Spanish translation: representó el 19% de las ventas de Operaciones de Venezuela
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English term or phrase:
accounted for 19% of Venezuela Operations' sales
Spanish translation:
representó el 19% de las ventas de Operaciones de Venezuela
Patinba's comments are correct. That is hou I understand it as well. Actually, my question was more regarding "accounted for," since I had translated it as "representó" which I understand is correct.
Hi, This is concerning a financial statement and it states: We have reviewed the accompanying balance sheet of XXX Company - Venezuela Operations, as of December 31, 2007. etc. etc.
Pues creo que habrá que esperar a que quien colocó la pregunta nos provea un poquitín más de "background". Hasta ahora podría ser tanto una unidad de operaciones regional, una empresa concreta o un typo.
If there is no mistakes in the source text, it must be any kind of company. The web search results are inconclusive. The use of saxon genitive is another clue in favor of my view.
Companies often refer to their "operations" in other countries, and it is really a synonym for "the Venezuelan company/subsidiary" or whatever. As Phil says, all that is missing is "the"
Si "Venezuela Operations" es una empresa, organismo o corporación ( como parecen indicar las mayúsculas) no se debe traducir pues es un nombre propio. En español, sólo se traducen los topónimos.
This source seems to be either a poor translation from Spanish or an awfully written report. One guess is that the "author" meant "Venezuela's operations" (meaning those undertaken by either the Venezuelan Government or the whole economy).
I've switched the language direction (which anyone can do). I don't know what the correct translation is, but the English looks slightly odd. Unless Venezuela Operation is the name of an organisation, which seems unlikely, it should probably be "the Venezuela operation's sales", and operation probably means subsidiary.
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