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English translation: to possess/offer/provide

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French term or phrase:	capitaliser
English translation:	to possess/offer/provide
Entered by:	veratek

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04:29 Sep 25, 2007

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Marketing - Telecom(munications)

French term or phrase: capitaliser

I know that this term has already been asked, but I'm not sure if the previous answers are right for this context:

Company X capitalise une expertise technique et commerciale de qualité sur la quasi-totalité des systèmes de satellite actuellement en service et la plupart des technologies de transmission audiovisuelle.

Does this simply mean that this company has expertise?

Laura Miller KudoZ activity Questions: 354 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (26 closed without grading) Answers: 2
Local time: 07:38

(Company X) possesses/offers/provides (a technical...)

Explanation:
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veratek
France
Local time: 13:38

Grading comment

Thank you vera-tech!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +5

to leverage

Jennifer Baldwin

FYI (perhaps) has a capital of/a stock of/boasts/has accumulated

xxxCMJ_Trans

(Company X) possesses/offers/provides (a technical...)

veratek

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

to leverage

Explanation:
Yes, that's what it means, but in "business-speak", we would probably say that Company X leverages their expertise....

Jennifer Baldwin
Local time: 04:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: Hi Jennifer, thanks for your answer, I was so undecided I finally just asked for clarification from the client, who said that basically all they meant was that they had the expertise. I'm going to record your answer in my glossary however for future reference. Thanks!

37 mins confidence:

capitalise

(Company X) possesses/offers/provides (a technical...)

Explanation:
sugg

veratek
France
Local time: 13:38
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

Thank you vera-tech!

3 hrs confidence:

FYI (perhaps) has a capital of/a stock of/boasts/has accumulated

Explanation:
I have doubt about "leverage" here, given the following deinition

lev·er·age (lĕv'ər-ĭj, lē'vər-)
n.

The action of a lever.
The mechanical advantage of a lever.
Positional advantage; power to act effectively: “started his . . . career with far more social leverage than his father had enjoyed” (Doris Kearns Goodwin).
The use of credit or borrowed funds to improve one's speculative capacity and increase the rate of return from an investment, as in buying securities on margin.
tr.v., -aged, -ag·ing, -ag·es.

To provide (a company) with leverage.
To supplement (money, for example) with leverage.
To improve or enhance: “It makes more sense to be able to leverage what we [public radio stations] do in a more effective way to our listeners” (Delano Lewis).

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xxxCMJ_Trans
Local time: 13:38
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 47

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks CMJ_Trans. I checked this one with the client and they basically meant what vera-tech had suggested, but I appreciate your input!

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Sep 25, 2007 - Changes made by veratek:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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