Oct 12, 2011 07:36
13 yrs ago
Swedish term
Sweden
Kompensera sig
Swedish to English
Bus/Financial
Retail
The context is this, from a report on company economy:
Ett dilemma är att företaget inte har haft möjligheter att kompensera sig gentemot sina kunder. Men går allt som det skall kan detta komma att ske under Q3.
Any opinions on what 'kompensera sig' means in this context?
Thanks!
Ett dilemma är att företaget inte har haft möjligheter att kompensera sig gentemot sina kunder. Men går allt som det skall kan detta komma att ske under Q3.
Any opinions on what 'kompensera sig' means in this context?
Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | pass price rises on |
Chris Says Bye
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| 4 | recompensate itself |
George Hopkins
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| 4 | Compensate |
acbonde
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Proposed translations
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pass price rises on
pass higher prices on to customers
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recompensate itself
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Compensate
Here they say they have had increased costs but have not been able to balance these increased expenditures by raising prices for customers ie. they will have to increase the prices to the customers to compensate for or balance their own increased costs. Well that is the meaning anyway.
Discussion
Men som det ser nu befarar man också att man skall få ökade kostnader på flera av insatsvarorna som t.ex. plast.
The discussion relates to the effect of increasing commodity prices.