δραστηριοποιήθηκε

English translation: was actively engaged in export (business)

20:11 Feb 8, 2010

Greek to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)

Greek term or phrase: δραστηριοποιήθηκε

Η "Χ" αποτέλεσε την επιχείρηση με τις μεγαλύτερες πωλήσεις στην Ελλάδα και δραστηριοποιήθηκε στο εξαγωγικό εμπόριο...

Kyriaki Spanou KudoZ activity Questions: 3 (none open) Answers: 1 Greece
Local time: 08:06

English translation:was actively engaged in export (business)

Explanation:
the adverb actively must not be dropped in this context.

Selected response from:

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 07:06

Grading comment

It turns out the client preferred "was active in export..." although I would prefer your alternative.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +2

engaged in export trade

Georgina Samiou

4 +1

extended its activities

Philip Lees

4 -1

was actively engaged in export (business)

Ellen Kraus

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

extended its activities

Explanation:
Literally, "became active" or something to that effect.

Philip Lees
Greece
Local time: 08:06
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

19 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

engaged in export trade

Explanation:
engaged = [after verb] involved in something

Georgina Samiou
Greece
Local time: 08:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Greek

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks a lot!

15 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

was actively engaged in export (business)

Explanation:
the adverb actively must not be dropped in this context.

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 07:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

It turns out the client preferred "was active in export..." although I would prefer your alternative.

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

disagree

Epameinondas Soufleros: Why must we not drop "actively"? Where is it in the original? || The chain of reasoning you're presenting below is not convincing.

8 mins

-> for the simple reason that ´active´is the most important feature of this word, δραστήριος means active and δραστηριότητα - activity (ενέργεια ) (and not engagement) but being a native speaker you´ll be fully conversant with all this.

neutral

Georgina Samiou: this is all preferential. The truth is "actively engaged" is a good word-for-word translation of "δραστηριοποιείται ενεργά".However, "ενεργά" is not used in the original; why should "actively" be used in the translation?

7 hrs

-> ασχολήθηκε ενεργά is alright, but δραστηριοποιήθηκε ενεργά is overdone, because ενεργά is part of δραστηριοπιουμαι.

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