Sobreponderar

English translation: Excess Weighting

17:41 Jul 7, 2001

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial

Spanish term or phrase: Sobreponderar

Appears as a title to market reports which talks about the political and economic situation in Germany

Carol Lagler-Kolusheva (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 129 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 0
Local time: 14:24

English translation:Excess Weighting

Explanation:
As a title it does not seem like the right form of the word; but as a title in English I would offer this.

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Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 07:24

Grading comment

Many thanks for your help.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

na +3

overvalued

DR. RICHARD BAVRY (X)

na +1

OVERWEIGHT

clausgf

na +1

[COMMENT]

DR. RICHARD BAVRY (X)

weight excessively, give too much weight to

Alan Lambson

Thinking too much about

David Lowery

na -2

Excess Weighting

Henry Hinds

Answers

38 mins peer agreement (net): +1

OVERWEIGHT

Explanation:
When used in a context meaning that excesive value is given to a determined thing. Hope it helps. Regards.

clausgf
Local time: 06:24

1 hr

weight excessively, give too much weight to

Explanation:
The suggestion "overweight" or "over-weight" is technically correct (right meaning), but it is an unfortunate homograph with the word meaning "obese" or "obesity". These circumlocutions might help.

Alan Lambson
Local time: 07:24
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 114

1 hr peer agreement (net): -2

Excess Weighting

Explanation:
As a title it does not seem like the right form of the word; but as a title in English I would offer this.

Exp.

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 07:24
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 26512

Grading comment

Many thanks for your help.

2 hrs peer agreement (net): +3

overvalued

Explanation:
In the vein of the earlier suggestion of "giving too much weight to".

exp (and maybe ESP)

DR. RICHARD BAVRY (X)
PRO pts in pair: 94

3 hrs

Thinking too much about

Explanation:
Given the context, it sounds as if those market reports are saying that people are thinking too much about some facet of the political and economic situation in Germany.

David Lowery
Local time: 09:24
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 28

23 hrs peer agreement (net): +1

[COMMENT]

Explanation:
Well, of course, the choice is yours, but I find it hard to believe that you turned down "overvalued", which scans very well in English and is concise and to the point; I am happy to see that it received support from some of my colleagues. I fail to see what kind of instant recognition a native speaker would experience upon encountering a phrase like "excess weighting", an almost literal translation. It is important to remember that the target language here is English, and the words you choose must be words or phrases with which the native speakers are comfortable. Anything else falls short (often quite short) of the marks and is unacceptable.

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DR. RICHARD BAVRY (X)
PRO pts in pair: 94

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