skalfördel

English translation: economies of scale

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Swedish term or phrase:	skalfördel
English translation:	economies of scale
Entered by:	Paul Lambert

10:35 Apr 29, 2008

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

Swedish term or phrase: skalfördel

Sentence given:
"Detta uppskattas av passagerarna och ger värdefulla skalfördelar."

Paul Lambert KudoZ activity Questions: 773 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) (29 closed without grading) Answers: 243 Sweden
Local time: 08:27

economies of scale

Explanation:
I am pretty sure

Selected response from:

Bjørnar Magnussen
Local time: 08:27

Grading comment

Economies of scale, of course. Thanks. And here I was trying to wrap my brain around "shell benefits" :D
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

economies of scale

Bjørnar Magnussen

4 +1

economy of scale

Görel Bylund

scale advantage

Mario Marcolin

advantages of scale

Peter Linton (X)

Answers

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

economies of scale

Explanation:
I am pretty sure

Example sentence(s):

Skalfördel:. Economies of scale.

Reference: http://www.diem.hut.fi/studies/Courses_and_schedules/Teta/TU...

Bjørnar Magnussen
Local time: 08:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Norwegian
PRO pts in category: 94

Grading comment

Economies of scale, of course. Thanks. And here I was trying to wrap my brain around "shell benefits" :D

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

economy of scale

Explanation:
See references! (I do think it normally is expressed in singular, but I'm not 100% sure.)

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-04-29 12:55:37 GMT)
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Hmm, it seems that I'm wrong -- many, many more googles on the plural!

Reference: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9101133/economy-of-scal...
Reference: http://www.investorwords.com/1653/economy_of_scale.html

Görel Bylund
Sweden
Local time: 08:27
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Swedish
PRO pts in category: 6

2 hrs confidence:

scale advantage

Explanation:
the advantage of a large-sized carrier, i assume

Mario Marcolin
Sweden
Local time: 08:27
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Swedish,

English
PRO pts in category: 12

3 hrs confidence:

advantages of scale

Explanation:
Although "economies of scale" is certainly a very good and widely used expression, I do wonder whether it is right in this context.

It seems to me that economies of scale are basically financial, whereas advantages of scale have to do with size and market power. The reference below, by a very large insurance company, supports my argument, I believe. They are deliberately talking about the advantages rather than the economies of scale. Plenty more similar good references on Google.

So, while I do not not disagree with economies, I offer this as an alternative.

Reference: http://www.aviva.com/index.asp?pageid=917

Peter Linton (X)
Local time: 07:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 72

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