schwache Tendenz

English translation: weakness

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German term or phrase:schwache Tendenz
English translation:weakness
Entered by: Christine Andrews (X)

15:34 Sep 5, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics
German term or phrase: schwache Tendenz
From a report on the state of the European economy:

Während dieser auf Gutachterbewertungen beruhende Index tendenziell dem Marktgeschehen nachläuft, weisen auf Transaktionspreisen basierende Indikatoren bereits auf deutlichere Rückgänge hin. Dies lässt eine ****schwache Tendenz des NCREIF Property Index**** für die kommenden Quartale erwarten.
Christine Andrews (X)
Local time: 12:52
weakness
Explanation:
As simple as that - leading indicators point to expected weakness in the property index.
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Ralf Lemster
Germany
Local time: 13:52
Grading comment
Thank you (again!) Ralf
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2weakness
Ralf Lemster
4 +2weak trend
Priya Dubey Sah
4gradual decline
Harvey Utech
3weak growth (or weak growth rate)
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
weakness


Explanation:
As simple as that - leading indicators point to expected weakness in the property index.

Ralf Lemster
Germany
Local time: 13:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 21
Grading comment
Thank you (again!) Ralf

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  RobinB
1 hr

agree  Dr.G.MD (X)
19 hrs
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
weak trend


Explanation:
This is what I normally write.

And I just googled it to find 40900 exact matches.

Priya Dubey Sah
India
Local time: 18:22
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yasdnil1: spot on
11 hrs
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agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
3 days 12 hrs
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
weak growth (or weak growth rate)


Explanation:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/03/news/international/eu_econom...

bezieht sich doch auf das zu erwartende Wachstum...

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Note added at 41 mins (2008-09-05 16:15:47 GMT)
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sagging growth wäre eine weitere Möglichkeit

interpr8er
Local time: 13:52
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
gradual decline


Explanation:
In light of the sentence before, I think 'schwach' here means declining. "Weak trend" could be up or down. If I were translating, I would look for clues elsewhere in the text or if a graph is not included as part of the source article, I would try to locate the index or references to it elsewhere on the internet, e.g. Wikipedia.

Harvey Utech
United States
Local time: 08:52
Native speaker of: English
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