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capacité des économies

English translation: the ability of an economy to

23:19 Apr 18, 2017
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics
French term or phrase: capacité des économies
This is from a document on public procurement in Haiti. I'm really not sure about the sentence that contains this phrase.

En effet, l’effet multiplicateur (M) se traduit par la capacité des économies, en développant leur attractivité et leur compétitivité à faire profiter le tissu économique de la création de richesses réalisée sur son territoire (Florentin et Chabanel, 2016). Donc, l’augmentation de la valeur ajoutée du secteur va avoir un impact sur la croissance économique.

Indeed, the multiplier effect (M) translates into economy capacity, by increasing their attractiveness and competitiveness to enable the economic fabric to benefit from the creation of wealth realized on its territory (Florentin and Chabanel, 2016). Therefore, increasing the added value of the sector will have an impact on economic growth.
Lauren-g
United States
Local time: 10:12
English translation:the ability of an economy to
Explanation:
You have the reference to a specific publication which it makes sens to check :
http://www.utopies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/UTOPIES_No...

L’effet multiplicateur local
Un levier incontournable pour inspirer
le développement des territoires
L’effet multiplicateur local traduit la capacité d’un
territoire à faire circuler en son sein les richesses
produites localement. Si assurer l’attractivité et
la compétitivité d’un territoire est incontournable
pour capter davantage de richesses à l’extérieur,
ces efforts n’ont de sens que s’ils profitent
durablement au tissu économique local afin de favoriser
l’emploi, la cohésion sociale et la résilience du
territoire. Pour les territoires et les entreprises qui
souhaitent s’investir dans le développement local
tout l’enjeu consiste à favoriser la diversification
du tissu économique vers les marchés locaux les
plus porteurs.

When you read the publication, "capacité" is being meant in the sense of "ability", and "économies" in the sense of "an economy", not in the sense of "economic".
"Econonmic capacity" strikes me as a msitranslation in this context.


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Note added at 8 hrs (2017-04-19 07:41:41 GMT)
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Before consulting the artcile, the clue to me was in the use of the plural, "économies", a reference to a state's/region's economy.

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Note added at 8 hrs (2017-04-19 07:42:21 GMT)
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Typos, sorry.
"makes sense to"
"article"

Time to go and buy the baguette!
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Local time: 17:12
Grading comment
Thank you. This is the translation I used.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2economic capacity
nweatherdon
4 +2the ability of an economy to
Nikki Scott-Despaigne


  

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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
economic capacity


Explanation:
I.e., the capacity of an economy to produce things, especially market goods.

It "affects economic capacity".

nweatherdon
Canada
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mrrafe
22 mins
agree  philgoddard
3 hrs
neutral  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: Sorry, but I think this is an inaccurate reading of the original.//Changed to "neutral". I see that you mean "capacity of an economy" (i.e. ability to perform sthg). "Economic capacity (ability) is not the same the cap/ab of an economy to do sthg, IMHO.
7 hrs
  -> No, the proposed answer meant "economic capacity", basically GDP.
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
the ability of an economy to


Explanation:
You have the reference to a specific publication which it makes sens to check :
http://www.utopies.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/UTOPIES_No...

L’effet multiplicateur local
Un levier incontournable pour inspirer
le développement des territoires
L’effet multiplicateur local traduit la capacité d’un
territoire à faire circuler en son sein les richesses
produites localement. Si assurer l’attractivité et
la compétitivité d’un territoire est incontournable
pour capter davantage de richesses à l’extérieur,
ces efforts n’ont de sens que s’ils profitent
durablement au tissu économique local afin de favoriser
l’emploi, la cohésion sociale et la résilience du
territoire. Pour les territoires et les entreprises qui
souhaitent s’investir dans le développement local
tout l’enjeu consiste à favoriser la diversification
du tissu économique vers les marchés locaux les
plus porteurs.

When you read the publication, "capacité" is being meant in the sense of "ability", and "économies" in the sense of "an economy", not in the sense of "economic".
"Econonmic capacity" strikes me as a msitranslation in this context.


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Note added at 8 hrs (2017-04-19 07:41:41 GMT)
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Before consulting the artcile, the clue to me was in the use of the plural, "économies", a reference to a state's/region's economy.

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Note added at 8 hrs (2017-04-19 07:42:21 GMT)
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Typos, sorry.
"makes sense to"
"article"

Time to go and buy the baguette!


Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Local time: 17:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 23
Grading comment
Thank you. This is the translation I used.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
2 hrs
agree  nweatherdon: I'm was more focused on the forest. It IS about economic capacity. But here it's the ability to increase that capacity. "The capacity of the economy to increase it's capacity". Well, I would have said it differently, but technically I think you're right
7 hrs
  -> I see what you mean. With the extract posted, "la capacité (des économies)... à faire profiter le tissu économique de..." does point to capacity as an ability and I think it's best to use the difference here in English.
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