to set up measures

English translation: to establish/put steps in place

16:54 Oct 4, 2009
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Business/Commerce (general)
English term or phrase: to set up measures
I am translating into Polish the minutes of a European works council meeting, of a large multinational company manufacturing diesel and natural gas engines, gas turbines, etc.:

‘’Mr X: Some recovery plans cannot be financed – this money will have to be found. Where do I find this money? Who will give this money? Some say there will be a huge recovery plan. You’ve said about what could be done for the public sector, but these financial means will have to be found somewhere.

Mr Y: We can hear that some banks have been given money from the public authority, the first thing that we do with that money is reinvesting. There are a lot of financial dysfunctions that we are faced with. We have taken measures, you can see the state of play here, but these measures are *difficult to set up* to get the loans, to get cash. We will see how products will have to evolve in the future.

Mr Z: From the $xxx million investment in research and development, are products developed in a sustainable way and are all measures taken for the products to be competitive from a quality point of view?’’


I can’t quite understand what the phrase ‘’to set up measures’’ means in this particular context..

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Grzegorz Mysiński
Poland
Local time: 20:24
Selected answer:to establish/put steps in place
Explanation:
"We have taken steps...but these steps are difficult to establish"
"we have taken steps...but these steps are difficult to put into place"

Hope it helps, good luck!
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lorenab23
United States
Local time: 12:24
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +5to establish/put steps in place
lorenab23
3precautions
Rolf Keiser
3to put forward (as a plan) for acceptance
Veronika McLaren
3but the measures taken are difficult to be translated into fund-raising (or loan-raising)
Ellen Kraus
3difficult to 'organise'
Bashiqa


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
to establish/put steps in place


Explanation:
"We have taken steps...but these steps are difficult to establish"
"we have taken steps...but these steps are difficult to put into place"

Hope it helps, good luck!

lorenab23
United States
Local time: 12:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Thank you for your help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gary D
4 hrs
  -> Thank you Gary

agree  B D Finch: It seems like he was floundering for answers - first he says they have taken measures, then he says they are difficult to set up. But this translates the (unconvincing) claim.
4 hrs
  -> Thank you B D Finch, great comment!

agree  eski: I like your second option; both are good! :)) eski
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  -> eski, nice to see you again. Thank you!

agree  Vicky Nash
15 hrs
  -> Thank you Vicky

agree  Julie Waddington
1 day 39 mins
  -> Thank you Julie!
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
precautions


Explanation:
they have taken precautions to ensure implementation of guidelines in line with corporate governance

Rolf Keiser
Switzerland
Local time: 20:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
to put forward (as a plan) for acceptance


Explanation:
-according to Merriam-Webster, for the transitive verb.

Veronika McLaren
Local time: 15:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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but the measures taken are difficult to be translated into fund-raising (or loan-raising)


Explanation:
but using the measures taken for raising funds or loans is not an easy task

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 20:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
difficult to 'organise'


Explanation:
i.e. There has to be a lot of organisation between the different parties concened; banks, companies, finance houses, government etc.

Bashiqa
France
Local time: 20:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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