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potere di contrattazione

English translation: negotiation power


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Italian term or phrase:potere di contrattazione
English translation:negotiation power
Entered by: Francesca Moletta
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15:17 May 8, 2006
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Agriculture
Italian term or phrase: potere di contrattazione
Buongiorno,

sto facendo la revisione di una traduzione it>en. Nella frase seguente il traduttore propone per potere di contrattazione, contracting power

crisi del settore del parmigiano reggiano, potere eccessivo di contrattazione della grande distribuzione o in generale della commercializzazione, prezzo troppo basso del prodotto al pubblico.

Confermate?
Grazie
Francesca Moletta
Italy
Local time: 02:30
negotiation power
Explanation:
mi sembra che suoni meglio contracting power

visto che si parla di prezzi

anche (price) leveraging power/ability :
leverage: (v. )use one's influence to affect people or circumstances
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Daniela Zambrini
Italy
Local time: 02:30
Grading comment
grazie, avuta la conferma da riferimenti precedenti
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2bargaining power
Monica Manghi
3negotiation power
Daniela Zambrini
4 -1purchasing power
SwissTell


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
purchasing power


Explanation:
excessive purchasing power - that's what is happening when certain national or international chains (such as WalMart) have the power to dictate rates at which they purchase

SwissTell
Local time: 20:30
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Kim Metzger: http://www.eurofound.eu.int/emire/ITALY/DECENTRALIZEDBARGAIN...
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
negotiation power


Explanation:
mi sembra che suoni meglio contracting power

visto che si parla di prezzi

anche (price) leveraging power/ability :
leverage: (v. )use one's influence to affect people or circumstances

Daniela Zambrini
Italy
Local time: 02:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
grazie, avuta la conferma da riferimenti precedenti
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
bargaining power


Explanation:
in my opinion it could be translated as bargaining power, that is a synonym of purchasing power as SwissTell says

Monica Manghi
Local time: 02:30
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luuk Arens
8 mins

agree  Kim Metzger: Bargaining power is a good translation, but it's not the same as purchasing power.
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