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Aggregate sales volume mediates the effects of (a) multiplicity, (b) interrelatedness, and (c) diversity on operational performance at a decreasing rate.
Explanation: Я так понимаю логику предложения: Aggregate sales volume оказывает влияние на связь между факторами a b с (перечисленными в порядке убывания этого влияния) и operational performance
Deborah, I would agree, in part, and disagree, in part, with your take on this sentence. The original may seem poorly written only to us, the laymen, who are not well versed in these theories -
http://www.persianholdings.com/UsersFiles/admin/files/articl... I have pretty much the same understanding of the sentence as you do but I would rephrase it a little bit differently "Aggregate sales mediate (сглаживают, ослабляют, нивелируют) the impact of several factors on operational performance, and this mediating effect has a decreasing rate"
Deborah, +1: "Aggregate sales volume mediates the effects a, b, and c have on operational performance, and the effect is at a decreasing rate, presumably over time."
This my take (and the original is poorly written, or there would not need to be so much discussion) Aggregate sales volume mediates the effects a, b, and c have on operational performance, and the effect is at a decreasing rate, presumably over time. I didn't get out of it that c was less affected than b which is less affected than a.
Влияние каждого последующего из факторов а, b и c на оп. эф-ть зависит от совокупного объема продаж в меньшей степени, чем влияние предыдущего. Потому что не влияние факторов снижается, а влияние продаж на влияние факторов.
the effects of (a), (b) and (c) on operational performance at a decreasing rate
Последовательное снижение влияния факторов a, b, c, на операционную эффективность (каждый последующий фактор влияет на операционную эффективность в меньшей степени).
Marina Dolinsky (X)
11:24 Dec 2, 2012
2 Katerina O. Ну и как бы Вы перевели все предложение с Вашим вариантом?
Oh, 'at a decreasing rate' seems like an adverbial modifier to me. It refers to some sort of an action (a verb). 'volume at a decreasing rate' or 'effects at a decreasing rate' is not quite correct grammatically, is it?
I'm not sure how that solves the issue but ok. At any rate, if you understand what this sentence means and can explain it then your English is better than mine.
I've been reading this sentence for about 10 minutes now and I don't even know what it means. Is the operational performance decreasing? the effects? the mediating?
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в меньшей степени
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Katerina O. Russian Federation Works in field Native speaker of: Russian PRO pts in category: 12
Explanation: Я так понимаю логику предложения: Aggregate sales volume оказывает влияние на связь между факторами a b с (перечисленными в порядке убывания этого влияния) и operational performance
Igor Antipin Russian Federation Local time: 09:07 Works in field Native speaker of: Russian PRO pts in category: 47