哪怕是1％一半的利润率而奋战

Angeline PhD
China
Local time: 19:09
Native speaker of:

Chinese

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

尽全力争取更多利润率，即便它连 1%也不到

Explanation:
better half

1. Also, better part. The larger amount or majority of something, as in I won't be long; the better half of this job is complete, or I have spent the better part of my life in this city. Sir Philip Sidney used the first term in Arcadia (1580): "I ... shall think the better half of it already achieved." The variant appears in a well-known proverb, discretion is the better part of valor.

Reference: http://www.answers.com/topic/better-half

Jiang Yu
Australia
Local time: 22:09
Native speaker of:

Chinese

11 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

極力爭取百分之ㄧ都不到的最高利率

Explanation:
極力爭取最高利率，即使少於百分之ㄧ。

Guei Lin
United States
Local time: 03:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 4

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