en er te weinig bekend was over de klanten.

English translation: too little was known about clients/customers

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Dutch term or phrase:	en er te weinig bekend was over de klanten.
English translation:	too little was known about clients/customers
Entered by:	jarry (X)

12:04 Apr 10, 2009

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Dutch term or phrase: en er te weinig bekend was over de klanten.

Ondanks de vooraanstaande rol in de markt waren de resultaten niet bevredigend. Dit lag naar mijn mening vooral aan het feit dat een goede organisatie ontbrak en er te weinig bekend was over de klanten

lacking of good organisation and client understanding volgens mij, maar de klant wil dit anders vertaald zien.

Iemand een suggestie?

Charline Helsmoortel KudoZ activity Questions: 163 (1 open) (4 without valid answers) (16 closed without grading) Answers: 46 Belgium
Local time: 20:27

there was a lack of information/too little was known about clients/customers

Explanation:
a literal translation seems fine here.

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Note added at 20 mins (2009-04-10 12:24:36 GMT)
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to my ears 'lacking understanding' would be more appropriate as a translation of "te weinig begrip"

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jarry (X)
South Africa
Local time: 20:27

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4 +2

there was a lack of information/too little was known about clients/customers

jarry (X)

see text

L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen

Discussion entries: 2

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18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

there was a lack of information/too little was known about clients/customers

jarry (X)
South Africa
Local time: 20:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 237

Notes to answerer

Asker: That was my first try "lack of information about the clients" and it was not good either. Thanks anyway for the suggestions!

17 mins confidence:

see text

Explanation:
they knew too litlle about their customers
they lacked knowledge about their customers
they did not know their customers

You can phrase anthing that indicates a lack of knowledge about their customers. if you want to be really technical than you could say that they did not understand/know their market,.

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Note added at 50 mins (2009-04-10 12:54:34 GMT)
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Short ans sweet: The company had a poor organisational setup and no (or insufficient) market knowledge.

L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen
South Africa
Local time: 20:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 11

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