German term
Spain
Financial and legal expert translations
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, German to Spanish, Italian to Spanish
Einzig im Zuge ...
Einzig im Zuge niedrigerer Rohstoffpreise und einem nachlassenden Wirtschaftsmomentum – und damit geringerer Nachfrage im Zuge der Schließung der Überkapazitäten – dürften sich die chinesischen Produzentenpreise in den nächsten Monaten weiter abschwächen.
I am not sure whether I am understanding the sense of "Einzig" properly in this sentence.
Does it mean that
Only if the commodity prices move lower and the economy loses momentum -and thus the demand falls following the closing of excess capacities- may Chinese producer prices weaken further in the following months?
Please do not lpay attention to the English terms used in my translation attempt, I am translating this German financial text into Spanish, my mother tongue. My question rather concerns the German, in particular the use of the adverb "einzig" here.
Many thanks in advance for your help!
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Michael Martin, MA
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gangels (X)
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Dec 17, 2017 19:54: Herbmione Granger changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Björn Vrooman, Lancashireman, Herbmione Granger
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Proposed translations
United States
Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) , English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
only..if...
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philgoddard
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Lancashireman
: I know it's not part of the term(s) requested, but you have translated Produzentenpreise as production costs.
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Okay. Chinese producer prices then.
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David Hollywood
: "only if" gets my vote
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Gordon Matthews
: "surplus capacity" would be better than "excessive capacities". Not only more elegant, but also common usage.
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A bit more elegant. I agree.
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The 'einzig' stands for 'all by itself', i.e. the cited conditions are enough (perhaps in combination with other contributing factors) to bring down producer prices.
If the German author had meant 'only' in the sense of 'exclusively', he would have written 'Nur'.
Discussion
The only circumstances in which Chinese producer prices might fall in the next few months would be ...