se não iluminar

English translation: if not eliminate

01:01 Dec 1, 2011

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics / Feed-in tariffs for renewable energy sources

Portuguese term or phrase: se não iluminar

The country is Mozambique, and this is a report on the advantages of feed-in tariffs to promote the use of renewable energy. One of the alternatives to a feed-in tariff is a quota system, which is discussed below. I'm working from a PDF, so this may be a scanning error (for "eliminar"), though I haven't encountered other typos so far. Or I may not be understanding the intended meaning here. What do you think?

Experiências de vários países demonstram que a eficácia dos regimes de quotas pode atingir altos níveis e observância se os certificados de energias renováveis são concebidos sob políticas bem desenhadas e os contratos sao a longo prazo de modo que possa abafar (se não iluminar) a volatilidade do preço e reduzir o risco.

Muriel Vasconcellos KudoZ activity Questions: 913 (none open) (163 closed without grading) Answers: 6309 United States
Local time: 08:17

English translation:if not eliminate

Explanation:
I think your suspicion is correct and this is an OCR error for eliminate.

In the context it makes complete sense:
"and the contracts are long term so that they may repress (if not eliminate) price volatility and reduce the risk."

Selected response from:

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 12:17

Grading comment

Thanks, Martin. (Let's not put this in the glossary!)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

if not eliminate

Martin Riordan

4 +1

if not, broaden/brighten/illuminate

R. Alex Jenkins

Discussion entries: 5

Answers

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

if not, broaden/brighten/illuminate

Explanation:
Hi Muriel

The lack of PT punctuation leads to confuse.

The use of "iluminar" here is for emphasising the opposite meaning in relation to the previous verb "abafar".

"... so that it may smother (if not smother, then enlighten/broaden/illuminate) price volatility and therefore reduce risks."

Along those lines.
I'm sure you'll find a better translation than mine and perhaps a better word for "illuminate". Hopefully this points you in the right direction.

Best of luck :)

R. Alex Jenkins
Brazil
Local time: 12:17
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

if not eliminate

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 12:17
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English
PRO pts in category: 48

Grading comment

Thanks, Martin. (Let's not put this in the glossary!)

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