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defect; attrition

Portuguese translation: migrar (para a concorrência) // atrito

02:59 Aug 29, 2009
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Surveying
English term or phrase: defect; attrition
context:
Predicting which customers are most likely to "defect" to the competition and preventing this kind of "attrition" is one of the top concerns for...
Erico Silveira
Brazil
Local time: 08:38
Portuguese translation:migrar (para a concorrência) // atrito
Explanation:
Defect passa a idéia de abandonar mas não dá para usar "abandonar" sem mexer mais na frase, pois ele não pode "abandonar PARA a concorrência", não faz sentido. O cliente abandona a empresa atual e migra para a concorrência.

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Note added at 3 days10 hrs (2009-09-01 13:37:48 GMT) Post-grading
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Obrigado a você tb, Érico.
AV
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delveneto
United States
Local time: 07:38
Grading comment
Muito obrigado
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2migrar (para a concorrência) // atrito
delveneto
4 +1debandar; desgaste
Roberto Cavalcanti
4passar (para a concorrência); desgaste
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4desertar (para a competição)/desgaste
Marlene Curtis


  

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
passar (para a concorrência); desgaste


Explanation:
Diria assim...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 12:38
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
debandar; desgaste


Explanation:
defect ▸ verb: desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army

Roberto Cavalcanti
Brazil
Local time: 08:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexandra Reimao: mais pitoresco!
2 days 5 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
desertar (para a competição)/desgaste


Explanation:
Inteligência Estratégica - [ Translate this page ]Detectar ações da competição, dos adversários e aliados .... e discos contendo segredos comerciais da GM quando “desertaram” para a Volkswagen. .... A necessidade do Cliente determina o tipo trabalho de Inteligência a ser executado. ...
www.slideshare.net/mra.almeida/inteligncia-estratgica-adesg

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1R2SKPB_enUS335&q=os ...

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 07:38
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 52
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
migrar (para a concorrência) // atrito


Explanation:
Defect passa a idéia de abandonar mas não dá para usar "abandonar" sem mexer mais na frase, pois ele não pode "abandonar PARA a concorrência", não faz sentido. O cliente abandona a empresa atual e migra para a concorrência.

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Note added at 3 days10 hrs (2009-09-01 13:37:48 GMT) Post-grading
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Obrigado a você tb, Érico.
AV

delveneto
United States
Local time: 07:38
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Muito obrigado

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Silvia Aquino
10 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Silvia.
agree  Maria Meneses
21 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Maria.
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