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le habían comenzado a generar unos gastos importantes a la sociedad

English translation: had started creating high costs for the company/had started generating high costs for the company


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Spanish term or phrase:le habían comenzado a generar unos gastos importantes a la sociedad
English translation:had started creating high costs for the company/had started generating high costs for the company
Entered by: Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
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04:58 Aug 4, 2010
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Bus/Financial - Finance (general)
Spanish term or phrase: le habían comenzado a generar unos gastos importantes a la sociedad
El gerente continuó con su empeño de vender los activos fijos de la compañía que como se manifestó en anteriores informes, le habían comenzado a generar unos gastos importantes a la sociedad.
Ingrid_S
Local time: 23:50
had started generating high costs for the company
Explanation:
HTH

had started generating an income
in
http://www.click-bank-code-program.com/

high costs for the company
in
http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/3002
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3 +2had started generating high costs for the company
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
3 -2had begun to create important costs to the societyConstantinos Faridis


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -2
had begun to create important costs to the society


Explanation:
had begun to create important costs to the society

Constantinos Faridis
Greece
Local time: 09:50
Native speaker of: Greek
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Colin Ryan: We do not use "society" to mean company in English.
1 hr
  -> "high society" what means in english?????
disagree  Nicholas Callaway: and "importante" should be either "high" or "significant"
2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
had started generating high costs for the company


Explanation:
HTH

had started generating an income
in
http://www.click-bank-code-program.com/

high costs for the company
in
http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/3002

Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ruth Ramsey: I would possibly use "generate" for profits rather than expenses.
9 hrs
  -> Ruth, thanks, Antonio
agree  amendozachisum: agree, you could use creating instead of generating, though generating is also correct
11 hrs
  -> A Mendoza, thanks, Antonio
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Changes made by editors
Aug 25, 2010 - Changes made by Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral:
Edited KOG entryAntonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral's old entry - "le habían comenzado a generar unos gastos importantes a la sociedad" => "ad started creating high costs for the company/had started generating high costs for the company"
Aug 25, 2010 - Changes made by Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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