14:35 Apr 9, 2009 

Actually the first entry which was deleted by the Moderator included both of these together...so I assumed that they must be connected in the total meaning...you know we are spending a lot of time on this with NO feedback from the Asker! I think it is time to drop it....

03:40 Apr 9, 2009 

It's a matter of conjecture but I think these two phrases (ارزیابی عملکرد and تمرکز و عدم تمرکز) were posted by one quetion and have nothing to do with each other!

01:12 Apr 9, 2009 

I just noticed that the last sentence I wrote should read: In any case, I suspect that the Persian version was originally translated from an English text that looked like MY suggestion.

19:46 Apr 8, 2009 

It's a good idea, Edward. But everything remains a tentative hypothesis unless a bit of context is provided.

19:38 Apr 8, 2009 

Thank you, Edward. Since we are talking about accounting here, I suspect that amalkard would be revenue, hence my guess that we are talking about revenue recognized within a certain period. Alas, we have no context....

18:55 Apr 8, 2009 

Based on the few words given for translation, it appears that the main idea is "performance assessment" and that تمرکز و عدم تمرکز somehow modify "performance assessment".

While noun+noun combinations are very common in English and تمرکز و عدم تمرکز are nouns, it is not always necessary to translate a noun performing as an adjective in the source language directly as a noun in the target language. It may be much better to translate it as an adjective, especially it it makes more sense and reads more naturally.


"centralized and decentralized performance assessment" is found a lot by Google and reads better than "centralization and decentralization of performance assessment", although this is perfectly grammatical.

In any case, I suspect that the Persian version was originally translated from an English text that looked like by suggestion.

18:34 Apr 8, 2009 

Without more clarification, I must agree with with Volkmar that we are not talking about "concentration" here, especially in the context of "performance assessment"

07:26 Apr 8, 2009 

I'm not sure "concentration" is the correct concept here. It appears to me that this refers to a consolidation or de-consolidation of business units. To be sure, though, we would need far more context.

06:37 Apr 8, 2009 

آیا منظور تمرکز و عدم تمرکز نیروها یا منابع است یا تمرکز و عدم تمرکز فکری؟