Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Norwegian term or phrase:
1%-poeng
English translation:
one percentage point
Added to glossary by
Charles Ek
Aug 18, 2010 14:34
13 yrs ago
Norwegian term
Norway
Sworn Translator
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English
1%-poeng
Norwegian to English
Bus/Financial
Finance (general)
Samlet bruttofortjeneste økt med 1%-poeng fra `04 til `05.
Any help would be much appreciated as I am not sure how this should be formulated in English!
Any help would be much appreciated as I am not sure how this should be formulated in English!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | one percentage point |
Charles Ek
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| 4 | percentage point |
Per Bergvall
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| 5 -1 | one percent |
Charlesp
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Change log
Aug 19, 2010 14:54: Charles Ek Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+5
4 mins
Charles Ek
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Your meaning, from your words and mine
Native in: English 
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English, and 2 more.
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62
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one percentage point
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Comment: "Thanks a lot Charles, extremely helpful :)"
8 mins
Per Bergvall
Norway
Norway
Native in Norwegian
Norway
Automotive, PC, IT: Fast, high quality
Native in: Norwegian
Works in: English to Norwegian, Norwegian to English, German to Norwegian, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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163
percentage point
Percentages are tricky. When a political party gains support from 4 to 8 percent, their support has doubled, or increased by 4 percentage points. When a company yields profits of 8% of their total revenues, up from 4% last year, their profits could be said to have gone up by 100%, or by 4%, or even down by some amount if the revenue was down as well. Up by 1 percentage point as in this case could mean an infinitesimal increase, from 43 to 44%, or a doubling - 1 to 2%. Hence, percentage point, to make it all crystal clear.
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Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Charles Ek
: Not sure what you're saying. If you prefer "percentage point" and not "one percentage point", then I disagree. Or perhaps we intend the same thing, and you were thinking of "Total gross profit increased by a percentage point from '04 to '05."?
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1 is one, I agree. Otherwise, we seem to be saying much the same thing. Please note, though, that for an increase of the total gross profit, percent is the same as percentage point. For profit margin, the increase may be 10%, which could be 2 pctage pts.
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1 day 1 hr
one percent
"one percentage point" is redundant. A point is 1% and one percent is 1%.
So it is <B>either 1 "point" OR 1 "percent", not both.
So it is <B>either 1 "point" OR 1 "percent", not both.
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Christopher Schröder
: 5pc is 1pp higher than 4pc, but it isn't 1pc higher it's 25pc higher
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