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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) | | Spanish term or phrase: rentabilidad | Looking for considered answers to this one, please:
I know "renatibilidad" means "profitability", but it just doesnt really fit in the context... what the text is talking about is buying a property abroad, which one could live in AND/OR let out when not staying there. The result being "rentabilidad"... I feel that it is something between "profitability" and "income" but if it were "income" why doesnt the original text say "ingresos".
Here's an example of how it appears: "cuando usted no está le ofrece una interesante rentabilidad para su inversión".
Maybe I'm just over-complicating it...?? |
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Hi,
In the original they're using "rentabilidad" because, as your context states, they are referring to this property as an *investment*.
You don't receive "profits" on an investment but a "return".
In fact, it's a dual investment because your return will come from two sources:
a) the rise in the value of the property
b) the rent obtained from leasing it.
Both are considered a return on the initial investment.
Andy |
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 Andy Watkinson
Spain
Local time: 07:24
| Grading comment Thanks Aoife and Andy -return is exactly the word I was looking for!! I would like to give you both 4 but I don't think that is possible.I am going for Andy's because his explanation is the more complete.Thanks, both of you!
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The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +4
