handicap

Dutch translation: (winnaar) voorspellen, (winstkansen) inschatten

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English term or phrase:handicap
Dutch translation:(winnaar) voorspellen, (winstkansen) inschatten
Entered by: Carolien de Visser

12:53 Mar 1, 2020
English to Dutch translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / stock markets
English term or phrase: handicap
The odds favor President Trump's reelection. Does that mean he'll get reelected? No, it doesn't. Can we *handicap* that now? No, we can't.
Will we get closer to *handicapping* that as we get closer to the election?
Of course, because finally we'll get an opponent that's the singular Democratic nominee
and you can begin to figure out that horse race. But normally, this election or any other,
you start with the presumption that other things being equal, which of course they never truly are, other things being equal, the incumbent has a huge advantage.

Hoe kan ik handicap/handicapping hier het best vertalen. Dit komt uit een videopresentatie van een beleggingsfirma.
Carolien de Visser
France
Local time: 19:41
(winnaar) voorspellen, (winstkansen) inschatten
Explanation:
Zie definitie van 'handicap', entry 2/2, op: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handicap

Het gaat hier duidelijk om definitie 1b: to assess the relative winning chances of (contestants) or the likely winner of (a contest).

Dit blijkt niet alleen uit de context, verderop wordt woordelijk naar de paardensport verwezen.
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Wout Van den Broeck (X)
Belgium
Local time: 19:41
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Bedankt
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4 +4(winnaar) voorspellen, (winstkansen) inschatten
Wout Van den Broeck (X)
5belemmering
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belemmering


Explanation:
Ik denk in deze vertaling belemmering is het beste. Hoe kunnen we dit belemmeren.

WillJohnson
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(winnaar) voorspellen, (winstkansen) inschatten


Explanation:
Zie definitie van 'handicap', entry 2/2, op: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handicap

Het gaat hier duidelijk om definitie 1b: to assess the relative winning chances of (contestants) or the likely winner of (a contest).

Dit blijkt niet alleen uit de context, verderop wordt woordelijk naar de paardensport verwezen.

Wout Van den Broeck (X)
Belgium
Local time: 19:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Dutch
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Bedankt

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Edwin den Boer: Ja, het gaat om winstkansen inschatten met een cijfer.
6 hrs

agree  Els Govaerts: Denk ik ook.
12 hrs

agree  Kitty Brussaard: Makes sense!
12 hrs

agree  Marjolein Snippe: handicap = "assigning a handicap" in dit geval.
14 hrs
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