capturing business from overnight delivery services
Spanish translation: captando el negocio de los servicios (de entrega) en 24 horas
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English term or phrase:
capturing business from overnight delivery services
Spanish translation:
captando el negocio de los servicios (de entrega) en 24 horas
English to Spanish translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
English term or phrase:capturing business from overnight delivery services
Le he dado veinte vueltas a esta frase y no logro producir nada coherente. No se si alguien podria ayudarme. Gracias de antemano.
Contexto:
■ A particularly significant challenge, if it occurs to your
organization, is being unprepared for a disruptive tech¬
nology that threatens your competitive position or your
market. In the past, such technologies have included
personal computers replacing typewriters, cell phones
challenging traditional and pay phones, fax machines
capturing business from overnight delivery services, and
e-mail challenging all other means of correspondence.
Traduccion tentativa:
■ Un desafío especialmente importante, en caso le ocurra a su organización, es no estar preparado para una tecnología que rompe con los esquemas actuales, amenazando su posición en el mercado o mercados competitivos. En el pasado, dichas tecnologías ocasionaron que las computadoras personales reemplazaran a las máquinas de escribir, los teléfonos celulares desafiaran a los teléfonos tradicionales y teléfonos públicos, los facsímiles ...
¿Cuál es el país o público de destino de la traducción? "overnight service" puede traducirse de muchas maneras según el país.
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que los facsímiles capturen el negocio de las entregas de correo de 24 horas / por correo expreso
Explanation: Es decir que la máquina de fax "le gana" a los servicios de entrega de correo en 24 horas, por ser más veloz.
Word Magic:
overnight Noun
correo expreso; Synonyms: express mail, overnight courier, overnight mail; Mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system.
overnight Adjective
expreso, rápido; Synonyms: fast, express, quick
overnight Adverb
de la noche a la mañana, de anoche acá, de ayer a hoy, de ayer acá, durante la noche; Synonyms: recently, suddenly, at night-time, at nighttime, during the night, from one day to another, lately, night-long, since yesterday; Happening in a short time or with great speed.
These solutions cannot be found overnight!
Cristina Heraud-van Tol Peru Local time: 23:46 Meets criteria Native speaker of: Spanish PRO pts in category: 185
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