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en un porcentaje elevado

English translation: ...and able to largely self-finance

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Spanish term or phrase:	en un porcentaje elevado
English translation:	...and able to largely self-finance
Entered by:	Lisa McCarthy

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16:00 Oct 22, 2008

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / House buying

Spanish term or phrase: en un porcentaje elevado

El sector inmobiliario en (country) tiene dos rasgos esenciales:

- el sector público se concentra en la construcción de viviendas sociales
- los promotores privados se dirigen a sectores de la población con más medios económicos.

Efectivamente, existe un segmento de la población con un nivel adquisitivo medio-alto, que les permite autofinanciar la adquisición de su vivienda **en un porcentaje elevado.** La media de autofinanciación se sitúa en el 73% del volumen global de la financiación en viviendas.

Lisa McCarthy KudoZ activity Questions: 1903 (9 open) (158 closed without grading) Answers: 2312 Spain
Local time: 07:13

...and able to *largely/mostly* self-finance the purchase of their homes...

Explanation:
I would drop the reference to percentage and go for the meaning instead - which is largely or mostly.

Selected response from:

John Rawlins
Spain
Local time: 07:13

Grading comment

Thanks John - I wasn´t keen on using any combination with 'percentage' so this works very well I think.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

in a high percentage/proportion

Smartranslators

5 +1

at a high percentage

Alice Bootman

3 +1

...and able to *largely/mostly* self-finance the purchase of their homes...

John Rawlins

which allows for a high percentage

laxica

at high interest rates

S Ben Price

3 +1

in a high percentage

liz askew

a significant portion

nedra

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

in a high percentage/proportion

Explanation:
Suerte

Smartranslators
Local time: 07:13
Does not meet criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 941

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

in a high percentage

Explanation:
they are talking about people who can afford to self-finance the purchase of their houses

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:13
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 171

6 mins confidence:

at high interest rates

Explanation:
from the context, it must be this.

S Ben Price
Spain
Local time: 07:13
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

17 mins confidence:

which allows for a high percentage

Explanation:
which allows for a high percentage of self-financed home purchasing

-otra opción

laxica
Local time: 22:13
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

English

18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

at a high percentage

Explanation:
It's saying that, compared with home financing in the rest of the world, these people are able to self-finance their homes at a high percentage rate. As in, a high percentage of these people are able to self-finance. So it would be "at" not "in" a high percentage. "In a high percentage" doesn't make sense in English.

Alice Bootman
Bolivia
Local time: 01:13
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

...and able to *largely/mostly* self-finance the purchase of their homes...

Explanation:
I would drop the reference to percentage and go for the meaning instead - which is largely or mostly.

John Rawlins
Spain
Local time: 07:13
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 78

Grading comment

Thanks John - I wasn´t keen on using any combination with 'percentage' so this works very well I think.

1 hr confidence:

a significant portion

Explanation:
If I read this correctly, i.e., that they finance a large portion of the purchase, not that a large portion of them finance the purchase of their own homes, which seems like another possible reading.

nedra
United States
Local time: 22:13
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 15

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