restandlole imporancia

English translation: reducing the confidence (or the interest) in your product

23:53 Mar 17, 2002
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial
Spanish term or phrase: restandlole imporancia
Les solicitamos procedan a verificar la misma y corregir de inmediato estas irregularidades, ya que esto nos afecta directamente, restandolole importancia a su producto y creando una mala imagen para nuestra empresa.
AndrewSimms
English translation:reducing the confidence (or the interest) in your product
Explanation:
... and damaging the image of our company.

The literal translation would be: reducing the importance or your product.

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Robert INGLEDEW
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Local time: 11:33
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5reducing the confidence (or the interest) in your product
Robert INGLEDEW
5 +1diminishing / downplaying
Elena Sgarbo (X)
5diminishing / weakening the appeal of your product
JH Trads
4playing down the product
CNF
4not giving much importance
Al Gallo


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
reducing the confidence (or the interest) in your product


Explanation:
... and damaging the image of our company.

The literal translation would be: reducing the importance or your product.

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Robert INGLEDEW
Argentina
Local time: 11:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 1940
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agree  Dr. Chrys Chrystello
43 mins
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agree  Maria-Jose Pastor
49 mins
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agree  Henry Hinds
5 hrs
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agree  David Davis
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agree  Endre Both
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
playing down the product


Explanation:
Cambridge:

play down
phrasal verb [M]
to make (something) seem less important or less bad than it really is; to downplay
Military spokespeople tried to play down the seriousness of the disaster, but within a few hours it was clear that at least five ships had been sunk.

Diccionarios Vox:
restar importancia a algo, to play something down, play down the importance of sth.




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Note added at 2002-03-18 00:09:04 (GMT)
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downplaying the product
playing the product down
playing down the importance of the product (would be a bit redundant)

CNF
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
not giving much importance


Explanation:
not giving much importance to his product...

Traducción aceptada.

Al Gallo
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
diminishing / downplaying


Explanation:
Diminishing is to make less, or to appear less, so it cold fit here.

"Downplaying" also captures the meaning.

HTH
Elena


Elena Sgarbo (X)
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 3539

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agree  julitravel: I would say that "downplaying" is the most adequate, Downplay:"to make sth appear to be less important than it actually is."Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary"
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
diminishing / weakening the appeal of your product


Explanation:
appeal se usa mucho en este contexto de negocios, como en la ref:

appeal to viewers. More magazines and newspapers may close or reduce the resources
devoted to editorial content, potentially weakening their appeal to readers. ...
college4.nytimes.com/guests/articles/2001/07/27/859036.xml - 48k

HTH






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JH Trads
United States
Local time: 10:33
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 915
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