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Der Handel hatte den Export völlig in der Hand

English translation: Middlemen completely controlled exports

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German term or phrase:Der Handel hatte den Export völlig in der Hand
English translation:Middlemen completely controlled exports
Entered by: Alexandra Duckitt

14:58 Sep 26, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Retail / Winemaking
German term or phrase: Der Handel hatte den Export völlig in der Hand
From a paragraph about the history of the wine industry in a particular region.

"Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts befand sich [die Industrie] in einer sehr schwierigen Lage. *Der Handel hatte den Export völlig in der Hand*, hohe Einfuhrzölle, erhöhte Exportsteuern und vor allem eine immer stärkere Konkurrenz ließen die Preise ... in den Keller fallen."

I'd be grateful if anyone could help me to shed some light on this! MTIA
Alexandra Duckitt
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:47
Middlemen completely controlled exports
Explanation:
Or: Wholesalers completely controlled exports

'Handel' doesn't refer to some mysterious 'trade' but to actual people and businesses, in this case, to the middlemen between wine producers and retailers/customers abroad. These middlemen would invariably have been wholesalers. However, since this text refers to the late 19th century, you're probably safest calling them 'middlemen'.

"For almost 5,000 years, Arab middlemen controlled the spice trade, until European explorers discovered a sea route to India and other spice producing countries in the East."
http://www.thespicetrader.co.nz/history-of-spice
Selected response from:

Paul Cohen
Greenland
Local time: 21:47
Grading comment
This is the best solution - but thanks to everyone else for their useful input too.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3Middlemen completely controlled exports
Paul Cohen
4 +1the intermediary trade was in full control of exports
swisstell
3Trade had export in its (iron) grip
interpr8er
3 -1trade dominated the export
Amphyon
3 -2The commerce totally remained control over the export
Judith den Otter


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the intermediary trade was in full control of exports


Explanation:
in other words, producers had a difficult time to export directly to customers and depended on the trade, more precisely the intermediary or intermediate trade.

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 00:47
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Inge Meinzer: except I am not quite sold on the *intermediary*
19 mins
  -> thanks. Zwischenhandel in German, intermediary trade is what prevented direct relationship between producer and customer.
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -2
The commerce totally remained control over the export


Explanation:
This was my first idea....

Judith den Otter
Germany
Local time: 00:47
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Kim Metzger: The target language is English. "the commerce remained control"?
6 mins
disagree  Lancashireman: English is more sparing in its use of the definite article than German.
7 hrs
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
trade dominated the export


Explanation:
...

Amphyon
Italy
Local time: 00:47
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Lancashireman: The English is more sparing in its use of the definite article than the German.
7 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Trade had export in its (iron) grip


Explanation:
see below


    Reference: http://mondediplo.com/2005/08/06bangladesh
interpr8er
Local time: 00:47
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Middlemen completely controlled exports


Explanation:
Or: Wholesalers completely controlled exports

'Handel' doesn't refer to some mysterious 'trade' but to actual people and businesses, in this case, to the middlemen between wine producers and retailers/customers abroad. These middlemen would invariably have been wholesalers. However, since this text refers to the late 19th century, you're probably safest calling them 'middlemen'.

"For almost 5,000 years, Arab middlemen controlled the spice trade, until European explorers discovered a sea route to India and other spice producing countries in the East."
http://www.thespicetrader.co.nz/history-of-spice

Paul Cohen
Greenland
Local time: 21:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
This is the best solution - but thanks to everyone else for their useful input too.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sven Petersson
46 mins
agree  Kim Metzger: Good solution for "Handel."
2 hrs
  -> I translate a lot of trade show texts where the word 'Handel' refers to 'retailers'
agree  Nicole Y. Adams, M.A.
3 hrs
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