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mit einem Rückgang reagieren

English translation: fall ... to compensate

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German term or phrase:mit einem Rückgang reagieren
English translation:fall ... to compensate
Entered by: Susan Welsh

11:57 Sep 26, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics / macroeconomic theory
German term or phrase: mit einem Rückgang reagieren
The context makes it confusing:
In the 1930s, with a lack of liquidity, "Preise und Löhne konnten auf diesen Nachfrageausfall nicht schnell genug mit einem entsprechenden Rückgang reagieren."
I translated: "Prices and wages could not react quickly enough to this loss of demand, with a correspnding decline"--but this really doesn't make much sense.
Susan Welsh
United States
Local time: 00:33
fall ... to compensate
Explanation:
Prices and wages could not fall quickly enough to compensate for the lack of demand.
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Paul Cohen
Greenland
Local time: 03:33
Grading comment
Thanks to all for your help.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3fall ... to compensate
Paul Cohen
4(prices and wages) could not react quickly enough to this (substantial drop in demand
Ellen Kraus
3and produce the required cutback/reduction/response
David Hollywood


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
and produce the required cutback/reduction/response


Explanation:
couple of ideas ...

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Note added at 8 mins (2008-09-26 12:06:29 GMT)
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or: and adjust accordingly

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Note added at 9 mins (2008-09-26 12:07:23 GMT)
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there's no absolute need to render it literally IMO

David Hollywood
Local time: 01:33
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
fall ... to compensate


Explanation:
Prices and wages could not fall quickly enough to compensate for the lack of demand.

Paul Cohen
Greenland
Local time: 03:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks to all for your help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  babli: agree
12 mins
agree  David Hollywood: very nice Paul and greetings from Buenos Aires :)
50 mins
  -> Hello, David!
agree  casper (X): with David Hollywoood: "very nice Paul" :-)
5 hrs
  -> Thanks for the compliment, Chetan
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(prices and wages) could not react quickly enough to this (substantial drop in demand


Explanation:
I think it is not necessary to repeat the term Rückgang in connection with prices since a drop in demand automatically triggers price reductions

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 06:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 2
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