плах растеж

English translation: slow, hesitant/paltry/feeble growth

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Bulgarian term or phrase: плах растеж
English translation:slow, hesitant/paltry/feeble growth
Entered by: Veta Anton

23:24 Jan 12, 2011
Bulgarian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics
Bulgarian term or phrase: плах растеж
Еврокомисията прогнозира плах растеж (cautious growth?) на евроикономиката през 2010 г.
Veta Anton
slow, hesitant growth
Explanation:
Според мен все пак инвеститорите са предпазливи и това забавя растежа
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Mark Bossanyi
Bulgaria
Local time: 13:52
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4 +4slow, hesitant growth
Mark Bossanyi
5paltry growth
Andrei Vrabtchev
3feeble growth
invguy


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
feeble growth


Explanation:
Според мен не става дума за "плах" в смисъл "внимателен /предпазлив", а по-скоро "слаб / незначителен / неуверен".

invguy
Bulgaria
Local time: 13:52
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
плах растеж
paltry growth


Explanation:
"an accounting of the economy's paltry growth in the second quarter of the year, a grim statistic that for much of the year looked as if it would be the first step off a steep cliff."

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/28/us/clinton-economy-even-if...

Andrei Vrabtchev
Bulgaria
Local time: 13:52
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
slow, hesitant growth


Explanation:
Според мен все пак инвеститорите са предпазливи и това забавя растежа

Mark Bossanyi
Bulgaria
Local time: 13:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanx!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanx for the helpful answer!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christo Metschkaroff: with: hesitant
31 mins
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agree  bettyblue
6 hrs
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agree  Silvina Gospodinova
7 hrs
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agree  invguy: Съгласен с hesitant (колебливо, в см. не е ясно дали наистина тръгва или не) – за разлика от cautious (внимателно, предпазливо, "опипвайки почвата")
2 days 5 hrs
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