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English translation: LIKELIHOOD OF RETURNING

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Spanish term or phrase:	PROSPECCIÓN
English translation:	LIKELIHOOD OF RETURNING
Entered by:	James A. Walsh

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11:12 Mar 10, 2009

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel / Survey

Spanish term or phrase: PROSPECCIÓN

Part of a survey. This is one of the headings in the visitor survey:

PROSPECCIÓN

¿Cuáles son las probabilidades de que vuelva a (town) en el futuro?

Con seguridad
Es probable que sí
Creo que no
Seguro que no
No sabe

¿Ha echado de menos algo durante su estancia en (town)?

¿Qué mejoraría de (town) como destino turístico?

Lisa McCarthy KudoZ activity Questions: 1903 (9 open) (158 closed without grading) Answers: 2312 Spain
Local time: 21:11

LIKELIHOOD OF RETURNING

Explanation:
Another option...

suerte :)

Selected response from:

James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 21:11

Grading comment

Thanks, James - this'll do nicely!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +6

LIKELIHOOD OF RETURNING

James A. Walsh

4 +3

SURVEY

margaret caulfield

PROSPECTING

David Sánchez Villada

4 +1

Looking forward

patinba

Prospecting

Maria Elena Martinez

Looking Ahead

Deborah Lockett

market research

erowe

Future prospects

Noni Gilbert

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Looking forward

Explanation:
One possibility.

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 16:11
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 88

3 mins confidence:

Future prospects

Explanation:
As in "prospective future visits". Doesn't sound great, hmm, but maybe it'll set off a better idea from someone else ;-)

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Note added at 3 mins (2009-03-10 11:15:41 GMT)
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*Return visits* might work better, although it departs more from the original.

Noni Gilbert
Local time: 21:11
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 124

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

SURVEY

Explanation:
Normally, this would be "(market) research", but in this case, I would definitely stick to "survey" (which forms part of market research).

margaret caulfield
Local time: 21:11
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

5 mins confidence:

market research

Explanation:
from the type of questions being asked

erowe
Spain
Local time: 21:11
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

8 mins confidence:

PROSPECTING

Explanation:
Prospecting: The act of surveying or examining.

David Sánchez Villada
Local time: 14:11
Does not meet criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

9 mins confidence:

Prospecting

Explanation:
una opción

Maria Elena Martinez
Netherlands
Local time: 21:11
Does not meet criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

LIKELIHOOD OF RETURNING

Explanation:
Another option...

suerte :)

James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 21:11
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 31

Grading comment

Thanks, James - this'll do nicely!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Noni Gilbert: Yes - we're thinking along the same lines, and this works well if this is the case.//Even stronger agree after reading Lisa's further post!

1 min

-> Thanks, Noni :)

agree

neilmac: This works for me :)

9 mins

-> Cheers, Neil :)

agree

David Ronder: Me too. "Will ye no come back again?" if you want the Scots version :-)

15 mins

-> Cheers David :) - I was also thinking along the ProZ system of WWA's and LWA's - It could be a LRA (Likelihood of Returning Again) or a WRA (Willingness...) - Not sure if that would work though ;))

agree

Yasutomo Kanazawa: I would go for this one, since it's a subheading asking about returning to town.

16 mins

-> Thanks, Yasutomo :)

agree

Catherine Gilsenan

2 hrs

-> Thanks, Catherine :)

agree

Juan Carlos García

5 hrs

-> ¡Gracias, Juan Carlos! :)

3 hrs confidence:

Looking Ahead

Explanation:
After asking questions about the past, the survey now turns to the future

(Although the first part of the section deals with likelihood of returning, the rest doesn't)

Deborah Lockett
Local time: 20:11
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 155

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Changes made by editors

Mar 11, 2009 - Changes made by James A. Walsh:
Edited KOG entry	Lisa McCarthy's old entry - "PROSPECCIÓN" => "LIKELIHOOD OF RETURNING"

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