sacar (en contexto)

English translation: to cover overheads

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Spanish term or phrase:	sacar costos fijos
English translation:	to cover overheads
Entered by:	Margaret Schroeder

02:53 Mar 13, 2004

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)

Spanish term or phrase: sacar (en contexto)

"Es por muchos conocido, en restaurantes de comida rápida la venta del café en taza se utiliza para sacar costos fijos; por lo cual la calidad en taza es tan baja como el precio por kilo del grano."

Margaret Schroeder KudoZ activity Questions: 99 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 3076 Mexico
Local time: 07:14

to cover overheads

Explanation:
covering overheads is the normal English term

Selected response from:

Dennis Wright
Local time: 14:14

Grading comment

Moral KudoZ to Henry & Michael, whose answers were also relevant and helpful.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

to pay for

Henry Hinds

3 +2

to cover overheads

Dennis Wright

to make up

Gerard Burns Jr.

for the achievement of

Elizabeth Castaldini

Answers

4 mins confidence:

to pay for

Explanation:
se utiliza para sacar costos fijos

is used to pay for overhead

Exp.

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 07:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 1200

57 mins confidence:

to make up

Explanation:
This fits the intention of the sentence better, which is cynical. The "fixed costs" are there if you are doing anything or not. The coffee, poorly made with cheap beans and served in small cups, hours or- if you aren't lucky, a day after it is made, is just to try to wring out a few pennies when nothing else is going on.
Sorry to run on -but this is literary in tone.

Gerard Burns Jr.
United States
Local time: 08:14
Native speaker of: English

4 hrs confidence:

for the achievement of

Explanation:
I would translate the whole text like this: "As known by many, coffee is sold in (paper) cups in fast-food restaurants for the achievement of low costs; this makes the quality (of the service) in (paper)cups so low as the price of the grain per kilogram."

Explanation: I don't think 'overhead'(gastos generales)is a good counterpart to 'costos fijos'. It is not 'fixed costs' either, because these are the costs with rent, gas, electricity, (the ones that are always the same). But the context seems to tell us it means 'low costs'.

Elizabeth Castaldini
Local time: 09:14
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

6 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

to cover overheads

Explanation:
covering overheads is the normal English term

Dennis Wright
Local time: 14:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

Moral KudoZ to Henry & Michael, whose answers were also relevant and helpful.

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