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English translation: high consumption

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Spanish term or phrase:gran consumo
English translation:high consumption
Entered by: Angeles Barbero

11:19 Mar 15, 2012
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Energy / Power Generation
Spanish term or phrase: gran consumo
por el cambio de alta a baja tensión, obtenemos una bonificación del 10% por gran consumo.
Sería "mass consum"?
Gracias
Angeles Barbero
Local time: 11:24
high consumption
Explanation:
"consum" is not a word in English. I think you mean 'consumption'.


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Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 11:24
Grading comment
Gracias
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3high consumption
Lisa McCarthy
5high volume user
bigedsenior
4 -1volume/quantity
philgoddard
4 -1mass consumption
Barbara L Pavlik


Discussion entries: 4





  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
high consumption


Explanation:
"consum" is not a word in English. I think you mean 'consumption'.




Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 11:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 56
Grading comment
Gracias

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Julie Thurston
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Julie :)
agree  Giovanni Rengifo: high [power] consumption.
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Giovanni :)
agree  Ruth Wöhlk
11 hrs
  -> Thanks, Ruth :)
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
volume/quantity


Explanation:
Una bonificación del 10% por gran consumo = a 10% volume/quantity discount.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 58

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Giovanni Rengifo: Since they're talking about electric power, "volume and quantity" don't make sense.
2 hrs
  -> You are wrong. Please take ten seconds to Google "volume discount" and "electricity". For instance: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19750128&id=T...
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
high volume user


Explanation:
Legislation allowing high-volume electricity users to sign cheaper long-term contracts with power providers was adopted by the state House Tuesday and passed on to ...
www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleyindependent/news/s_516768.ht...

bigedsenior
Local time: 02:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 538
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
mass consumption


Explanation:
another option:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mass comsumption energy&ie...

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Note added at 22 hrs (2012-03-16 09:28:55 GMT)
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Angeles, here is more support for this answer. Without more context, I can't be 100% sure if it applies to your situation, but it talks about adjacency bonuses and mass consumption..

http://supcom.wikia.com/wiki/Adjacency_bonus

Barbara L Pavlik
United States
Local time: 05:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 1

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  philgoddard: We wouldn't say this in English.
5 mins
  -> On the contrary, "mass consumption" is a common phrase in English, used in a variety of contexts. Just google "mass consumption" and energy as I have done above, and you will see.
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