Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

incidir (in context)

English translation:

account for/represent/have an impact on

Added to glossary by María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Feb 13, 2017 23:27
7 yrs ago
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Spanish term

incidir (in context)

Spanish to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
Los antecedentes recopilados de la experiencia internacional señalan que el costo de los materiales y de los procesos corresponde a un 95% del costo de producción de un producto manufacturado; sin embargo, ***incide solamente en un 30% del precio final.*** Mientras tanto, el costo del diseño del producto corresponde a un 5% del de producción, pero ***incide en el 70% restante del precio final.*** Por lo indicado, cualquier esfuerzo focalizado en el mejoramiento del capital humano que le permita disponer de herramientas conceptuales y operativas focalizadas al mejoramiento del diseño e innovación tiene un bajo costo relativo y una muy alta incidencia sobre el valor agregado o margen y, por consiguiente, en la competitividad del proceso, servicio o producto final.

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Dear colleagues,
I understand "incidencia" as impact, but "incide en el precio final" sounds more to me like "is reflected on". Am I right?
Thanks in advance!

Proposed translations

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accounts for

I think the idea is that, though the design cost is only 5% of the production cost, it accounts for 70% of the final price.
Note from asker:
That's it! Thank you so much, Simon!
Peer comment(s):

agree Robert Carter
21 mins
agree philgoddard
2 hrs
agree Nedra Rivera Huntington
7 hrs
agree Joshua Parker
9 hrs
agree neilmac : At least for some of the times "incidir" appears in the source text...
10 hrs
agree AllegroTrans
11 hrs
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7 hrs

represents

I quite like "accounts for," as already suggested above, but offer this as an option.
Peer comment(s):

agree neilmac : Also good, the more the merrier :)
3 hrs
Thank you!
agree AllegroTrans
4 hrs
Thank you!
agree Amy Merrill
1 day 12 hrs
Thanks!
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9 hrs

(have an) impact (on)

I really dislike the use of impact as a verb, but used correctly in a noun phrase like this, it can function as a synonym for "influence/affect".

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Note added at 9 hrs (2017-02-14 09:07:01 GMT)
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So, the meaning here is really "influence/affect"...

"although the impact on the final price is a mere 30%".




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Note added at 10 hrs (2017-02-14 10:10:50 GMT)
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NB: I'd probably use Robert's suggestion the second time "incidir" crops up in the passage, and maybe Nedra's "represents" too, in order to avoid repeating the same term ad nauseam.
Note from asker:
Exactly what I wrote!!! hahaha
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