prescriptor / prescripción

English translation: Consumer motivator

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Spanish term or phrase:prescriptor / prescripción
English translation:Consumer motivator
Entered by: Martin Douch

15:21 Jun 26, 2002
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial / Portal Businesses
Spanish term or phrase: prescriptor / prescripción
The context is that of portals in which "publishers" act as a "prescriptor", i.e. a company which can influence others to join.
Andy Watkinson
Spain
Local time: 20:15
Consumer motivator
Explanation:
This is a tricky one - we have all probably come across this phrase in Spanish and know exactly what it means, but I have yet to find a succinct English equivalent. I either use 'consumer motivators' or 'decision makers'.

HTH a bit.
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Martin Douch
Local time: 20:15
Grading comment
Thanks. Your idea came closest to what I needed.
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Summary of answers provided
4referring partner
Maria Riegger (X)
4statute of limitations
Ra91571
4Consumer motivator
Martin Douch
4referee / referral
R.J.Chadwick (X)


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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
referring partner


Explanation:
Do you mean that one company refers the portal's services to a contact? In that case the "prescriptor" is a referring partner or referring subscriber, making a referral for the portal. To be more specific, I would need to know more about the context.

Hope it helps.

Maria Riegger (X)
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statute of limitations


Explanation:
prescripcion could be a statute of limitations, or could refer to "possessions", Prescriptor, generically, is prescriber. But you could call it a Referring Agent or Recommending Agent.
Prescripcion, could be referral.

Ra91571
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Consumer motivator


Explanation:
This is a tricky one - we have all probably come across this phrase in Spanish and know exactly what it means, but I have yet to find a succinct English equivalent. I either use 'consumer motivators' or 'decision makers'.

HTH a bit.

Martin Douch
Local time: 20:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 7
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Thanks. Your idea came closest to what I needed.
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
referee / referral


Explanation:
Just a suggestion:

"Referee" not in the sense of a judge, but in the (U.K.) sense of someone who provides a recommendation (or reference) e.g. to recommend someone for a job; and "referral" in the sense of such a recommendation.

R.J.Chadwick (X)
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