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Spanish translation: rentable

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English term or phrase:	cost-effective
Spanish translation:	rentable
Entered by:	Ian in Spain

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17:43 Nov 2, 2009

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Education / Pedagogy

English term or phrase: cost-effective

Les parece bien traducir cost effective como eficientes
The program has been widely recognized as one of the most cost-effective and successful federal programs for families.
El programa ha sido ampliamente reconocido como uno de los programas federales más eficientes y exitosos dirigidos a las familias.

profe248

rentable

Explanation:
Hola, el problema con "effective" es que no implica para nada "cost effective" sino que es algo que funciona. Por eso suelo usar la palabra "rentable" que sí traduce el aspecto "coste" y también da a entender que es algo que funciona.
UN saludo,
ian

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Ian in Spain
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Local time: 22:57

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4 +11

rentable

Ian in Spain

4 +4

económico

Smartranslators

4 +2

efectivo en costos

Henry Hinds

3 +2

(de mejor) relación costo-eficacia/costo-resultados

Mónica Algazi

económicamente eficiente

VicDenver

rentable

Sils

Discussion entries: 1

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3 mins confidence:

económicamente eficiente

Explanation:
otra opción

VicDenver
Local time: 13:57
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +11

rentable

Ian in Spain
Spain
Local time: 22:57
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree

Nuria Cobelo

5 mins

-> Gracias Nuria :-)

agree

AliciaPerez

8 mins

-> Gracias Alicia :-)

agree

Elizabeth Ardans

9 mins

-> Thanks Elizabeth :-)

agree

Berelis (Eng.): Sí, me parece adecuado

25 mins

-> Thanks Berelis :-)

neutral

Adán Cruz: Aunque rentable tiene la connotación de algo que deja ganancias. Como se trata de un programa social, yo usaría eficiente, que implica la relación inversión-resultados.

36 mins

-> ¡Es un debate interesante!

agree

Analia Cassano: YES

44 mins

-> Gracias :-)

agree

Cristina Heraud-van Tol: Yo siempre lo traduzco así.

1 hr

-> Gracias Cristina

agree

Aradai Pardo Martínez

2 hrs

-> Gracias Aradai

agree

cecilia veronica de vecchi: si ,rentable resume la idea ,me parece bien

5 hrs

-> Gracias Cecilia

agree

Adriana Martinez: A mí no me parece bien, ¡me parece estupenda sugerencia! ¡Saludos!

7 hrs

-> Me alegro, gracias Adriana :-)

agree

LadyofArcadia

11 hrs

-> Thansk you kind Lady!

agree

Wendy Petzall

1 day7 hrs

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

efectivo en costos

Explanation:
Results 1 - 10 of about 191,000 Spanish pages for "efectivo en costos".

Aunque según el lugar y el contexto sin duda podrá variar.

Henry Hinds
Local time: 14:57
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 526

6 mins confidence:

rentable

Explanation:
En este caso, considero que la traducción más apropiada es la que propongo ya que no sólo hace mención a lo eficiente sino también al costo del programa. ¡Suerte!

Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=cos...

Sils
Local time: 18:57
Native speaker of:

Spanish

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

económico

Explanation:
Diría yo

Smartranslators
Local time: 22:57
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 415

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

(de mejor) relación costo-eficacia/costo-resultados

Explanation:
Esa parece ser la idea.

Mónica Algazi
Uruguay
Local time: 19:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 180

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