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10:59 Jan 12, 2012

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Spanish term or phrase: alcanzará el 30% de sus ventas con productos y servicios en menos de 5 años

From a bit of corporate bumf:

Acme alcanzará el 30% de sus ventas con productos y servicios en menos de 5 años

I don't know. This sentence doesn't make any sense to me.
I've asked the client but they only say they can't see the problem.
As far as I can see, reaching 30% of your sales target over 5 years is nothing to boast about.
Or am I missing something? As far as I can make out, the text has already been translated from something else into Spanish...

MJ Barber KudoZ activity Questions: 1409 (1 open) (21 without valid answers) (61 closed without grading) Answers: 1352
Local time: 07:12

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

will achieve 30% of its sales through products and services within a period of 5 yea

Lisa McCarthy

Sales of products and services will grow by 30% at Acme in less than 5 years

James A. Walsh

Acme's sales are to reach 30% with its products services within the next 5 years

Beatriz Candil Garcia

Acme will reach 30% of their sales in the products and servicies sector in less than 5 years.

Oscar Quiroga

will reach 30% of their sales with products and services in less than 5 years

liz askew

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

6 mins confidence:

Acme's sales are to reach 30% with its products services within the next 5 years

Explanation:
Pls see below sample sentences, thanks

Edison LED lighting module sales to reach 30% of total revenues in 2Q11 Data source:Steve Shen 2011-04-07 High-power LED chip packaging house

http://www.pcbpartner.com/News/article/20110407/201104070000...

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Pls also see:

Global food safety company Neogen reported net income up 30% to reach $22.84m (£14m) for its 2011 fiscal year, which ended May 3; partly due to strong European sales.

http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Business-News/Strong-UK-sal...

If it's goig to be a subtitle i'd write as follows:

Acme's sales to reach 30% with its products and services within the next 5 years or

Acme's sales of products and services to reach 30% within the next 5 years/ in 5 years

Beatriz Candil Garcia
Local time: 07:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

will achieve 30% of its sales through products and services within a period of 5 yea

Explanation:
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"Acme will achieve 30% of its sales (revenue) through products and services within a period of 5 years"

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 07:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 166

4 mins confidence:

will reach 30% of their sales with products and services in less than 5 years

Explanation:
roughly

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sorry

will achieve...

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can't say the sentence construction is that hot.

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Spanish more / less than: "más / menos que" or "más / menos de"
www.braser.com/.../spanish-common-mistakes-co... - Translate this page
Comparisons in Spanish: more / less than: más / menos que or más / menos de.

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good idea to remove it!

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:12
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 101

45 mins confidence:

Acme alcanzará el 30% de sus ventas con productos y servicios en menos de 5 años Sales of products and services will grow by 30% at Acme in less than 5 years

Explanation:
From Babylon Spanish-English:

Alcanzar v. catch up, overtake; achieve, attain; gain, win; reach, arrive at; hit, strike; amount; perceive; bring, fetch; extend the arm outward.

I would apply the meaning “overtake” here, meaning that sales will “exceed” (current sales) by 30%. In other words, sales will “grow by” 30% in less than 5 years…

That’s the only thing that makes sense to me anyway.

Example sentence(s):

Acme alcanzará el 30% de sus ventas con productos y servicios en menos de 5 años.
Sales of products and services will grow by 30% at Acme in less than 5 years.

James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 07:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 88

4 hrs confidence:

Acme will reach 30% of their sales in the products and servicies sector in less than 5 years.

Explanation:
Although the sentence is omitted in your project I would surmaize the sentence is close to what I have put down, meaning sales would be a derviative of the products and services sector. Just a thought.

Oscar Quiroga
Local time: 00:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

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