acquisito

English translation: new business or new customers

20:05 Apr 3, 2007

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / CV

Italian term or phrase: acquisito

Quest’anno ha rinnovato il portafoglio prodotti e l’acquisito è passato da 2.400 pz a 3.000, confrontato con lo stesso periodo.

acquisizione di importanti ordini da xxx per gli stabilimenti in Germania (25 mld ) e Turchia (10 mld), aggiuntivi all’acquisito di BU.

Any ideas???

Jenny Cowd KudoZ activity Questions: 640 (8 open) (10 without valid answers) (24 closed without grading) Answers: 3 United Kingdom
Local time: 07:12

English translation:new business or new customers

Explanation:
It really depends on the product being sold. Whatever the unit is, they are talking about an increase in business volumes.

"New customers acquired", for example, would make a lot of sense for a service business (financial services, telephone company, etc.). The only thing that concerns me there is pz (pezzi?)

Selected response from:

DCypher (X)
Local time: 08:12

Grading comment

I think this fits my context the best. Thanks to everyone else too though, particularly Ivana :-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +2

acquisition

Wolf Kux

new business or new customers

DCypher (X)

gain

MaryAnn Diorio, PhD, MA

purchases/sales

Ivana UK

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

acquisition

Explanation:
HTH

Wolf Kux
Brazil
Local time: 03:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German,

Portuguese

13 mins confidence:

gain

Explanation:
Perhaps "gain" in terms of increase over previous period.

MaryAnn Diorio, PhD, MA
Local time: 02:12
Native speaker of:

Italian,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

51 mins confidence:

new business or new customers

DCypher (X)
Local time: 08:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 307

Grading comment

I think this fits my context the best. Thanks to everyone else too though, particularly Ivana :-)

Notes to answerer

Asker: They're talking about camper vans, not services. Do you think I can just go with "business volumes"?

1 hr confidence:

purchases/sales

Explanation:

.. and purchases/sales increased from 2,400 units/items to 3,000 compared with the previous period/year.

That's my understanding, although my answer is subject to change depending on what the products are!

For "acquisizione" in your second phrase, I'd translate with "acquisition"

HTH

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-04-03 21:28:19 GMT)
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- "acquistionS" (remember the S) could also apply to the first phrase, again depending on context.

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Note added at 17 hrs (2007-04-04 13:15:58 GMT)
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Now we know what the units are we know they are definitely referring to sales (or business volumes) - all you have to do now is choose the best term!

Ivana UK
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Italian
PRO pts in category: 140

Notes to answerer

Asker: Hi Ivana, I should have pointed out that they're camper vans. I'm torn between "business volumes" and "sales". I'm fairly sure they're referring to sales rather than purchases, although it seems a strange choice of terminology...

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