capital-hungry / capital-intensive

Italian translation: industrie basate essenzialmente sullo sfruttamento dei capitali

10:13 Aug 28, 2001
English to Italian translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: capital-hungry / capital-intensive
Similarly, the qualities that we seek tend not to be found in capital-intensive and capital-hungry industries such as telecommunications, utilities, oil and gas exploration and production, iron and steel, non-ferrous metals, commodities, chemicals, motor-vehicle manufacturing, shipbuilding, pulp and paper, and transportation

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Come tradurre i due termini?

Che richiedono molto capitale?

Aiuto urgente, vi ringrazio fin da adesso!

Flavio
Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
Switzerland
Local time: 19:43
Italian translation:industrie basate essenzialmente sullo sfruttamento dei capitali
Explanation:
diversamente da quelle basate sulla monodopera (labour-intensive)

industrie con necessità impellenti di finanziamenti
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Francesco D'Alessandro
Spain
Local time: 18:43
Grading comment
Grazie mille anche a Floriana : ho scritto ambedue!
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na +1ad alta intensità di capitale
Floriana (X)
naindustrie basate essenzialmente sullo sfruttamento dei capitali
Francesco D'Alessandro


  

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industrie basate essenzialmente sullo sfruttamento dei capitali


Explanation:
diversamente da quelle basate sulla monodopera (labour-intensive)

industrie con necessità impellenti di finanziamenti


Francesco D'Alessandro
Spain
Local time: 18:43
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 1056
Grading comment
Grazie mille anche a Floriana : ho scritto ambedue!
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ad alta intensità di capitale


Explanation:
Sempre dal Garzanti di Business English. Anche: "capital-intensive sector" = settore concentrato sul capitale. (Ma il concetto è quello spiegato da Francesco.)

Floriana


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Floriana (X)
United States
Local time: 12:43
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 792

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