tools gap

10:17 Jan 18, 2018
English to Dutch translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Marketing / Market Research / Marketing survey company
English term or phrase: tools gap
limited information, guessing this is a standard term in market research for the degree of access to certain financial options or solutions."The survey revealed a savings gap, a health gap and a tools gap".
Sophie Kerssemakers
Local time: 16:10


Summary of answers provided
3 +1tekort aan tools/instrumenten
Kitty Brussaard


  

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tekort aan tools/instrumenten


Explanation:
Or more fully: tekort aan benodigde (or: vereiste) tools/instrumenten. Possibly also: tools >> hulpmiddelen. Or even: tools >> middelen. Without further context, it's hard to know for sure.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2018-01-18 15:09:26 GMT)
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Another option would be to translate the entire sentence roughly as follows:

Het onderzoek bracht hiaten aan het licht (or: heeft hiaten aan het licht gebracht) op het gebied van besparingen, gezondheid en tools/instrumenten/(hulp)middelen.
OR
Uit het onderzoek kwamen/komen hiaten naar voren op het gebied van etc.

Kitty Brussaard
Netherlands
Local time: 16:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 70

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agree  Willem Wunderink
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  -> Dank je wel, Willem.
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