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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

funcionamiento de un sorteo extraordinario

English translation:

operational analysis of a special draw

Added to glossary by Eugenio Llorente
May 7, 2014 10:00
10 yrs ago
Spanish term

funcionamiento de un sorteo extraordinario

Spanish to English Bus/Financial Marketing Lottery
An advertiser in the lottery market wants to analyze the effect of the different drivers on on one of his star products. Such drivers as advertising, seasonality, etc.

The term appears in the following context:

"Loterías: análisis del funcionamiento de un sorteo extraordinario de fecha X."

"Lotteries: Operational analysis of a special raffle prize of X date."
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 operational analysis of a special raffle prize
4 +3 working analysis of a special lottery draw
4 +1 unusual/ out-of-the-ordinary lottery ticket purchase trends

Discussion

James A. Walsh May 7, 2014:
@Eugenio - re: "of X date" The Spanish date format doesn't really work in English; in this instance, I would use: "held on XX/XX/2014"
Paul Brown May 7, 2014:
Furthermore you agreed with Oliver so this is where I'm confused.
Paul Brown May 7, 2014:
hahahah I know. I am only just getting used to it so please forgive me if I have made some community 'mistakes'. The thing is the following: you have disagreed with me, I have agreed with you but I am not sure if I agree with Oliver.
neilmac May 7, 2014:
Off topic: I often feel this site needs a tongue-in-cheek icon to signal that we're not being 100% serious in the comments...

Proposed translations

+3
11 mins
Selected

operational analysis of a special raffle prize

Again, I think you have assessed it well and translated accordingly.

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Note added at 41 mins (2014-05-07 10:41:54 GMT)
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or 'special prize draw'

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Note added at 3 hrs (2014-05-07 13:13:11 GMT)
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My final answer: 'operational analysis of a special draw'
Peer comment(s):
neutral Andrew Bramhall : Raffles are for items and goods not money, and 'special' implies a better prize or prizes; this is about unusual trends fostered by 'drivers';
12 mins
Special as in it doesn't happen often and raffle, maybe better to just say a 'prize draw'
agree neilmac : OK with "special prize draw"... (raffle reminds me of church fetes and tombolas)...
1 hr
hahah I agree! It's the 'unusual purchase trends' that has confused me a lot.
agree Charles Davis : Paul: OK, you did change it. "Special prize draw" is much better, though it's really a special draw, not a special prize draw (the draw is special, i.e. additional to the regular ones, not the prize or prizes). // I think it's wrong, frankly.
1 hr
Okay, thanks, and what about Oliver's idea of unusual purchase trends? This has confused me and I think we have two completely different ideas.
agree James A. Walsh : "Special draw" all the way.// Yes I fully agree (now that I've taken the time to look both terms up). Thanks for pointing that out, Paul ;)
2 hrs
Thanks James. I am with 'operational analysis' as I personally think google has a lot more relevant results than for 'working analysis'
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+1
6 mins

unusual/ out-of-the-ordinary lottery ticket purchase trends



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Peer comment(s):
agree neilmac : Deffo better than "raffle"...
1 hr
Thanks!
neutral Paul Brown : I'm not sure about the 'unusual purchase trends'
2 hrs
Well, 'drivers' are applied which drive sales up from the usual level;
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+3
1 hr

working analysis of a special lottery draw

Basically your own proposal, but with "lottery" instead of raffle, which for obscure reason sounds less formal and professional to me, probably by association with churchy orgs like the scouts which I used to sell raffle tickets for back in the day...

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Note added at 1 hr (2014-05-07 12:00:18 GMT)
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Hmm... I've just tried to find a definition of "working analysis", which I so glibly used, but can't seem to find one. I know what I meant anyway...
Peer comment(s):
agree Paul Brown : Right! I prefer special lottery draw. Just to let you know, I had afterwards changed my answer to 'special prize draw' - @Charles - Therefore my answer of 'operational analysis of special prize draw', what was wrong with that?
2 mins
Nothing at all. Although I do take issue with your use of "impulse" as a verb ;)
agree Charles Davis : No need to add "lottery"; it's redundant, because the line begins "lotteries" anyway. Nothing to do with raffles, no. It's a special draw, that's the standard lottery term. I think "operational analysis" is probably OK, but it must be "special draw".
3 mins
Cheers CD ;)
agree James A. Walsh : "Special draw" all the way.
56 mins
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