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English translation: key capabilities

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Spanish term or phrase:	capacidades clave
English translation:	key capabilities
Entered by:	Amy Barter

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12:49 Mar 24, 2009

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Bus/Financial - Finance (general)

Spanish term or phrase: capacidades clave

Discussing methods for escaping the recession.
El recorte indiscriminado de los costes supone poner en peligro capacidades clave y los ingresos futuros cuando mejoren las condiciones.
Any idea what capacidades are in this context? Wondered about putting competencies but wasn't sure.

Amy Barter KudoZ activity Questions: 163 (none open) (11 closed without grading) Answers: 133 United Kingdom
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key capabilities

Explanation:
Capability: power or ability to do something (OED)

The Sunday Leader Online - [ Traducir esta página ]
The Bank's key capabilities and services in the period reviewed included the expansion of the e-Exchange franchise, Model Branch concept and the launch of ...
www.thesundayleader.lk/20080406/BUSINESS.HTM - 207k - En caché - Páginas similares

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patinba
Argentina
Local time: 15:52

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Thanks very much
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5 +9

key capabilities

patinba

4 +1

crucial capacity

pawlik

key capacities

Sergio Gaymer

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4 mins confidence:

key capacities

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Sergio Gaymer
Chile
Local time: 12:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 56

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

key capabilities

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 15:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 564

Grading comment

Thanks very much

41 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

crucial capacity

Explanation:
Presumably, they are talking about cutting costs and running at 100% capacity rather than having spare (idle) capacity; when conditions improve, they won't be able to react. In this sense, I think we would use the singular in English. Confusingly, in the original the "clave" seems to refer to the present, whereas like "ingresos" it is talking about what will be crucial in the future.

pawlik
Spain
Local time: 20:52
Native speaker of:

English,

Polish
PRO pts in category: 12

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