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que aún no han comenzado a funcionar

English translation: that have yet to commence operations

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Spanish term or phrase:	que aún no han comenzado a funcionar
English translation:	that have yet to commence operations
Entered by:	Lisa Roberts

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11:23 May 23, 2008

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Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / Goodwill

Spanish term or phrase: que aún no han comenzado a funcionar

Deifinition of goodwill:

El fondo de comercio corresponde con negocios que aún no han comenzado a funcionar. Según las estimaciones de la dirección, la actividad comenzará en 2009 y el margen bruto de cada ejercicio superará ampliamente el valor del fondo de comercio contabilizado.

Struggling to translate 'funcionar' in this context.

Rough draft: Goodwill refers to business operations/elements that have yet to....?

I can't see how 'function' or 'operate' would work in this instance...

Many thanks!

Lisa Roberts KudoZ activity Questions: 517 (none open) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 126 France
Local time: 07:07

which have not yet begun/started/commenced operations

Explanation:
Could also be: "that have not yet begun/started/commenced operations".

Selected response from:

James Stevens-Arce
United States
Local time: 01:07

Grading comment

Thank you James
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

that are not yet operational / in operation

Lisa McCarthy

4 +3

that are not yet up and running

Nikki Graham

4 +2

which have not yet begun/started/commenced operations

James Stevens-Arce

that have not yet taken off...

Carmen Schultz

that are pending

Kristi Scalera

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

that are not yet up and running

Explanation:
this might be an option (but what businesses are we actually talking about here?)

Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:07
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 72

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

which have not yet begun/started/commenced operations

Language variant: American English

Explanation:
Could also be: "that have not yet begun/started/commenced operations".

James Stevens-Arce
United States
Local time: 01:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

Thank you James

27 mins confidence:

that are pending

Explanation:
"Pending" sounds more like term used in finance to me.

Kristi Scalera
United States
Local time: 01:07
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

that are not yet operational / in operation

Explanation:
The 'Starting a Small Business' option assumes your **business is not yet operational**, but the 'Running a Small Business' assumes you've been running a small business for at least 6 months.
http://www.openpolytechnic.ac.nz/programmesandcourses/progra...

The U.S. enterprise must already be established or significant steps must already have been taken to establish it. If the **business is not yet operational**, a business plan with legal guarantees that demonstrate a very high probability of implementation will be necessary.
http://www.grasmick.com/invest.htm

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

English
PRO pts in category: 121

3 mins confidence:

that have not yet taken off...

Explanation:
something to this effect is how I am understanding it

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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-05-23 16:13:53 GMT)
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FoRK Archive: Why digital cash has not taken off (yet)Why digital cash has not taken off (yet). Ciamac Cyrus Moallemi (ciamac@alum.mit.edu) .... differential between business class and economy grows. About 1/3 ...
www.xent.com/FoRK-archive/sept99/0095.html - 19k - Cached - Similar pages

Carmen Schultz
Local time: 00:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 32

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