Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Wettbewerbsmechanismen greifen
English translation:
there is effective competition
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philgoddard
Nov 21, 2014 16:54
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Wettbewerbsmechanismen greifen
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Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone can help me to understand "greifen" here? It's a report about transitioning to a green economy and how to promote environmental technologies.
Eine Festlegung auf einzelne Anbieter ist in jedem Fall zu vermeiden, um Märkte zu entwickeln, in denen Wettbewerbsmechanismen zwischen Anbietern und ihren Technologien greifen.
The best translation of "greifen" I can come up with here is "overlap", but I'm not sure that it's correct.
This is my attempt:
It is stipulated that individual providers must in all cases avoid developing markets where competitive mechanisms between providers and their technologies overlap.
Any suggestions, or do you think this is ok?
Many thanks!
Eleanor
Just wondering if anyone can help me to understand "greifen" here? It's a report about transitioning to a green economy and how to promote environmental technologies.
Eine Festlegung auf einzelne Anbieter ist in jedem Fall zu vermeiden, um Märkte zu entwickeln, in denen Wettbewerbsmechanismen zwischen Anbietern und ihren Technologien greifen.
The best translation of "greifen" I can come up with here is "overlap", but I'm not sure that it's correct.
This is my attempt:
It is stipulated that individual providers must in all cases avoid developing markets where competitive mechanisms between providers and their technologies overlap.
Any suggestions, or do you think this is ok?
Many thanks!
Eleanor
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Nov 21, 2014 17:00: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Bus/Financial"
Nov 24, 2014 15:21: philgoddard Created KOG entry
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philgoddard
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there is effective competition
I think you could leave out "mechanisms" - it doesn't add anything to the sentence.
I'd say "in which there is effective competition between suppliers and technologies" or "in which suppliers and technologies can compete effectively".
I'd say "in which there is effective competition between suppliers and technologies" or "in which suppliers and technologies can compete effectively".
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competition mechanisms can be effective
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competitive mechanisms are effective / effective competitive mechanisms
greifen = to be effective
This would mean the following in your context:
At any rate [In any case], no specific/single provider must be selected (in order) to develop markets with effective competitive mechanisms between providers/suppliers and their technologies.
(I believe you can even omit the initial part 'At any rate/In any case'.)
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... or 'individual providers' or a 'specific sub-set of providers' (plural).
This would mean the following in your context:
At any rate [In any case], no specific/single provider must be selected (in order) to develop markets with effective competitive mechanisms between providers/suppliers and their technologies.
(I believe you can even omit the initial part 'At any rate/In any case'.)
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... or 'individual providers' or a 'specific sub-set of providers' (plural).
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for competition to take root
Effective competition is fine, I guess. This one gets us closer to the imagery of the German term, though.
"To encourage the development of markets and for competition between providers and their technologies to take root, commitments to specific providers should always be avoided."
"To encourage the development of markets and for competition between providers and their technologies to take root, commitments to specific providers should always be avoided."
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to promote competitive mechanisms/competition among suppliers and their (respective) technologies
this is the idea
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and make sure they stick
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free I admit but maybe with a bit of tweaking ...
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and make sure they stick
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free I admit but maybe with a bit of tweaking ...
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