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time de prospecção de oportunidades

English translation: opportunity prospecting team

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Portuguese term or phrase:time de prospecção de oportunidades
English translation:opportunity prospecting team
Entered by: Martin Riordan

06:08 Mar 10, 2012
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
Portuguese term or phrase: time de prospecção de oportunidades
"Aumentar o time comercial para atuar na prospecção de novas oportunidades juntamente com o nosso time de prospecção de oportunidades."

B2B market research questionnaire.

Leaning towards "Commercial sourcing team" but not sure.

Any help is much appreciated!
Aline Kubiak
United States
Local time: 20:04
opportunity prospecting team
Explanation:
The term "prospecting" is widely used, particularly in relation to sales, but also opportunities. It is analogous to the activity in mining: seeking and using all possible information to discover what you want to find.
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Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 00:04
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2opportunity prospecting team
Martin Riordan
4Opportunity seeking team
Nuno Rosalino


  

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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Opportunity seeking team


Explanation:
Traduzir 'prospecção' como 'prospection', não me parece adequado porque o termo original está relacionado com minagem, daí o 'seeking'.
HIH.


    Reference: http://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/prospec%C3%A7%C3%A3o
Nuno Rosalino
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
opportunity prospecting team


Explanation:
The term "prospecting" is widely used, particularly in relation to sales, but also opportunities. It is analogous to the activity in mining: seeking and using all possible information to discover what you want to find.

Example sentence(s):
  • What You'll Need for Local Link Opportunity Prospecting and Analysis

    Reference: http://ontolo.com/blog/44-local-link-building-queries-citati...
Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 00:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Victor Tolentino: Opportunity-seeking team
12 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Victor!
agree  Sheryle Oliver: ...in the search for new opportunities (or the context permitting, markets/niches/investments) together with our opportunity prospecting team. Martin is correct: /op proc/ is a term.
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Sheryle! I think it is the right term in this context.
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