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coyunturalmente

English translation: circumstantially


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21:45 Apr 23, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Investment / Securities / Investor Risk Profiles
Spanish term or phrase: coyunturalmente
La inversión puede experimentar rentabilidad negativa que puede ser frecuente a corto plazo y que en determinados periodos puede ser coyunturalmente significativa y duradera.
peterinmadrid
Local time: 05:20
English translation:circumstantially
Explanation:
Always on my list of least favorite words to translate, I usually go with circumstantially, but how it can also be "duradera" escapes me.
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patinba
Argentina
Local time: 00:20
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4circumstantiallypatinba
5for a short time / temporarily
Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
4 +1occasionally
James A. Walsh
5depending on / according to the situation
Henry Hinds
4in the interim
Michael Powers (PhD)


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
in the interim


Explanation:
... can be significant and lasting in the interim

Mike :)

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 22:20
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
circumstantially


Explanation:
Always on my list of least favorite words to translate, I usually go with circumstantially, but how it can also be "duradera" escapes me.

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 00:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andres Pacheco: The point is that it's not structural... "Coyuntural" is always used as opposed to "estructural".
35 mins
  -> Just seen this. I appreciate the clarification.
agree  Multitran
1 hr
  -> Gracias!
agree  Tom2004
1 hr
  -> Gracias!
agree  Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes: Patinba, tienes más razón que un santo y ojo de águila. Bravo.
7 hrs
  -> Muy amable, Alejandro. Lástima que pasó medio mes antes de que te pudiera agradecer.
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
depending on / according to the situation


Explanation:
puede ser coyunturalmente significativa y duradera = can be significant and long-lasting depending on / according to the situation

Henry Hinds
Local time: 20:20
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes: Esa es la idea, que a mí se me había escapado. He votado por Patinba porque lo dijo primero y con una palabra, pero tú lo pillaste y yo no. Bravo. Saludos cordiales.
7 hrs
  -> Me gusta aún más lo de James.
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
occasionally


Explanation:
This is indeed an awkward one in English. In the past, I've always just rendered the texts accordingly, as I was always been too uncomfortable with the direct results of translation. If this was me, I'd go for something like this:

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-04-23 23:20:49 GMT)
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You could also put it as: "Investments can often Undergo periods of short-term negative returns..."; I say this because, although "undergo" is generally perceived as more negative (which is usually not a good thing to be expressing in terms of investments), I do think it balances the sentence out somewhat regarding the use of the rather vague [and rendered] "occasionally".

Example sentence(s):
  • Investments can often experience periods of short-term negative returns, which can occasionally become more significant and lasting under certain conditions.
James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 04:20
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henry Hinds: Better still.
7 hrs
  -> Thanks a lot Henry :)
neutral  Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes: Me gusta mucho la traducción en tu ejemplo -"under certain conditions"-, pero ya voté un "agree" a "circumstantially", por indicarlo con una sola palabra. Saludos cordiales.
8 hrs
  -> Gracias, Alejandro :)
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
for a short time / temporarily


Explanation:
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Note added at 8 hrs (2009-04-24 06:01:26 GMT)
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Dejo mi respuesta -incorrecta - como aviso a navegantes, para que aprendan de los errores ajenos. Otros colegas han ofrecido la traducción acertada.

Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
Spain
Local time: 04:20
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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