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German term or phrase:
Der Handel hatte den Export völlig in der Hand
English translation:
Middlemen completely controlled exports
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Alexandra Duckitt
Sep 26, 2008 14:58
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Der Handel hatte den Export völlig in der Hand
German to English
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Winemaking
From a paragraph about the history of the wine industry in a particular region.
"Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts befand sich [die Industrie] in einer sehr schwierigen Lage. *Der Handel hatte den Export völlig in der Hand*, hohe Einfuhrzölle, erhöhte Exportsteuern und vor allem eine immer stärkere Konkurrenz ließen die Preise ... in den Keller fallen."
I'd be grateful if anyone could help me to shed some light on this! MTIA
"Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts befand sich [die Industrie] in einer sehr schwierigen Lage. *Der Handel hatte den Export völlig in der Hand*, hohe Einfuhrzölle, erhöhte Exportsteuern und vor allem eine immer stärkere Konkurrenz ließen die Preise ... in den Keller fallen."
I'd be grateful if anyone could help me to shed some light on this! MTIA
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Paul Cohen
Greenland
Greenland
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Greenland
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Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Danish to English
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Middlemen completely controlled exports
Or: Wholesalers completely controlled exports
'Handel' doesn't refer to some mysterious 'trade' but to actual people and businesses, in this case, to the middlemen between wine producers and retailers/customers abroad. These middlemen would invariably have been wholesalers. However, since this text refers to the late 19th century, you're probably safest calling them 'middlemen'.
"For almost 5,000 years, Arab middlemen controlled the spice trade, until European explorers discovered a sea route to India and other spice producing countries in the East."
http://www.thespicetrader.co.nz/history-of-spice
'Handel' doesn't refer to some mysterious 'trade' but to actual people and businesses, in this case, to the middlemen between wine producers and retailers/customers abroad. These middlemen would invariably have been wholesalers. However, since this text refers to the late 19th century, you're probably safest calling them 'middlemen'.
"For almost 5,000 years, Arab middlemen controlled the spice trade, until European explorers discovered a sea route to India and other spice producing countries in the East."
http://www.thespicetrader.co.nz/history-of-spice
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Comment: "This is the best solution - but thanks to everyone else for their useful input too."
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18 mins
the intermediary trade was in full control of exports
in other words, producers had a difficult time to export directly to customers and depended on the trade, more precisely the intermediary or intermediate trade.
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Inge Meinzer
: except I am not quite sold on the *intermediary*
19 mins
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thanks. Zwischenhandel in German, intermediary trade is what prevented direct relationship between producer and customer.
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Judith den Otter
Germany
Germany
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Germany
also a bank clerk
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, Spanish to German, Dutch to German, and 1 more.
The commerce totally remained control over the export
This was my first idea....
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Kim Metzger
: The target language is English. "the commerce remained control"?
6 mins
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Lancashireman
: English is more sparing in its use of the definite article than German.
7 hrs
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22 mins
trade dominated the export
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Peer comment(s):
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Lancashireman
: The English is more sparing in its use of the definite article than the German.
7 hrs
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1 hr
interpr8er
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English
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Native in: English 
, German
Works in: German to English, English to German
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